Ashley Mackenzie

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Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· 14d

My vampire and werewolf piece are in there! There's so many incredible artists in this book and a rare case where we were all compensated for the use of our art, so be sure to support the project if you're interested and able!

A snarling wolf's head splits in two with a person's face revealed in between the halves, two sets of eyes glow with the same yellow light of the moon overhead

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· 14d

Honoured to be a part of Wraithmarked's first 101 Artists artbook campaign on Kickstarter! You can find all the details here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

3D mockup of the book design for Wraithmarked's 101 Artists artbook, cover art by Justin Gerrard

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Apr 21

Could be a Merlin?

Picture of a Taiga Merlin, small bird of prey

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 5

Here's the final art without text! Prints available here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

Cover art for Forest of the Pygmies, part of the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series by Isabel Allende, featuring a crocodile and a leopard twisting around each other with water splashing around them

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 5

Here's the final piece of cover art I made for the new edition of the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar Series by Isabel Allende. This is for the third and final book, Forest of the Pygmies! Many thanks to AD Lucia Baez

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 4

Here's the final art without the text! Prints available here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

Cover Art for Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende, part of the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, featuring a harpy eagle swooping down on an angry scorpion

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 4

Here's more of the cover art I made for the new edition of The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar Series by Isabel Allende, this is the cover for the second book, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon! Many thanks to AD Lucia Baez

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 3

Here's the full art without the text! Prints available here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

Cover art for City of Beasts, part of the Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar Series by Isabel Allende, the image features a python and a jaguar angrily tangled around each other

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 3

I was so excited to do the cover art for the new edition of The Memories of Eagle and Jaguar Series by Isabel Allende, here's the cover for the first book, City of Beasts! Many thanks to AD Lucia Baez

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jan 16

Hey, it’s my birthday! I’m running a little print sale over on INPRNT, you can get 25% off with the code 5TQRM4 for the next week! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

An assortment of various prints available in my INPRNT shop (a night heron, a twisting pangolin, a passenger pigeon, a figure cloaked in fabrics and swirling threads, a jumping florican, a person surrounded in paper fish as they reach into the water for a real fish)

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jan 13

Hey #PortfolioDay, I'm a freelance illustrator who's done work for publishing, editorial, concept art and more! I've got a very busy spring ahead but I'm keeping an eye out for opportunities later this year. All my links are here: ashmackenzie.carrd.co

A golden chocobo runs through a field of dandelions and wildflowers, for MTG x Final Fantasy "Traveling Chocobo card

A young Chinese woman with pinned up hair wearing a filigreed sci-fi suit stands between the wings of a screeching phoenix, cover for Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

A boy and a griffin stand aboard a ship, looking up at a girl flying overhead with her coat outspread, they are all framed by a warm sunset in the silhouette of a red dragon with spread wings, cover for Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Nov 27

Streamline is the most heavy-handed so just a touch if any, stabilization usually around 15%, motion filtering around 10% and expression 5%, slight tweaking depending on the brush but that’s my baseline! Might change with a textured protector, this is what felt good to me using a glass protector

Brush stabilization settings in Procreate, Streamline 5%, Stabilization 15%, Motion filtering 8-10% and expression 5%

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Sep 11

Here's the cover art I did for The Poisoned King, Book 2 of Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, out today! In addition to the cover I also did 30 b+ w interior illustrations. Many thanks to AD Carol Ly, type design by Jason Carne and additional interior illustrations by Virginia Allyn.

