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Woodland Youth VII 🌿🐷
  I draw this woodland youth and his pig companion every June to commemorate when I first went vegan. This is my 7th year and each time I highlight a different reason why I believe in a plant-based diet/lifestyle in the hopes of inspiring others to consider making the switch themselves.

For this year, I wanted to take a more objective approach with deforestation instead of the more emotion based discussions surrounding taste, ethics, or morality.   I am aware that a lot of people don’t understand or agree with the idea of ditching meat and dairy. This includes my own family and closest friends and the age ol' arguments of “Cheese tastes too good”, “What about these canine teeth”, or “Why should I even care about pigs and cows?”.

And regardless of your position on the climate change debate, there are objective truths and facts that demonstrate the negative impact of the insatiable desire for animal products on the planet. One of the greatest issues is with deforestation! Numerous research papers and studies assert that between 80 and 90 percent of deforestation is caused by the expansion of farmland for animal agriculture.

This is the leading cause of habitat destruction and the more obvious depletion on the “lungs of the planet” with the lack of oxygen production. Without trees, we would experience more drought and heat surges due to the lack of water vapor in the air that the trees produce. Plus this is happening In some of the world's most culturally and biologically diverse ecosystems, which is leading to more extinctions of species.   Destruction is expanding and can be slowed down significantly by a push as consumers to make a change by what's on our plates. So I will continue my journey to give a voice for these rainforests and the animals that continue to get slaughtered on the daily. You can expect to see the woodland youth and his pig making an appearance again this time next year!🌿🐷

🌟Also to my Patreon backers, I just made a post about this piece including my thoughts and the process behind its creation!
Link here: www.patreon.com/vonnart!🌟

Paper: @strathmoreart mixed media

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Etsy Shop: My Books, Card Decks, Prints, Totes, Metal Pins and more can be found HERE: www.etsy.com/shop/VONNART

T-shirts: vonnart.teemill.com/

Patreon Page: For exclusive content, discord channels, insights, tutorials, and occasional exclusive prints and goodies check out my patreon page HERE: www.patreon.com/vonnart

Instagram: If you wanna see more in progress pics of what I'm working on, I post more frequently on my instagram HERE: www.instagram.com/vonnart/

Description
Woodland Youth VII 🌿🐷
  I draw this woodland youth and his pig companion every June to commemorate when I first went vegan. This is my 7th year and each time I highlight a different reason why I believe in a plant-based diet/lifestyle in the hopes of inspiring others to consider making the switch themselves.

For this year, I wanted to take a more objective approach with deforestation instead of the more emotion based discussions surrounding taste, ethics, or morality.   I am aware that a lot of people don’t understand or agree with the idea of ditching meat and dairy. This includes my own family and closest friends and the age ol' arguments of “Cheese tastes too good”, “What about these canine teeth”, or “Why should I even care about pigs and cows?”.

And regardless of your position on the climate change debate, there are objective truths and facts that demonstrate the negative impact of the insatiable desire for animal products on the planet. One of the greatest issues is with deforestation! Numerous research papers and studies assert that between 80 and 90 percent of deforestation is caused by the expansion of farmland for animal agriculture.

This is the leading cause of habitat destruction and the more obvious depletion on the “lungs of the planet” with the lack of oxygen production. Without trees, we would experience more drought and heat surges due to the lack of water vapor in the air that the trees produce. Plus this is happening In some of the world's most culturally and biologically diverse ecosystems, which is leading to more extinctions of species.   Destruction is expanding and can be slowed down significantly by a push as consumers to make a change by what's on our plates. So I will continue my journey to give a voice for these rainforests and the animals that continue to get slaughtered on the daily. You can expect to see the woodland youth and his pig making an appearance again this time next year!🌿🐷

🌟Also to my Patreon backers, I just made a post about this piece including my thoughts and the process behind its creation!
Link here: www.patreon.com/vonnart!🌟

Paper: @strathmoreart mixed media

___________________________________________________________________________

Etsy Shop: My Books, Card Decks, Prints, Totes, Metal Pins and more can be found HERE: www.etsy.com/shop/VONNART

T-shirts: vonnart.teemill.com/

Patreon Page: For exclusive content, discord channels, insights, tutorials, and occasional exclusive prints and goodies check out my patreon page HERE: www.patreon.com/vonnart

Instagram: If you wanna see more in progress pics of what I'm working on, I post more frequently on my instagram HERE: www.instagram.com/vonnart/