Well, the Holidays sure were a wild time this year! I found myself working on many things all at once, from painting to a tight deadline, to doing some digital work for a client, to knitting gifts for my family. Everything got done in time… except for the knitting, but fortunately my dad and my boyfriend are very understanding in the face of work-related deadlines.
Here are a few pieces from earlier this year that I haven’t yet had the chance to share here. They were for a sweet magazine called The Little Lutheran/ The Little Christian, who I have mentioned in a previous post here. This was actually the first job I did for them after they initially contacted me all the way back in January of 2010. Both of these illustrations were published in their September issue, and the first one of them made it to the cover!
The story is a well known one from the Bible: when Jesus turns water into wine. Here it is told from a little girl’s perspective; she happens to be a guest at the wedding where the story takes place.
It was such a pleasure to work for The Little Lutheran – not only that first time, but in the assignments they have given me since then. Some of the work I was doing over the holidays will be published in a future issue of theirs, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you in the coming months!
March 14th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Hi Ashley – I love your work! I saw your illustrations above in that magazine recently; and, your current work in the March 2011 issue. Just wonderful. It reminds me some of Trina Schart Hyman’s work. I am an author for the same little joyous magazine…my 10th piece will be in the July/Aug issue – and this coming Christmas will be the 11th. I’m currently a junior at Boise State U. working on a BFA in Illustration – at the ripe young age of 63. I hope to be good enough to do what you’re doing – illustrating my own work, as well. Thank you for sharing your talent — I’ll be keeping track of your career.
Peace and Blessings…
Mary Braudrick
March 19th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Hi Mary,
Thank you for your kind comment. Trina Schart Hyman is indeed one of my very favorite illustrators, and several years ago her work was actually what made me decide to pursue illustration! It is a huge compliment to be compared to such an accomplished artist, but I feel I have a long way to go.
I hope one day to achieve the same wonderful sense of life and vibrancy that her illustrations have.
Best of luck with your BFA! I hope you have a marvelous path ahead of you as a writer/illustrator.
All the best,
Ashley
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