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Ashley
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She/Her/They/Them| Graduate student and artist 🧑‍🎨| Just having fun while making things and struggling through art school…

Be sure to select media on my profile to see just my work!

Portfolio: https://ashleyseal.art/

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Finally back home. Got to see some really good panels at #lightbox even for the short time I was there it really inspired me. I’m looking forward to a better experience next year
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So I had the bright idea of trying to attend #lightboxexpo this year. I live across the country so I sat down and planned this months in advance and let me tell you my experience with airlines has been terrible so far. I’m heart broken that I’ll be missing most of the weekend because of this 😭
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Alabaster Whyte is one of my characters from my thesis Despair Repairs. Lately I've been redesigning him and so far I'm liking the change.

#artsky #art #characterdesign #artstudent
October 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
part of my thesis at my university is to recast a live action script, I chose the Mummy 1994. I decided to recast Brendan Fraser's character Rick O'Connel as Dpharaoh Woon-A-Tai from reservation dogs and reset the script as a sci-fi western. It's been working out pretty well

#artsky #storyboarding
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Haven't been able to post too much lately between school and work. I've suddenly found some extra time. So I decided to post some of my favorite work from this current semester. I've been doing a little bit of everything this time around. Trying to finish up before final review.

#artsky #art
October 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just about finished up with everything this semester. One for week to go! Here's my final for my illustration class with some progress pieces to accompany it

#animationstudent #artsky #artstudent #illustration
May 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Semester is almost over, just a few weeks left now. I've been so busy with everything that has been going on that I haven't gotten the chance to post some of my work made this semester. #artsky #artstudent #animationstudent
May 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just got back from a trip where I got to be an extra on a larger film. 2nd film I’ve done where I was an extra.

It was cool being able to understand what the crew was doing. I really liked seeing the things I’m learning applied in real life.
April 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Spent the last few weeks trudging through the awful chore of rebuilding my portfolio website.

I absolutely abhor website building and coding. When I was younger I was enrolled in classes that involved that and hated it.

I still hate it but at least something decent came from it.
March 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Some more digital life drawing studies kinda like how this turned out
February 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm in a digital painting class this semester so I've been doing a lot of these... Nothing particularly exciting but... I'll be honest I really need a nice easy semester after the last one! 😭 I got hit with burnt out so hard...
February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Classes started up again today, got scheduled for a new story boarding class and digital painting. I'm excited to see what I come up with for these classes!
January 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
TikTok being “back” doesn’t matter to me. I already moved out man, you can’t extend the lease at the last second after being bought out by some property management company
January 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Well TikTok is finally down. And I’ve deleted the app off my phone, even if it does come back idk if I’ll be willing to redownload it
January 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Spring semester starts the 29th… I’m both excited and very sad 😢 I liked working on my personal projects.

But at least I’ll have more content to post
January 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
practically shaking at my work desk right now, I can not wait for this day to be over! Five days straight with no work or no school to worry about!! I'm going to sleep SO much!😴
December 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
I swear I'm about to pull a mr. rogers and get some inside sneakers. Keep me and my clumsy butt from falling down them stairs!
a man in a red sweater is sitting on a bench
ALT: a man in a red sweater is sitting on a bench
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December 20, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I just remembered that my university allows professors to leave comments on progress grades and I-- 😭 My color scripting professor is SO nice!
December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Finally started catching up with some of the latest anime out there and honestly. #dandandan is such a great show. I'm not a fan of dubs normally but the English cast does a great job bringing in some real personality into the series that feels natural. I also love the grandmas more than anyone else
a cartoon cat is holding a pink hair dryer with chinese characters on it
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December 16, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I've only just managed to finish my semester and I'm already itching to draw again... Like a fool I've plugged my charger in to prepare my tablet for a long night of drawing. Clearly I've developed some sort of habit for drawing late into Saturday nights, I just don't know if it's good yet...
a cartoon girl with glasses is holding a pencil in her hand in a dark room .
ALT: a cartoon girl with glasses is holding a pencil in her hand in a dark room .
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December 15, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Was up until 1 am this morning getting this finished, not perfect but close enough. I'm so glad this semester is over!

#graduatestudent #artstudent #animalart #paleoart #artsky #art #digitalart
December 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Had to make a bird monster for one of my last animal anatomy assignments . This long boy is a Stryx Owl, basically just a barn owl with three eyes.

I really like how he turned out. One out of two assignments left down. Almost done with the semester!

#animationstudent #artstudent #artsky #birdart
December 11, 2024 at 2:43 AM
As exciting as this is, it's unpaid & applicants are expected to come into the office twice a week. This is suited for people in CA or NY. Titmouse is an amazing studio, I'm sad I won't be able to take advantage of opportunity.

But I hope sharing it will help find the right people for this.
Applications for Titmouse's Artistic Mentorship Programs close this Wednesday. You do not need to be a student to apply!

Storyboarding
jobs.lever.co/titmouse/b66...

Design & Paint
jobs.lever.co/titmouse/1fe...
December 10, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Hey-o Ashley here, a bit late but slowly getting finals done. I'm an animation student! I tend to post a lot of my school work 😁
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Finally done with my color scripting class! I'm so excited that I got this finished and came out with something that looks pretty good! It's hard to believe these two use to be silly ocs I made up late one night for a joke!

#animationstudent #colorscripting #artstudent #gradstudent #artsky
December 9, 2024 at 1:54 AM