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Hello, I'm Rowan, an artist from the UK. My main interests that find their way into my work are nature, fantasy, history and pattern design! FFXIV is a big love of mine and I make a lot of art inspired by it, and sometimes other video games too. Here are a bunch of links to places of interest:
🌟 Portfolio ⭐ Bluesky 🌟 Twitter ⭐ Instagram 🌟 Mailing list Print and Goods, etc: 🌟 INPRNT ⭐ Redbubble 🌟 Spoonflower ⭐ Etsy 🌟 Ko-fi
Here's some of the art I made in 2025!
Despite everything, I seem to have ended the year in a pretty good place. I'm taking some time to rest for now but there are many things I'd like to do in the near future and I feel more positive about that now than I did a few months ago.
Wishing you all the best for the new year too.
hi i just found your account and your stuff is so gorgeous!! ive fallen completely in love with the Aurora Borealis piece you recently posted!
i dont know if you have a faq where you've talked about this, if so, sorry for not being able to find it but i've been wanting to remake my profile's theme and havent really known how. tho when I saw that piece it all fell into place --esp w my handle being an aurora borealis reference-- I would love to use it as my header and of course I would credit you in my bio. Is it okay if I do that? if not I totally understand!!
(also i am definitely gonna be spamming your notifs as i look thru all your amazing art, so sorry in advance 😅)
Hello, I'm really happy to hear that it resonates with you so much! I'm fine with my art being used for people's profiles, icons, etc. as long as there is credit, so thank you for asking.
Winter forest ❄️
I printed some wrapping paper for the holidays with this design, if you'd like some you can find it here!
Sycamore 🍁
I'm writing this as a storm blows outside, and at this point the high winds have removed almost all of the leaves from the trees. I want to hold on to them longer and I guess this is how I'm doing that.
I always loved playing with these seeds as a child, which I knew only as helicopters. I'm sure at the time I also knew what an actual helicopter was, but having no experience with them, these whirling seeds were my primary definition...
I love the reddish colours the seeds and leaves turn. My primary point of study for these was a small bunch of them which got trapped in the car windscreen wipers on the way back from the woods, and which were added to my box of autumn treasures. It's mostly chestnuts and acorns, there are a few other things like this too, but most of the more delicate items get preserved in other ways. I have a big collection of photos, scans and pressed leaves from over the years - I'm glad to be finally making better use of those by making more autumn art.
Amanita muscaria 🍄
A beautiful and majestic mushroom. I've spent a lot of time this autumn hunting for fungi because I am fascinated by them, but these are especially compelling and I can't help but get excited whenever I find them.
I really like drawing in this style but it's very time-consuming, so not really suitable for larger projects, but to capture to essence of a single subject like this, it's really fun.
It's worth noting that when I'm drawing plants and fungi I consider it to be a portrait. If they come together as part of a landscape, then that's a landscape - but individually, this is as much portraiture to me as it would be if the subject were human.
Ginkgo 🍂
Maybe the most vibrantly yellow trees I've ever seen at this time of year. I don't usually use this colour a lot but these autumnal studies are partly about experimentation! I tried a few different rounds of painting them in different ways before I settled on this style and I'm pretty happy with it.
