Hi, my name’s Robert and I’m an artist from London.
I mainly work in digital. That means I spend hours each day hunched over a graphics tablet, systematically destroying my posture. I love drawing animals, but because I live in the middle of London I don’t get to see them very often. Possibly I’m drawn to them because I have a subconscious longing for the countryside. Or perhaps it’s just that animals generally look pretty cool.
My signature says Delos, which means Clear in Ancient Greek. I did a PhD in classics, and I guess it’s my way of pretending there’s a practical legacy to spending four years of my twenties reading Greek poetry. In reality there’s no practical benefit at all. Literally none. But Greek poetry is still pretty awesome. Anyway…
I work on commission, so some of the designs here are owned by the companies that paid for them. If you’d like to buy or commission a design, please do get in touch.
If you share my work, please include an attribution and a link to my site. No commercial reproduction without permission. Cheers!
I’m not really into blogs or other people’s work. I find most of it mediocre, contrived, derivative. This is so refreshingly ingenious. And it’s great to find freakishly short stories longer than mine.
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Cheers ghadah!
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Wow! What a fabulous blog – I love the five second stories!
As someone who loves the Greek Gods and has endured the rigours of PhD study, I had to buy your book “The Cambridge List”. I hope it doesn’t give me any bad ideas!!
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Thanks very much, Vicky, I’m delighted that you like the site. And thanks for buying The Cambridge List, I hope you enjoy it!
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I’ll let you know!
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I’m delighted you popped by my blog so I could follow you back here. As a dedicated-cum-obsesssive reader who, sadly, is also increeeeeeedibly *slow* at reading, I am more appreciative than I can say to find such charming and cheeky writing in bite-sized pieces. Hurray for brilliant brevity! Cheers,
Kathryn
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Thanks, Kathryn!
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Couldn’t pick a single story to comment on, so I’ll leave this here. This is a genius idea for a blog. Your illustrations are so beautiful.
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That’s very kind, many thanks for visiting!
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Your blog has seasoned my otherwise bland evening. I adore your illustrations and five second stories.
Similar to someone else who commented here, I seldom enjoy other peoples’ work, so it’s great to find a creative stance that is refreshingly original.
In addition, The Cambridge List sounds great and is next on my reading list.
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What a lovely comment, I’m delighted that you like my illustrations. Many thanks for visiting, Sharon!
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Love your work 🙂 Thank you for sharing ❤
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Thanks Rachna!
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hey robert. thanks for liking my post. i checked yours a bit. such amazing artwork.its definitely my kind of thing so i am really happy i found you here.soon i will check your articles too. now i must follow you!
have a nice day
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That’s very kind! Thanks very much.
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Robert, this is a great idea! 🙂 Thanks so much for following my blog-I will be back to look at more of your work as well.
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Many thanks for visiting!
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Great work, Robert, refreshing and engaging. The London slant appeals to this London lad. Any chance of a Shepherds Bush or Hammersmith outing?! And thanks for popping by my place.
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Many thanks, Mike. I really like your London photos. The city’s the main source of inspiration for me, and I’m definitely up for a Hammersmith or Shepherd’s Bush outing. If you want to contact me by email, I’m on robertclear@outlook.com
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Great work, and I like the concept and execution of your work. There are so many good blog that have way too many words. After several months blogging I set myself an upper limit of 300 words per post…..290 more than most people want.
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That’s very kind, I’m delighted that you like it. Many thanks for visiting!
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Thank you for finding my blog and following it. I love yours.
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Hi Robert, Loved the idea behind 5 second stories and the stories are awesome 🙂 Subscribing you to read more from you 🙂 Regards, Ady
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That’s very kind, Ady. Many thanks for visiting!
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Five Second Stories! Brilliant!
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That’s very kind, Paula. Thanks for visiting!
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Ha! that’s not true, they are not 5 seconds stories because you end up thinking about what they mean for much much longer………… Thanks for dropping by my blog and for following me. Good luck with your stories.
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That’s very nice to hear! Thanks so much!
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Hi Robert, as part of my one year blog anniversary celebrations, Maria Brinkley from the blog Maria Brinkley Artist, has recommended your blog to me.
I see you are are a British blogger, like myself, and I look forward to reading and looking at your work here on your blog. Maria highly recommended that I check your blog out and I’m certainly glad she did just that.
With best wishes,
Hugh
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Hi Hugh, congratulations on your one year blog anniversary! ‘Hugh’s Views & News’ looks like a great site, and I’m delighted that you like Five Second Stories. Many thanks for visiting!
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