Stooryduster

Been illustrating Scottish words for 25 years on web as Stooryduster. Illustrator cartoonist and designer. Interested in the #environment, #illustration #technology, #education, #communications #art #ScienceFiction #community #caricature and #language #ScotsLanguage.

Country: Scotland.
Scottish Words illustrated Website: https://stooryduster.co.uk
My illustration archive/graveyard.: https://ascottillustration.com
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/stooryduster/

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2025-07-19 21:20:39 UTC

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On this day 55 people were reported arrested under the new Palestine Action terrorist law by UK police while in actual Palestine this day it’s been reported that 32 people were shot and killed by the IDF queueing for food. So that’s 23 more arrests than deaths. Perhaps we should report these stats of arrests and deaths every day?

2024-12-20 17:51:25 UTC

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Angus McPhee made his art by weaving found vegetation, such as grasses, into extraordinary garments. And if wearing grass is being called naked that isn't going to fly in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, even in the Summer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_McPhee

2024-12-19 23:07:52 UTC

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there was an exhibition in Perth Scotland about an institutionalised man who found therapy in making clothes and other items out of dune grasses. A skill he was taught as a child by his grandparents, as that was mostly all they had in enough quantity in their time, on their island communities up to the late 1800s I think.

2024-11-13 12:24:41 UTC

A lot of politicians would have you believe that handing over parts of your #NHS to private providers, who are required legally to maximise #profit for their investors, is a good option:
But…
* Only the NHS takes care of patients at A&E / there’s no private A&E.
* Only the NHS trains our doctors and nurses. / Private sector relies on NHS trained staff.
* Only the NHS looks after all patients / the private sector cherry picks.
They will be coming after the best bits of the #Scottish NHS too.
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/475/628/633/042/283/original/fe907c521af4827a.jpeg

2024-10-31 22:43:18 UTC

#Scotstober word 30 smirr. As near tae Scotch mist as ye can get but if yer a certain age ye canni be too careful.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/404/443/922/894/004/original/6bd98dd2d6e203eb.png

2024-10-31 22:41:16 UTC

#Scotstober word 29 forrit. A wee forrit moose guisin in the mirk aboot tae be a pan flattened, fried, and fancy dressed ogre appetiser but Muckle Bogle Moose in the background is tae the rescue!
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/forrit/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #halloween2024 #monster #cooking
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/404/421/346/345/000/original/e97d45cd39b95424.png

2024-10-30 21:18:09 UTC

#Scotstober word 28 Poke. Granny sookers, wagon wheels, highland toffee, sweetie tobacco, frying pan lollipops, lucky tatties, lucky bags, Gobstoppers. Hey I've still got MY teeth.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #sugar #sweets
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/398/421/599/599/543/original/e5c68bab977af814.png

2024-10-30 21:07:18 UTC

#Scotstober word 27 Toon. With the AMOC now increasingly unstable and catastrophe probably at any time I wondered if I should have added icebergs as that looks like that may be the case for N. Europe. Hey Ho. At least there's no safe place for billionaires either.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/toon/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #environment #sea
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/398/377/218/166/246/original/9cc49fb7a08e08b1.png

2024-10-29 21:58:03 UTC

#Scotstober word 25 ben. "Awa ben the hoose an dae yer homework. Yer maws oot, I'll mak the tea."
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/ben/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/392/930/814/139/116/original/d2e1e9343a564a6a.png

2024-10-29 21:53:04 UTC

#Scotstober word 26 knap. Falling behind but drawing these words is helping me backfill a lot of months of a dry spell on my words site. I was out of sorts.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/knap/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/392/904/901/801/790/original/baa3ffb4c49a12f2.png

2024-10-25 20:54:02 UTC

#Scotstober I did think of using this as a doubler for coo plus heid but decided it was cheating. Even if there are no rules.
"Consider yersel telt. Yer no usin my coo tae play fitba wi heids."
Thanks to all those looking, commenting and boosting. If you want to scroll through my Scotstober scribbles on a single page (a week) you can here: https://stooryduster.co.uk/blog/scotstober-week-one/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #witch #crow #football
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/370/005/310/315/051/original/0c810ef4f5dcd14e.png

