Running Wild

Hello, I'm Romany. I'm a freelance illustrator. The background art is done by myself.

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Princess Mononoke/Mononoke Hime This was initially for jodiehoward’s Film October challenge for favourite female leads and I felt a film with two of my favourite strong women fit that role perfectly. Of course, my busy life had me put this on hold. It was good to practice digital colour on this so that was good! #illustration #sceneredraw #fanart #filmart #princessmononoke #mononokehime #studioghibli #mixedmedia https://www.instagram.com/p/CPa3Y8eBcqz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Animal Wreaths: Binturong Binturongs are tree-dwelling mammals from the civet family found in south east Asia. Also known as bearcat. They have a prehensile tail which is pretty strong. Not sure on the wreath design as I feel it needs to be a full circle but I’ll test it out eventually. #illustration #animalart #binturong #bearcat #mammal #mixedmedia #papercraft #wreath https://www.instagram.com/p/COyGuMTh8J0/?igshid=199xf6m5oevff

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Year of the Black Dog 2030 is the year supposedly if no one has done anything to tackle carbon emissions/climate change, the world will be on an inevitable road of destruction thus extinction. 2030 is also the next year of the dog hence the year of the black dog. Countries stating that they’ll reduce their emissions after 2030 is almost far too late to save this planet as the damage would’ve already been done. To save this planet, we need to ACT NOW! This was done in ink and watercolour concentrate to achieve the colours. #illustration #traditionalart #blackdog #environmentalart #earthday #climatechangeart #mixedmedia #ink #experimentalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-7bE7BoFA/?igshid=1wuii0a2z07xt

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Happy New Year of the Ox! ☆彡 #illustration #animalart #lunarnewyear #yearoftheox #yak #bovine #brushpen https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNNzxXBoNu/?igshid=1pz13rvv9sy67

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Pangolin Wreath My xmas gift to @cami_b123 Thinking of doing more animal wreath designs in future. Happy Winter Solstice/Yuletide/Xmas to you all! ☆彡 #illustration #animalart #pangolin #wreath #papercut #endangeredspecies #mixedmedia #xmasgifts https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEgSemhCH7/?igshid=y9v79yxkweap

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Film October: Films that make you cry The Film - The Breadwinner Had to watch this film as soon as it came out as I love Cartoon Saloon’s animations and this is definitely worth watching. The film itself could easily have been live action but I feel animation has this empathetic connection. The film switches from life and the character telling a tale and this part of the tale had me in tears in how it connected to the main character. #filmoctober2020 #illustration #thebreadwinner #cartoonsaloon #fanart #filmillustration #filmart #mixedmedia #graphite https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3GCfchK_S/?igshid=tic75n1kk57t

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Film October: Scene that scares you The Film - Us (2019) Saw this film early this year and it was a total mind fuckery (to put it politely!) So I found this scene very eerie. Glad how this turned out! #filmoctober2020 #usfilm #fanart #filmart #mixedmedia #graphite #horrorfilms https://www.instagram.com/p/CF70RELBlG0/?igshid=l0md3poelw4l

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Thought I’d do an experiment based on this photo I’d taken yesterday of a damselfly in the house. I watercolour the background and use tape whilst wet. Pleased how it turned out! #illustration #traditionalart #mixedmediaart #watercolor #watercolour #ink #experimentalart #invertebrates #insect #insectart #damselfly https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgVTWDBCdR/?igshid=12l6htmrpuf8n

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Riverine Rabbit The riverine rabbit live in the limited regions of the Karoo Desert in South Africa. It’s name suggests that it relies on the riverine bushes in their region and are the only indigenous burrowing rabbit in Africa. Unlike their fertile cousins, they only produce one offspring a year mainly due to the harsh environment they live in. Because on their limited region and only producing one kit annually, they are considered one of the most endangered mammals in the world with approx 200-400 individuals left in the wild. Their threats include agricultural development that has already limited habitat. The rabbits are a huge benefit to both their environment and agriculture as the vegetation it consumes binds to the soil to withstand becoming washed away and promotes filtration of the water which help farmers draw up water for their livestock. #illustration #animalart #rabbit #riverinerabbit #endangeredanimals #traditionalart #colorpencil #colourpencil https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2jysKhaqg/?igshid=g5e2phg97oks

