“Drawings to me are things that are moving. They blink at me, they fidget. They come alive”
Rory's favourite 'rusty old tree'
“I’m lucky because people usually end up saying to me- I trust you, use your imagination and go for it and that’s what’s really nice - I don’t have to work within set parameters. They give me the ingredients, and I mix it up.”
Mixing it up is putting it mildly. His characters are strong, fantastical and innocent. Yet there is also something inherently sophisticated, grown up and British about them. His ink has many layers, and so does he. To see more of Rory’s work visit Rory Dobner.
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