Sketchbooks - Part II

This week has been pretty rad... busy, but rad. I thought I would show you guys some more drawings from my sketchbook this past semester. I really am missing school... more than I thought I would! 

These are mostly strange drawings, but I hope you enjoy them! And make this coming week the coolest week, buds! 

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

Sketchbooks - Part I

Hello fellow humans! I got my assignments back! I am so stoked to show you guys a little peek into my sketchbooks from this past semester. I am planning on having another post about the process of one of my drawings in a couple days... I think it might be fun. I am really proud of the page of hands I drew and the Emily Dickenson drawing.. let me know what you think! Enjoy! ^-^

 

 

The cup with the sexy legs was a collaboration with a bunch of my friends. Lovely, isn't it?

cheers,

ashley

mostly turquoise stuff

Yeah, yeah, yeah... It's been over a week since I updated this blog, but I decided that updating on Wednesdays will be the best for me this summer, so lets plan on that! :D It was my birthday this week, so cut me some slack, yo! 

Still waiting on getting all my finals back, but I should start posting sketchbook/finals stuff next Wednesday! So get stoked for that, dudes. 

Here are some drawings I have been working on... Apparently, blue was my color of choice for the week.

 

  

I got this new gold metallic marker that I have been messing around with... I really like adding details with it. With this doodle, I got a little carried away... heh heh.

 

This drawing was done by my good friend Alex for my birthday. Its a drawing of me destroying a reptilian creature. You guys have seen his stuff on my blog before, so why don't you just go check out his stuff? He rocks... visit it right HERE!

 

I decided to draw a self portrait the other night... besides the silly cartoon I did of myself, I haven't done a self portrait since high school. This definitely means a lot to me and its one of the few times where everything turned out exactly how I planned it. I am so proud of this.

 

Ta-dah! I made this bowl and just covered it with doodles... fun, eh? (See? I told you everything I've been making is drawn in turquoise blue!)

Well, I hope your week has been awesome! Talk with you soon!

cheers,

ashley fairbourne 

no school! no rules!

Hooray! I am done with this crazy semester! I am so excited for next school year too, because I will be working as the new illustrator for the school newspaper! I cant' wait. 

I am waiting on all of my finals to get graded and handed back before I can show you guys all that junk... I mostly just want to do a huge blog post filled with cool pages from the 2 sketchbooks I had to keep this semester. But until then, here are a couple things to keep you occupied, cuties!

 

This was my final for my drawing for illustration class. Our prompt was "frog prince" and we could interpret that however we wanted to. I decided to draw a baby frog prince (I know, he should be a tadpole, but look at how cute his weird legs are!) I was really proud of the way this one turned out. Ink will always and forever be my favorite medium!

 

Here is some weird sketchbook stuff from my personal sketchbook. I drew a cat in a fire... kind of dark. Sorry (but not that sorry)...

 

...and here is a creepy girl with what appears to be a dog nose. I was just having fun with exaggeration in the figure and got a little carried away. 

Well, I am excited to be posting regularly, and I will keep you guys updated on my Etsy shop stuff! Thank you for all your support through such a crazy semester! 

much love

xoxox

cheers,

ashley 

a quick post!

Guys! I am so excited for summer... you have no idea! :D I've got so many fun plans... I just can't wait. This week is finals, so next week I will have some fun stuff to show you guys. Until then, here is a couple things I did this week and one of my finals.

  

So here is a detail shot of the final I turned in for my advanced figure drawing class. I did a caricature of the Beatles... Ringo is just showing the other 3 a song he wrote... and they aren't super excited about it. I am okay with the way it turned out for a final, but once I get it back with a grade, I am going to fix a couple things, including Paul and George's faces. Then I am planning on selling prints! I am sure I will post this again with revisions in the near future!

 

This is a quick cartoon I did of my friend Ruth... doesn't look too much like her, but I still enjoy the way it turned out! :)

 

And just for fun, here are the easter eggs my family made :) super weird, right?

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

spending money i dont have and other things

Hey cuties! How are those lives of yours going? I hope they are spectacular.

Not much is new... just went to the Utrecht store and bought some new supplies... the ones I am most excited about are the Utrecht design markers! They were having a great sale, so I got 12 of them! Here is the first thing I drew with them:

  

Ta-da! Here is week #2's paintings... the assignment was to only use 3 colors: black, white and yellow ochre, which created monochromatic paintings :D 

Here's to a great week! 

cheers,

ashley may

INKtober - Day 26: Erica is a babe

My roommate wanted me to draw a portrait of her, so I attempted to do so. I am pretty happy with the result, although I wish I could have kept the blue ink more controlled. Unfortunately, it spreads everywhere. But the important part is that I enjoyed doing this piece. :)

 

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

INKtober - Day 24+25: its just the tooth fairy and my face, okay?

First off, hello! Hope every single on of your days is going so spectacularly you don't know what to do with yourselves! So I didn't post yesterday's Inktober... so here it is!

 

It's the tooth fairy. Or at least the tooth fairy that exists in my brain. I drew this in one of my classes and didn't really have any reference to draw from... so I used my geology teacher as a model of sorts. It's super hard to draw accurate figures without reference! But I'm secretly pretty proud of the way it turned out.

...and! Here is the doodle for today :D It's what my face looked like in a mirror when I was exhausted. I really love these markers. They make drawing so much more fun than it already is!

Here is Alex's interpretation of me. Offensive, right?? Just kidding, I look like a babe. But wait, he knows how to draw in real life. So check out his stuff here ----> CLICK ME!

cheers,

ashley fairbourne

INKtober - Day 23: she should really brush her hair.

I got some new markers! I've been messing around with them for the past 3 hours. My friend Dallin Orr recommended them... click his name if you want to see some wicked awesome artwork. I mean it... he rocks.

 cheers,

ashley fairbourne