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 

Starbringer

I nearly forgot I even HAD a blog on this site!!! I mean, not that anybody really seems to read it, but it's still one more place for me to stick my work up on, and hope people happen across it.

ANYWAY.

It's been a while since I even FINISHED an art-type project. Almost THREE MONTHS actually, which is horrifying to me, and so I am pleased about finishing something.

I am hoping that I will have more things to show off soon, rather than the endless collection of half-finished pieces that I've accumulated instead!

The Wench and the Kingslayer

Today I finished my Jaime x Brienne piece I posted about a little while ago! It was...an experience getting it to this point considering when I began I only meant to make a cutesy little cell-shaded doodle.

I hope that you guys like it! :D

Short Break!

Hey there! I realized I forgot to put a post up on this site so.... just so everyone knows, I'm gonna be moving out to Cali in 6 days and so things are a little crazy for me. Needless to say I haven't got any good projects in the works right now because it's been kinda impossible for me to focus on anything art-related when all this other stuff is going on, but I DO have a little for-fun doodle in the works that I think some of you might enjoy. Especially if you are a Game of Thrones fan! :D
Here's a little sneak peek....

Kerrigor

I promised new stuff would come, and here it is! This piece is meant to accompany my earlier rendition of Sabriel.

Kerrigor is the villain of Garth Nix's novel "Sabriel". He is a powerful Free Magic sorcerer and it has fallen upon our heroine to put him through the final gate of Death where he belongs....

Done in Adobe Photoshop CS6 with a Wacom Intuos5

The Moth Queen

I know it took longer than a few days for me to get this online, and I apologize for that. However, I think that it came out all the better for the time. 

Inspired by the Cerura Vinula moth, I imagined a queen who was lovely and yet stern and powerful. People would be in awe of her beauty and also hold her with utmost respect.

This was also a fun test with a super-limited color palette and I am really pleased with the result.

Also if anyone is interested, please remember I have a society6 account which can be found here!

Sabriel

My latest piece is a reinterpretation of the cover of  Garth Nix's "Sabriel", one of my favorite books. I know it was a long time coming, but I hope that the wait was worth it!

Done in Photoshop CS5 with Intuos5 wacom. 

***** I also just got an account here to sell some prints!!! http://society6.com/AshleyHankins*****