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About

Over the past few years I have been developing my practice as an artist through education. I've since then gone on to teach Illustration and its related disciplines including Concept Art and Animation at both FE and HE level. I'm passionate about the psychology behind fictional worlds, and why we find ourselves drawn to the fantasy and whimsical. What creates this unique wanderlust that we experience towards worlds we have never visited?

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I am also an avid game designer, with a particular interest in designing Tabletop Roleplay Games. The majority of my personal work is devoted to creating content for existing TTRPGs such as Dungeons and Dragons, as well as developing my own TTRPG system, and branching out into similar forms of gaming such as card based games.

Education

2023-2024

University of Huddersfield

PGDip in Lifelong Learning

  • Student Representative 2022-2023

2022-2023

Leeds Arts University

MA Worldbuilding with Creature Design

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2019-2022

University of Plymouth

BA (Hons) Illustration

  • First Class Honours

  • Student Representative 2019-2020

  • Student of the Year (2022)

  • Treasurer (2020/21) and Chair (2021/22) of IllusSoc

Awards and Achievements

2022

Student of the Year Award

2020

Published in the INK Anthology

Awarded at end of year exhibition for BA (Hons) students from the University of Plymouth

Tarot designs published in the 2020 edition of the INK anthology, 'Elements'

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07712116852

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©2024 by JD Rowan Illustration.

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