Known for her captivatingly ethereal artwork in chalk pastel, Ashly Lovett is a freelance illustrator, illustration teach with VAP, a writer and gallery artist. Inspired by folklore and mythology, she hopes to bewitch her viewers with a deep sense of wonder and dark nostalgia.
Clients include Magic the Gathering, FOX Searchlight, HitPoint Press, and more. She has done licensed work for Disney, Naughty Dog, Jim Henson Company, Adult Swim, Netflix and SEGA. She received her BA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design and has been published in Spectrum Fantasy Art Annual 22-27, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Infected by Art, etc. She teaches Ideation and Visual Story Telling with Visual Art Passage since summer 2023. She lives in Louisiana with her husband Matthew, son Leon, and fat cat Skeletor (Skelly.)
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Other Loves: Watch my son grow up. :) Cheesy, but true. When I have time I absolutely love to read. I'm a big Brandon Sanderson and Stephen King fan. The Stormlight Archive is probably my favorite series. I love The Office, cooking, gardening, playing video games, hiking with my older brother, building kingdoms in Farthest Frontier, traveling, and discovering new delicious restaurants with my husband, Matthew. Hanging with my cat, Skelly.
Guest Speaker or Workshop:
Interested in me coming to your school as a guest speaker in person or online?
I love sharing my knowledge with fellow illustrators. My visits include guest lectures, workshops, demos, and portfolio reviews. References can be provided on request.
Email me if interested.
Guest Speaking Inquiry
Lectures/Workshop Topics Include:
Freelance Illustrating as a Career.
Creating, Promoting, and Selling your own IP.
Running a Crowd Funding Campaign.
Ideation and Visual Story Telling.
Illustrating Fundamentals: Composition, Value, and Color.
Past Institutions I’ve Works With:
• 3 Day Workshop - Southern Utah University (in-person)
• Guest Speaker - Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida (in-person)
• Chalk Pastel Demo and Panel - Lightbox Expo in Los Angeles (in-person)
• Guest Speaker - Visual Arts Passage x 10 (online)
• Guest Speaker - Kansas City Art Institute (online)
• Guest Speaker - College of Creative Arts in Detroit (in-person)
• Panel Guest - Dragon Con Art Show in Atlanta (in-person)
2025 Conventions:
ECCC - March, Seattle, WA
C2E2 - April, Chicago, IL
Monsterpalooza - May, Pasadena, CA
Dragon Con TBD - Aug-Sept, Atlanta, GA
2025 Gallery Shows:
Gallery 1988: Back to 1985 and Crazy 4 Cult
Mazza Museum: Legendary
WOWxWOW: Microvision
Every Day Original: New work Feb 9th, May 9th, Aug 9th, and Nov 9th.
Past Galleries:
Gallery Nucleus, Mazza Gallery, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Abend Gallery, Spoke Art, Gallery 1988, WowxWow.com, Helikon Gallery, Pence Gallery, Bottleneck Gallery, Corey Helford Gallery, Light Grey Art Lab, Modern Eden Gallery, Gallery Nucleus Portland, Light Grey Art Lab, La Luz de Jesus Gallery.
2019 Solo Show: “The Female Gaze” - Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, CA
Clients and Collectors
Wizard: Magic the Gathering
FOX Searchlight / Disney
BBDO LA
King + Country
Black Fox Press
Hitpoint Press
Metro Bank
Royal Academy of Engineering
Eye of Newt Books
Titan Publishing
Boom! Publishing
Lindstrom Company
Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
Heckle TV
Guillermo Del Toro's Art Collection
Blue Mountain Arts
Lux Magazine
Licensed Work:
SEGA - 13 SENTINELS: AEGIS RIM TRIBUTE / Gallery Nucleus
Naughty Dog / Gallery Nucleus
BoJack Productions LLC / Gallery1988
Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd / Gallery 1988
MRC and Striker Entertainment / Gallery 1988
Focus Features / Gallery 1988
Publications and Awards:
Black Fox Press “Mystic Glade”
Infected by Art Vol 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
Hitpoint Press “Big Bads”
Eye of Newt Books “The Little Mermaid” 2nd edition
Spectrum 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Fantasy Art Annual
Show Us What You Got - Titan Publishing, Rick and Morty ©Adultswim
Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal Artist Tribute Book - Boom! Publishing
Best Black and White Illustration Award - Dragon Con 2018
Graphite Magazine, July 2018 Issue
The Journal Art Book by ArtOrder
Imagine FX Feature, Dec 2017 Edition 142
Society of Illustrators of LA Illustration West 54
Creative Quarterly 40
Creative Quarterly 39
Society of Illustrator's of NY Student Competition
Embracing Our Differences LLC
Education & Honors
2015- Present Koh-I-Noor Featured Artist
2016 Sterling Hundley Ideation Lab Online Lectures
2011 - 2013 John English's Applied Arts Program (formerly known as TAD)
2006 - 2010 Ringling College of Art and Design, BA in Illustration
2010 Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont Aven, France
Press & Interviews
Imagine FX Magazine Traditional Expose Feature. Edition # 142
The Powerful Women of Pop Culture Get Their Own Portrait Show - Gizmodo.com
Featured Artist. Supersonicart.com
Rising Star: Checklist for a Successful Kickstarter - MuddyColor.com
Artist Spotlight - MuddyColors.com
"Get Schwifty and Gaze Longingly At These Pieces.." - Paste Magazine
"Ranking the Squanchiest Rick and Morty..." - Inverse Magazine
Women in Fantasy Illustration: Ashly Lovett Interview by Kiri Leonard
Featured Artist of the Month and Interview at Thalo.com
Featured Artist. Illustration Friday
Featured Artist. Illustration Age