2024-10-25 20:38:13 UTC

#Scotstober word 24 Coo. Not sure if it'll animate in the fediverse - very compressed animated gif format made long ago in now ancient but pleasing to use gifmation software.
Animated also at https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/coo/ This does not endorse using animals for sport. Of course.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #cow
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/369/893/161/488/320/original/8db4debe3a355165.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/369/953/608/052/839/original/7d976b9fe7acb368.mp4

2024-10-23 21:52:51 UTC

#Scotstober word 23 Gled.
Superhen and Evilbuzzardman face off, but fear not, help is on the way for our heroin. Dr. Snoddy's patented bird food to the rescue.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/gled/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #superhero
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/358/885/774/755/561/original/fcd9c6288a5d839e.png

2024-10-22 18:20:29 UTC

#Scotstober word 22 Heid.
"Yon Capercaillie's totally lost the heid."
Translate:
heid: head.
"That Capercaillie there has totally lost any sense it had in its fit of fury."
The Gaelic name for this species, capall-coille, means ‘horse of the forest’. And they will chase you in the breeding season.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeide #nature #illustrationart #inktober
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/352/443/385/353/942/original/e069b3e9c7358af9.png

2024-10-22 16:59:51 UTC

#Scotstober word 21 Sook.
"Ah've heard o sookin in wi the boss Smithers but this is takin it ower far. Yir fired!"
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/352/123/376/365/250/original/f78de11c268d44ca.png

2024-10-22 16:54:58 UTC

#Scotstober word 20 Heilann.
“If I wass buyin' a coo it wouldna be wan you could hang your hat on in fifty places. No, no, Peter, I'm Hielan', but I'm no' so Hielan' ass aal that.” Para Handy The Vital Spark by Neil Munro.
viewing Para Handy #BBC episodes as a child set me up for all spaceships in all the #scifi films since via the puffer Vital Spark. #Firefly is a modern Para Handy on steroids.
Watch an episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIFROv554UQ
#Scots #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/352/073/326/217/943/original/bacf7c2b3d3e8f13.png

2024-10-20 16:09:29 UTC

#Scotstober word 19 Squint. A word I thought was English until recently.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #portraits
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/340/617/093/126/506/original/ee9df10505138095.png

2024-10-19 20:50:17 UTC

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It's the same trap as why those that wish to keep the real power to themselves create committees, it keeps people who are after a bit of power out of the way and neuters them without them realising it. As best exemplified by the practices of Lord Havelock Vetinari (City Patrician, assassin and tyrant of the city state Ankh-Morpork) of Terry Pratchett's Disk World.

2024-10-19 17:01:13 UTC

#Scotstober word 18 Tuim.
It's my opinion of exams - they're not much better than looking in the ear to see if there's a brain. Good teaching's the thing.
"His heid's as tuim as we thoucht, ah can see the daylicht glintin aff yer ee Prof.
Yet he's got the hauns o an ertist ahn the nieves o a fechter.
So dae we pit him in the ert academy or the boxin academy?"
Also: art and martial arts require a brain.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #education
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/335/138/535/461/409/original/d8fbe731c26bdc72.png

2024-10-19 16:54:57 UTC

#Scotstober word 17 Lum.
“LISTEN! Ye jist roar queen mum doon each lum till ye hear big Erchie roar back.
'He'll ne-er be King, her dochter'll ootlive him!' "
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/335/116/072/908/909/original/8a32aaaa23862362.png

2024-10-15 20:37:02 UTC

#Scotstober word 15 Puddock. I grew up using it to mean toad, not wrong, but apparently frog is more correct. Anyway the dog once spent an afternoon scrapng its mouth all over the grass and drinking lots after it picked up a toad in the garden and dropped it on my wifes foot.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #toad
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/313/339/952/572/476/original/6cdc6dffb49550a6.png

2024-10-15 14:30:28 UTC

#Scotstober word 14 Gowster. I went for the goner translation as I've never forgotten the surprisingly big puddle of blood around a mouse in a trap in my granny's pantry when I was wee. Me being me it was fascination rather than horror.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid However Goustie as in stormy blustery creepy is here: https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/goustie/
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/311/776/619/148/029/original/9181982e00770480.png

