Here, have an art dump!

Hey there everyone... proving again that I am the actual worst at remembering this blog, I thought I would just lay it all on ya and show what I have been up to since my last post forever ago.
Once again I am really sorry... I promise I will try and get things up on here more often!!!!

First and foremost.... Perhaps my favorite piece that I have done recently would be one I did for an ArtOrder challenge in November.
"Morgaine's Departure" is based off of the book The Mists of Avalon when Morgaine leaves Avalon after a falling-out with Viviane.

After that, I made another fandoodle for Brienne of Tarth, one of my favorite characters in ASOIAF. 

And last but not least of notable Things I Have Made, we have a piece I call "Cloudcaller". It was a silly doodle I had that became something actually pretty cool. :)  It made for a change from the usual work I do in its color scheme and its not-quite-human character.

Aaaand that's about it for right now. I shot reference for a new piece last night and in keeping with my new year's resolution to bust out at least one new piece a month, I hope to get it finished up and rockin' awesome for you guys soon. 

I also have a sketch-of-the-day project going on for days where I haven't a lot of time because work or something but still do SOMETHING to keep my skills up. If you are interested in seeing that, I encourage you to head on over to my art tumblr, ashleydoesartstuff.  Maybe give me a follow or something too, eh? <3 

Pages from my Sketchbook

So lately I've been feeling that my drawing skills are going down a little bit, and I am seeking to remedy this. Here are three pages that I did in my sketchbook last night. I'm proud of the last one, I won't lie, but I still think I have a long way to go. The figure on the 2nd page above the large head took longer for me to do than I thought it should, and I think it's because my anatomical knowledge is really not as great as it should be... But the whole point of a sketchbook and of studies is to plan and to learn. :)

I hope to put up more posts like this at least once a week... but we will see how work treats me! I've got a lot to do in the next few weeks~ <3