Cover art for The Poisoned King, Book 2 of Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. Two kids stand back to back holding swords in the silhouette of an immense manticore

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Aug 26

Here's the art on the card! You can also find prints over on my INPRNT, I think there's a sale happening right now! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

Card for MTG called Escape to the Wilds, featuring a grey and white cat running outside into a warmly lit garden filled with flowers and bees

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Aug 26

Here's the illustration I did for Escape to the Wilds, part of MTG's Cats vs Dogs Secret Lair Drop and in memory of @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social's cat, Catbeard! AD: Jameela Wahlgren #mtg #illustration #art

A grey and white cat runs outside into a warmly lit garden filled with flowers and bees

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Aug 6

A little closeup crop to see some of the details that get lost at card size Prints available over on INPRNT! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashmackenzie/

A heavily modified human figure stands, hands raised, as metal skeletons rise to meet them

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Aug 6

Here's the other illustration I did for MTG Edge of Eternities, Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist! AD: Sarah Wassell #mtg #illustration #art

A heavily modified human figure stands framed by a distant black hole, hands raised, as metal skeletons rise to meet them

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jul 29

A little closeup crop to see some of the details that get lost at card size Prints available over on INPRNT! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

Closeup of a space freelancer standing on a precipice looking through a long scope

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jul 29

Here's some art I did for MTG Edge of Eternities, Sami, Wildcat Captain! AD: Sarah Wassell #mtg #illustration #art

A space freelancer stands on a precipice looking through a long scope, framed by a pale gas giant in the sky behind them with a ship flying across it

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jun 24

Here's the full card!

A Magic: The Gathering card featuring a chocobo from the game Final Fantasy

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Apr 2

IT'S HAPPENING!?!! #hollowknight #silksong

a drawing of Hornet from Hollow Knight holding her needle encircled by thread

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 25

The foil turned out so nice on these! #mtg #illustration

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 10

I’ve been enjoying taking some time on the weekends to do the Gouache 2.0 course from @justindonaldson.bsky.social, I really missed pushing around pigments on a page!

A small watercolour sketchbook on a messy desk, opened to a page of studies of various paintings and photographs in gouache

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Mar 2

$5 worldwide shipping this weekend over on INPRNT! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

An array of high quality art prints available on INPRNT with $5 worldwide shipping this weekend

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Feb 14

Here's the fiery art I made for the UK paperback edition of House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas! Many thanks to AD Charlotte Phillips for bringing me this one

cover art for House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas, a fiery deer faces the viewer

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jan 17

Just boosting this again since I noticed INPRNT has $5 worldwide shipping today only and my discount codes should still work! inprnt.com/gallery/ashmackenzie/

A selection of prints available on INPRNT with $5 worldwide shipping today only

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jan 16

It's my birthday! If you'd like to support my work you can use the code 9BMUUEO on INPRNT for 15% off until the 23rd! inprnt.com/gallery/ashmackenzie/ I also have a Patreon for process videos/posts, occasional WIPs and sketches, a mentorship tier and a 25% print discount! patreon.com/ashmackenzie

A sepia drawing of a mermaid with flowing fins, overlaid with the word "Prints"

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Jan 14

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Ash, a freelance illustrator who loves to work with colour, light, shape and flow. Mostly working in publishing but I love working in all areas of illustration and I'm hoping to dig into some bigger projects this year! ✨ ashmackenzie.carrd.co #art #illustration

Cover for Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, a golden dragon coils around a man and a woman wearing elaborate tiled armour and headdresses, their wrists tied together with a golden thread

A luminous golden bird hovers in the air, rippling images of other kinds of wings radiate out from it in a space of quantum possibility

Cover for Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, a small toad watches a young girl rest in a pool of water, her long hair entangled with thorny brambles and lilypads

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Dec 24

It’s release day for Heavenly Tyrant, the sequel to Iron Widow, by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social! It’s definitely worth finding a physical copy to see the full wraparound, I also have prints available in my print shop! Many thanks again to AD Terri Nimmo for working with me on this one!

A golden dragon coils around a man and a woman wearing elaborate tiled armor and headresses, their wrists tied together with a golden thread

Ashley Mackenzie@ashmackenzie· Dec 23

For my part, I can never get over the Group of Seven, their sense of colour and light in what so often feels like the drabbest season is so potent