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A bright yellow illustrated cover with two sketchy rabbits in the upper corners and large pale lettering over loose orange and brown marks.

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Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Sgwarnogod Bach Bob

Bob Delyn A'r Ebillion

Album artwork for Bob Delyn A'r Ebillion, provided through the SAIN Records collection on Wikimedia Commons.

A CLOSER LOOK / 01

Inside the image.

A square illustrated cover in vivid yellow and orange, with a loose, layered design. A large golden-yellow field fills most of the centre and lower half, mottled with paler marks and crossed by broad, sketchy ochre lines. Behind the lettering, these lines form a large pointed, ear-like outline and other indistinct shapes. The right edge and upper-right area shift into deeper orange and mustard, with irregular patches and scraped-looking marks; the upper background is pale grey-green with scattered leafy or splattered forms. There is no enclosing border.

Two loosely drawn rabbits sit near the top corners. The rabbit at upper left is outlined in thin dark strokes, facing towards the centre with long upright ears, a small eye and whiskers; its body and forelegs are suggested with a few quick lines. At upper right, a second rabbit is drawn in reddish-orange linework, also facing inward, with long ears, a visible eye, whiskers and curled strokes suggesting its body. The drawings are sketch-like and partly blend into the surrounding marks. Across the lower portion, additional broad brown and red-orange strokes make partial curves and angular forms, without resolving into a clearly identifiable object.

The main lettering is centred and stacked over the yellow field: “Bob” above “Delyn”, both in large, bold, pale lettering with a soft grey shadow that lifts them from the background. A narrow line of white Welsh text, “a’r Ebrillion”, runs across the lower middle, partly intersecting the large title area. Along the right side of “Delyn”, smaller white letters are rotated vertically and read “7 o sgwarngod eraill”. Near the bottom, a bold dark-brown line reads “Sgwarnogod bach Bob”. The lettering varies in scale and direction, with the white title dominating and the bottom line anchoring the composition. The image has a hand-drawn, painterly appearance, combining outlined figures, broad gestural marks and uneven, speckled colour patches.

ASSOCIATIONS & IMPRESSIONS / 02

What the image evokes.

The cover feels as though it has been drawn on a bright, well-used sheet of paper: the rabbits are quick marginal sketches, while the expansive yellow ground and loose marks seem to have grown around them. The central pointed shape can suggest another pair of ears, or a fragment of a larger rabbit, but remains ambiguous beneath the lettering. That uncertainty gives the animals a sense of multiplying through the design rather than appearing as carefully separated portraits.

The yellow is almost sunlit, yet the rough orange patches and crossing strokes keep the scene from feeling serene. The rabbits appear alert, their ears raised and their faces turned towards one another across the title. The large, weighty words make a firm centre against the nimble linework, while the rotated side text adds a playful tilt. Together, these elements bring to mind a children’s book cover or a lively hand-painted notice: informal, energetic and slightly unruly, with the warmth of a page covered in doodles.

Associations are subjective readings, rather than documented influences or statements of the artist’s intention.

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Lettering & observation notes
  • Bob Delyn — Large pale lettering centred in two lines
  • a’r Ebrillion — White lettering across the lower middle, overlapping the title area
  • 7 o sgwarngod eraill — Small white lettering, rotated vertically beside “Delyn”
  • Sgwarnogod bach Bob — Bold dark-brown lettering near the bottom
BACK TO THE SOURCE / 03

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Source year
2003
Source author field
Sain (Records) Ltd
Attribution
Sain (Recordiau) Cyf.
Collection
SAIN / Wikimedia Commons
Catalogue number
SAIN SCD 2429
Source
Wikimedia Commons file page ↗
Permission evidence
Public VRT notice: 2017050910011681
Source checked
20 October 2026

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