Rosie Dore
Southern Ireland-based freelance illustrator with a passion for animals and nature, characters and stories.
Pack Mother. Inspired a little by this book I'm reading called 'The Wolf Within' by Professor Bryan Sykes, in particular this one part where it describes how wolf packs are more like an extended family, with a single breeding female holding the role of leader along with her mate.
Vintage poster-style design inspired by an article I read about the many theories and proposals made on how best to warn future civilisations about buried nuclear waste, one of the weirdest being to genetically engineer cats so that they glow when in the presence of nuclear radiation.
Illustration of badgers sleeping in their sett.
Pack Mother. Inspired a little by this book I'm reading called 'The Wolf Within' by Professor Bryan Sykes, in particular this one part where it describes how wolf packs are more like an extended family, with a single breeding female holding the role of leader along with her mate.
General Illustration
Page 1 of the Lightning Ferret comic.
Page 2 of the Lightning Ferret comic.
Page 3 of the Lightning Ferret comic.
Page 1 of the Lightning Ferret comic.
Lightning Ferret
Comic
A small digital banner design for the Ball's Evenbrite page.
Poster design for Sligo Pride Festival's 2022 Rainbow Ball event.
A small digital banner design for the Ball's Evenbrite page.
Pride Art
and
Poster Designs
Ink and watercolour drawings of the crow character.
Ink and watercolour drawings of the busker character.
Ink and watercolour drawings of the crow character.
The Busker and
the Crow
A book cover illustration for Reynard the Fox.
Spread illustration depicting Dame Rukenawe the Ape defending Reynard from King Noble the Lion.
Tybert the Cat makes his way through the woods.
A book cover illustration for Reynard the Fox.
Reynard
the
Fox
Natasha approaching Baba Yaga's magical chicken-legged house.
Natasha being ushered into the chicken-legged house by Baba Yaga.
A tearful Natasha, after being made to weave cloth for Baba Yaga on a wooden loom, is told how to escape the witch's clutches by Baba Yaga's cat.
Natasha approaching Baba Yaga's magical chicken-legged house.
Natasha and the Chicken-Legged House
Illustration for Bridie 'O Neill's Treasured Story.
Illustration for Mary Murphy's Treasured Story.
Illustration for Angela Dawnay's Treasured Story.
Illustration for Bridie 'O Neill's Treasured Story.
Treasured Stories
Pattern design featuring a selection of popular cat breeds.
Pattern design featuring a selection of iconic dog breeds.
Pattern design featuring black cats in various poses with star and pawprint motifs.
Pattern design featuring a selection of popular cat breeds.