Mark Hoyle

Archaeological Illustrator/archaeologist, History Teacher and Artist.... in no particular order.

[Mark Hoyle @markhoyle555]

Having recently created some dioramas for large scale museum displays. I’ve been inspired and spent sometime developing some new detailed assets for future reconstructions. Created in blender and textured using the powerful #FluentMaterialiser add on. #Blender #Romans #Photoshop

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Different camera angle and a longer focal length shot of a Roman barrack block reconstruction. Produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto. For their “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition in May. Created in blender #Batashoemuseum #unearthingvindoland #Vindolanda #Romans #Blender

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Some recent reconstructions of a Roman leather workshop and close up of a cobbler at work. Produced for @batashoemuseum in Toronto, Canada. For their up and coming “unearthing Vindolanda” exhibition which opens in May. Created in blender. #unearthingvindoland #Vindolanda #Roman

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@holland_tom Looking forward to it!

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Another brilliant day teaching archaeological illustration with some lovely students in Durham today. #archaeology #Illustration #Lifelinglearning #DurhamUniversity

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WIP on another personal project. Created in blender. Again, focusing on the lighting rig. By using Chiaroscuro, an art term meaning "light-dark," to emphasise strong, dramatic contrasts between light and shadow to create a sense of volume and mood. #blender #Medieval

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Finishing off some personal projects. Firstly this one. The focus was on utilising the camera f stop, and realistic “god rays”. Created and rendered in #blender with some post production in #photoshop with a working title of The Hunt. #illustration #IronAge

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More Friday night Archaeological Illustration using #Procreate. Slowly adding some detail of the cancellous tissue in this #Roman bone object. #ArchaeologicalIllustration #Archaeology #Romans #DrawAnyWhere

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@colem3044 I am…

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A bit of weekend illustration work on some lovely Bronze-Age sword mould fragments. I love the flexibility of procreate on the iPad #DrawAnywhere #Procreate #BronzeAge #ArchaeologicalIllustration #Archaeology

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Some “warm up” work to get 2026 underway… a scene from last year with additional assets added and fog volumetrics refined #blender #medieval

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@holland_tom One of the best books I have ever had the pleasure to read

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Final render of 2025 (promise)! I had some fun tweaking the weather FX sliders and lighting rig #blender #medieval #snowscene

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Final “tweaks” to the seasonal reconstruction… updated focal length and height setting on the camera which (in my humble opinion) helps draw the viewer it to the scene more and makes it “less flat” to view. #blender #Medieval #Archaeology

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Something a little more “seasonal” this little Medieval street scene was created in blender and utilising the powerful weather fx plug-in to create the environment. I used blenders “add snow” to place snow on some of the assets⛄️… #Archaeology #Medieval #blender #Photoshop

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A WIP on a flint knapping scene created using Blender and Daz 3D. Nice to refresh some skills from DAZ 3d and use their Genesis 9 deformers for figure modifications. Also playing with Blender 5 Multiple Scattering sky model #Archaeology #Mesolithic # #Blender #Daz3D

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Another brilliant archaeological illustration workshop at Durham Uni. Really nice to see the confidence and progress of the students #Archaeology #LifeLongLearning #illustration

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A bit of WIP to put together some assets and test blender 5.0. looking at some of the new array and sky shader updates… first impressions, a very good much needed update #blender #medieval #archaeology

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Yet more “tweaking” on the water caustics and shaders from the previous render. These were to developed to give a calmer water surface. Created in Blender with some post production on Photoshop #blender #blenderartist #archaelogy #vikings

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Further WIP on a recent reconstruction based on feedback. Some changes to the pitch of roof and construction of the roundhouse. By using a laser scanner of the reconstruction from Whithorn #blender #ironage