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Endangered Species - Saola The Saola are antelope-like mammals that live in the rainforests between the borders of Laos and Vietnam. Their name comes from the Vietnamese for ‘spindle horn’ for the species notable features. They were only discovered very recently in 1992 but the actual population numbers are currently unknown but there are estimates that the numbers are between a few dozen to few hundreds. Their threats like many rainforest dwellers are deforestation which opens more opportunities to hunters gaining easy access to hunt these elusive creatures. They are also a victim of snares mainly for other forest animals such as wild boar and sambar deer. They are important for the environment to maintain a healthy ecosystem as prey animals for large predators such as tigers and dholes. #illustration #animalart #saola #endangeredanimals #traditionalart #charcoal https://www.instagram.com/p/B8t7O_ZBzRy/?igshid=1d4jsm13rkdda

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Sumatran Elephant Sumatran elephants are the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant yet the largest mammal on the island of Sumatra. They share similar threats like other elephants such as poaching and illegal trade of ivory. However, they face more from the threat of deforestation and habitat loss leading to conflict amongst humans which can lead to deaths on both sides. They are very important for the Sumatran forests as they deposit seeds from the food they eat wherever they go, providing future for the next generation of trees. This is essential for many other animals on Sumatra including the endangered Sumatran rhino, tiger and orangutan. #endangeredspecies #illustration #traditionalart #animalart #sumatranelephant #elephant #graphite https://www.instagram.com/p/B73-JsGJrkG/?igshid=1biaxopq0sicf

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle Hawksbill turtles are found in tropical waters near coastlines and coral reefs. Their name comes from their long, narrow beak used for pulling sponges in crevices where most predators would have a hard time pulling them out. They are known for their beautiful shells which has unfortunately led to their endangered status as humans hunt them for illegal trade of tortoise shell jewellery as well as being used as food both flesh and eggs. Like most sea turtles, they are also declining in numbers from fishing bycatch from both nets and hooks. Pollution and coastal development doesn’t help the turtles either. Hawksbill turtles are important role in the coral reef ecosystem as they’re one of the few animals that consume sponges which help corals grow and reef fish to better access to feed. #endangeredspecies #illustration #traditionalart #animalart #hawksbillturtle #seaturtle #turtle #watercolor #ink https://www.instagram.com/p/B732wD6pORW/?igshid=116dgko28lw54

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Endangered Species Week Day 3 - Amur Leopard Amur Leopards are a subspecies of the leopard that live in the Amur region which resides in North China and Russian borders. They look bigger than most other leopards because of their fur to handle the colder climates. They are considered to be the most endangered cat species in the world where there were about 30 of them left in the wild but numbers have increased to about 90 individuals. Their cause of decline is mainly through deforestation and poaching - similar to its neighbour: the Amur Tiger. Like most predators, they are most needed in the ecosystem to control the deer population. #endangeredweek #endangeredspeciesweek #illustration #traditionalart #animalart #amurleopard #leopard #bigcat #watercolor #ink https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JW7-XpXv-/?igshid=1nmshrsrxx40g

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Endangered Species Week Day 2 - Vaquita Vaquita are small porpoises that only live in the northern area of the Gulf of California. They are also known as desert porpoise, Gulf Porpoise. Vaquita is also Spanish for “little cow”. They are known to be the most endangered cetacean with only being about 9 of them left. The main cause of this is from fisheries using illegal gillnet to catch totoaba (also critically endangered) because of the value of their swim bladder. Mexico keep banning these nets but it still carries on regardless unfortunately. #endangeredweek #endangeredspeciesweek #illustration #vaquita #graphite https://www.instagram.com/p/B5EF-UYJBap/?igshid=17cj4ncxazmfx

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Endangered Animal Week Day 1 - Pangolin Pangolins are unique mammals that have these scales which is used for protection from both predators and prey. Pangolins live in Asia and Africa (which is this one!) They are one of the most trafficked animals in the world because of their unique scales as well as delicacies. Without them, there will be frequent crop failures from insects and it will be very depressing! #endangeredweek #endangeredspeciesweek #illustration #pangolin #ink #traditionalart https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Brx-vpRRm/?igshid=oz7yt0yd4eyi

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Stag Beetle This was my Inktober Day 15 but got carried away. Though I thought it’d be nice enough to show anyways. Done in walnut ink as I wanted to test it out what it’s like. Stag beetles (or the European stag beetle) are actually a troubled species that have been extinct in some areas of Europe and are facing problems in the UK. Despite their imposing pincers, they don’t use it to bite just for rivalry. #illustration #traditionalart #insects #ink #beetle https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BqF7SpZXT/?igshid=1jk5uxmx6735l

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Inktober Day 14: Jiroh Another OC of mine called Jiroh the Kawauso (otter yokai) Thought it would be ideal to draw him in ink to have some colours in the mask #inktober #inktober2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LMs2upoCM/?igshid=13g0yzgghmsi0