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Ashley Mackenzie
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Freelance Illustrator | She/They | ashmackenzie.carrd.co
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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
September 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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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
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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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
August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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
August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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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
July 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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
July 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Here's the full card!
A Magic: The Gathering card featuring a chocobo from the game Final Fantasy
June 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Here's the art I did for the Traveling Chocobo card for #MTGxFINALFANTASY, what a dream to work on one of my favourite Final Fantasy creatures!

AD: Cassie Murphy
#mtg #illustration #art
Sunset clouds swirl over distant mountains as a golden chocobo runs through a verdant field filled with flowers
June 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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IT'S HAPPENING!?!!

#hollowknight #silksong
a drawing of Hornet from Hollow Knight holding her needle encircled by thread
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The foil turned out so nice on these!

#mtg #illustration
March 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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$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
March 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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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
February 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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
January 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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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"
January 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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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 A vampire in a high collared coat stands in the circle of gnarled, grasping hands, haloed by red diamonds 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
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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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
December 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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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
A picture of a snowy mountain landscape by J.E.H. MacDonald A family walks in the foreground of a bright snowy neighbourhood scene (forgot to note the artist, maybe Casson?) A painting of snow covered rooftops above a vibrant multicoloured group of houses, by A.J. Casson A paintjng of snow covered rocks in front of a dark lake covered in white caps, by A.J. Casson
December 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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This intrigues me 👀 ashmackenzie.com
A vampire surrounded by grasping hands in a halo of red diamonds A brave chocobo defends its fallen rider from a massive flying beast
November 29, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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If you see this, post a birb 🐤

Technically this one was about quantum clouds, but also birb!
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
November 20, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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If you see this, quote your green art 💚
A ghost orchid given humanoid features is hovering in space, petals trailing behind like a twin-tailed cape and the stem and leaves work as a hat
November 7, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Prints are available for this trio over on INPRNT! www.inprnt.com/gallery/ashm...

#art #illustration #prints
A trio of images featuring a hunter, a werewolf and a vampire
October 31, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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The Hunter 👁️

#art #illustration
A hunter looks back over their shoulder holding a still-smoking rifle, framed against an immense blue eye radiating behind them
October 30, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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The Werewolf 🌕

#art #illustration
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
October 28, 2024 at 1:51 PM