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Ross Hori

writer | designer | photographer

Scraps: illustrations, photomontages and other bits of art

Scraps are bits of art and design work that don't easily fit elsewhere in my portfolio. They're a mix of illustrations, sketches and photo montages I think are worth sharing, and which may have gained some approval from the Twitterati.

Graphic of an office full of rows of desks with computers and monitors and chairs. Dotted among them are a bed, sofa, kitchen and dining table.

Graphic of a trio of floor plans. The top one is a skeletal outline. The next two are laid out with beds, living spaces and furniture

Two overlaid photographs of the same woman. One is red with the woman frowning, the other green with her smiling

Portrait of a woman with her hands on her head. The photo has been drawn over using various pen and ink effects

Illustration of a purple bacteria with tentacles streaming out of its body and a single eye looking at you.

Illustration of a classic 1980s style radio cassette player.

Illustration of a C90 cassette.

Illustration of the words

Illustration of the word

Illustration of a Zen like rock garden

Illustration of the words

Isometric illustration of a railway in the countryside with a train pulling up at the station

Photo montage of an angel on a cross with a green sky behind

Photo montage of an angel on a cross with a red sky behind

Photomontage of a woman with her hand on her hips. The image is mirrored with one side having a black cutout on ablue background, the other a blue cutout on a black background

Photomontage of 3 images of a black woman in silver leggings. The images are tinted with different degrees of green, red and blue

Photomontage of a black woman with 12 different expressions

Posterized image of a woman with red hair looking at flyers pasted to a wall

Abstract landscape night scene with mountains in the background, brightly lit mansion blocks in the midground and houses and people in the foreground

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My name is Ross Hori

I'm a freelance writer, designer and photographer. By day I create articles, features and reports. At night I take photos and write fiction. Find out more.

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More from Ross

When the Earth and Moon fall into sync

Monday, November 27th, 2023

Eventually the orbit of the Moon will fall into sync with the Earth. Then only one half of the planet will ever see our only satellite.

Graphic showing the Earth and Moon looking at one another

The trail guide said “Difficulty: Medium.” I’d like to disagree.

Monday, November 20th, 2023

A trail guide said it was medium difficulty. A bunch of rope climbs later I was questioning their logic...

Steep climb up a mountain in Japan

Please stop sharing fake news for “likes”

Monday, November 13th, 2023

Sharing fake quotes might get you a few likes now, but the way things are going it could work against you.

Photograph of a blonde woman with a comment about fake news.

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