2024-10-13 20:02:32 UTC

#Scotstober word 13 Cuddy. Now that Haggis hunting is banned all bagpipes are vegan, made from wood and oiled airtight woollen knits. Worryingly this protection of haggis increases the chances of humans interacting with Hagii in the wild that have grown to grade 4 intensity and size. The last recorded sighting of one was by Burns himself. Kept secret, see here:
https://stooryduster.co.uk/fower/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #haggis #horse https://stooryduster.co.uk/cuddy/
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/301/817/415/778/903/original/ff4de8fc522c9117.png

2024-10-12 19:35:14 UTC

Woohoo caught up #Scotstober word 12 Jouk with one of my oldest illustartions back from 2003 when I used to minimalise gifs by creating their colours by mixing up pixel patterns from only four or eight actual colours. if I remember right. These are png screen grabs though. see alt txt in 2nd img for more.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #gifs #bandwidth #inktober
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https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/296/108/537/443/553/original/31256159d34cfbee.png

2024-10-12 19:17:13 UTC

#Scotstober word 11 Bile. I like drawing the national symbols of Wales and Scotland. Except I often get a dragon, wyvern and drake all mixed up but does it matter? This one's a drake - although I suppose the wings could be folded out of sight.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #dragon #tea #picnic #illustrationart
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/bile/
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/296/033/244/447/020/original/2042637cc4553949.png

2024-10-12 19:10:19 UTC

#Scotstober word 10 Thole: From Burns' address to the tooth-ache. As a Laird would deal with it.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #teeth
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/296/009/411/931/569/original/c279a51b7f30ec81.png

2024-10-10 18:36:41 UTC

Slowly catching up #Scotstober word 07 Tap. Weeyin ridin oan tap o the shark. More in alt txt.
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #inktober #shark
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/284/558/357/566/236/original/c8b908c2957a5bc1.png

2024-10-10 18:32:09 UTC

Late to #Scotstober word 06 Boak. Monster Cuisine.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/boak/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #food #inktober
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/284/539/324/485/008/original/eb842bfe5534d290.png

2024-10-10 10:59:00 UTC

Late #Scotstober word 05 Clype. I went to a #school where the desks still had inkwells and slates were still in the store cupboard. Happy days. And you could get the belt. https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/clype/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #ink #inktober
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/282/752/243/440/275/original/8bec425b5818677a.png

2024-10-10 10:53:00 UTC

Late I know - #Scotstober word 04 haar. On boating ponds that seem to be a are thing nowadays. https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/haar/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #boat #rowing
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/282/736/418/347/803/original/02dae635a5bb9b79.png

2024-10-09 14:53:52 UTC

#ScotsTober word03 Noo.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/noo/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid #insect #midge #environment #flood
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/278/002/844/712/773/original/e9b954bb880050f5.png

2024-10-09 14:45:39 UTC

#ScotsTober word02 dicht. I'm also catching up by using words I've illustrated in the past. Nowadays I'd have the person reading a tablet or phone. Probably with an app to control the auto doup dichter on it.
https://stooryduster.co.uk/scottish-word/dicht/
#Scottish #Scots #Language #art #illustration #Scotland #cartoon #ScotsLeid
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/277/967/983/947/317/original/fafd1c1684de9d73.png

2024-09-06 20:14:05 UTC

I think it's only fair to give a shout out here on my two sons' collaboration on their first indie twin shooter game Scunner's Run (from the Scots' word scunner: To get a feeling of aversion, disgust or loathing). One on graphics, one on coding/gameplay. Graphics is good I think, not competent to speak to gameplay. Their first of more they intend. Newspaper interview here: https://www.thenational.scot/news/24435285.brothers-release-scots-space-shooter-video-game-scunners-run/
#indiedev #indieGame #steam #spaceshooter #indiegames #gamedev #scottish #scots
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2024-02-16 12:56:34 UTC

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I swear, honest, I was tidying up files on the computer last night and found this Iain Banks’ quote before he went. I couldn’t find it again this morning but instead found a lost collection of goody images archived from when I was active on Twitter and a copy was in amongst. Too good not to share again now - at 40 years, the financial news, and todays two bi-elections. #IainMBanks I read the Sci Fi.
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/111/941/267/901/580/017/original/686a838e83ee9a71.jpeg

2023-07-31 09:12:22 UTC

A virus I hope I’m suffering from.
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/110/807/914/948/530/780/original/a092f6dabc8dc1ee.jpeg