Gordy Wright

@gordywright

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic 📚 Represented by the Bright Agency 🏳️‍🌈 He/him 🌐 gordywright.com 🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright

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Gordy Wright@gordywright· 8d

If you see this, post your marine-themed art! 🐋 #kidlitart

Gordy Wright@gordywright· 16d

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 Hello, my name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Herons sat in nests in silhouetted trees against a sunset landscape of hills and trees

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 14

Happy #PortfolioDay, my name is Gordy and I’m an illustrator from Scotland. I paint my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic 🎨 View my full portfolio at gordywright.com

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 2

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 This is an illustration is about vikings using ravens to navigate the seas! When released if it came back they kept sailing and if it didn't.. they knew there was land nearby! 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Apr 15

Thank you for the 2k followers. So grateful to have left twitter and found community here! 💛 Please enjoy this photo of Odie enjoying the bounty of spring

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Apr 14

Happy #PortfolioDay ✨ My name is Gordy and I’m an illustrator from Scotland painting in gouache, inks and acrylic 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Represented by the Bright Agency #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Apr 2

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 🌞 This is an illustration from a book I've just finished painting about Great Blue Herons! 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Kid lit postcard with an illustration of an underwater scene. A heron watches from above the surface and underwater creatures watch from below.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Mar 23

Cover reveal for... 𝙄𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 ✨ 🌊 🪼 🐡 🐙 🐋 🦑 🛳️ 🦈 🐟 🦀 🐠 ✨ Publishing w/ @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social May 5th! Written brilliantly by Brooke McIntyre. Very happy to include a star review from: publishersweekly.com/9781797226514 #illustration #childrensbooks #kidlitart

Book cover with the title 'If You Went to the Bottom of the ocean' in big neon letters. The illustration goes from light to dark blue with lots of sea creatures scattered around and a yellow submarine partially illuminating a giant squid.

Review from publishers weekly on top of a light bluey green ocean illustration.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jan 13

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm a queer illustrator from Scotland painting my work in gouache and inks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 You can see more of my work at gordywright.com

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jan 4

Happy new year! Here's some of my projects from 2025. Had lots of ups and downs but I am so grateful for the work I got to do ✨ Wishing everyone the best for 2026! #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Photo of me in the centre with 8 other squares of illustrations from 2025

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Dec 4

It's #KidLitArtPostcard again! Hello, my name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #illustration #childrensbooks #kidlitart

A painting of a poppy field at dusk. There are pops of red poppies against a blueish field with the end of sunset in the distance.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Nov 28

a busy day

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Nov 11

If you see this, post your bird art! 🐦 #birds #artshare

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Nov 6

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Gordy, a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 Happy to share this artwork from a new book I have coming out next year - 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 🌐 gordywright.com #childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

Deep sea submarine diving through the epipelagic zone or sunlight zone. There are seals, turtles, dophins, a diving gannet, a ray and lots of fish.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Oct 20

Human artists!? Use one piece to convince people to follow you !

Illustration of a hare jumping between lots of gharial crocodiles. Based on the Japanese folktale The White Hare of Inaba

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Oct 14

Hi #portfolioday! My name is Gordy and I'm an illustrator based in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 I paint make my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic. 🌐 gordywright.com ✉️ hello@gordywright.com #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Aerial view of a small plane flying over the Nazca lines

Folktale illustration of the story 'The white hare of Inaba'

Illustration of a Kitsune fox jumping over a Torii gate

Illustration of a badger family in a graveyard at night

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Oct 2

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋 My name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

Illustration of Addax, Xeric and Oryx travelling across the sand dunes of the Sahara desert

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Sep 26

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Sep 4

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Here we have three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise. 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks #sciart #paleoart

Illustration of three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Sep 1

Birds from a recent piece I've been painting 🍂 #illustration #childrensbooks #illustration

Blackbird perched on the branch of an autumnal beech tree

A Eurasian Jay perched on the roots of a tree

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Aug 8

Had a great time chatting with @studiohoffmann.bsky.social yesterday. I painted this heron who's got a new job delivering baby monkeys.. 🐒 Thanks again for having me Mark! #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Dark blue heron standing on one leg at night time. A baby monkey peeks out from a blanket the heron is carrying in it's beak

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 22

Cover artwork I made for the Lancet Neurology about cluster headaches 🧠🧪 #illustration #worldbrainday #sciart

man watching a house burn with the fire illuminating the shape of a head to represent the pain of cluster headaches

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 18

🦗🎻🎶 #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 8

Hi #portfolioday! My name is Gordy and I'm an illustrator from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 Apparently I love painting everything in a light turquoise colour! I make my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic. 🌐 gordywright.com ✉️ hello@gordywright.com #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Tiger perched on a rock staring at it's prey

A group of Amphibamus crawling out of the water in the Carboniferous period.

Fish swimming amongst some seaweed as a lobster hops along the bottom.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 3

It's #KidLitArtPostcard again! Here's some artwork from Choose Your Own Evolution Hi my name is Gordy. I'm an illustrator from Scotland painting in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 🌐 gordywright.com 📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 2

So much talent in those little circles 🤩

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jul 1

Some animal illustrations from Choose Your Own Evolution #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Illustration of an iberomesornis, bird ancestor from the cretaceous period

Illustration of an anomalocaris from the Cambrian period and thought to be one of the earliest examples of an apex predator.

Illustration of two ellesmeroceras from the lower ordovician period.

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jun 23

Post a picture of when your pet was little

Odie when he was a young puppy. Black white and tan with big puppy dog eyes

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jun 6

Written by the brilliant @juleshoward.bsky.social , was such a pleasure to be teamed up with him for this!

Gordy Wright@gordywright· Jun 5

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Gordy, I'm an illustrator based in Scotland who paints in gouache, acrylic and inks. It's an exciting day for me as Choose Your Own Evolution publishes today! 🐊🦤🐅🐋🐓🦕🦂🐢 For more info: tinyurl.com/mr3ab8ne #illustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks