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Ashley Hankinstein Illustration 🌙
@ashleydoesartstuff.com
🌙Displaced Forest Witch
🌙 MLIS Student 📚
🌙Freelance Illustrator (Haunt Publishing, Ghostfire Gaming, Monte Cook)
🌙She/They
🌙 Inquiries: CURRENTLY CLOSED
🌙 Portfolio: www.ashleydoesartstuff.com
🚫 NO NFT/AI 🚫
Behold, the smartest boi alive 🥰
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I am just a giant nerd and get so excited about this kind of stuff lmaooo

Like yes, pls let me show u how to do the cool search thing!!!
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
One of my classes has us practicing mock reference interviews where we take the role of the librarian helping a patron.

My partner asked me to explain how to search with Booleans in a database.

I was pleased when they said I did well, but also ngl I felt like this:
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I wasn't able to find those numbers, alas, but here's the only picture I ended up taking 😎
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Art friends: Here's a tip for getting rid of *a lot* of the AI slop in your Pinterest feed.

⭐Go into your account settings.
⭐Click the "Refine your recommendations" tab.
⭐Click the GenAI Interests subtab.
⭐TURN OFF EVERYTHING.

So far, my feed is *significantly* cleaner.
October 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey there, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Ashley, an artist who works on book covers, TTRPG's, and tarot cards. I thought today I'd show y'all two of my fav pieces that I just saw are in the wild~ 💚

Done for the @oldgodspod.bsky.social TTRPG with @montecookgames.com

#DigitalArt | #MyArt | #DarkArt
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Not me finding out that the "All Under Heaven" expansion for CK3 comes out at the end of the month and knowing I won't be able to play until the semester ends because uhhhh well....
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That feeling when you've read this week's module's Recommended Reading already, partially for fun, in the course of doing research for a paper 😂

Anywayyyyy like I said last week, libraries are super interesting and full of drama!
October 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I originally made this one as a birthday present for my mom 💚

With her permission, I've made posters of it that are in my shop.

She has a reeeaaalllllly big one that I commissioned a custom print of and had a friend gold-leaf for her though💚
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Me logging on and scrolling the TL today like:
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is also your reminder that @thebiblionaut.bsky.social 's debut novel "The Darkest Glass" comes out in 8 DAYS!!!!!!

Consider pre-ordering your copy here:
books2read.com/u/mvEqd2
October 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Art vs Artist 💚
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Very much inspired by this comic a friend sent me when I was having an extended Bad Brain time lol 😆
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Like I think you're so much better at expressions than me. Sorry to just rip this off your page but this is one of the ones I mean!!! Stunning, dude!!!!
September 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, show off them mouths~👄
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hi Jameela, congrats on 9k!!! 💚💚

I'm a few days late to this but I did wanna join in!!

I'm proud of all of these pieces because they mark my slow return to traditional media for personal work, which is something I've been wanting to do for ages now 💚💚
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Decided to harvest all of our carrots today~ 🥕🥕

Behold.....the whole haul, the largest bois, and the most amusingly shaped!

#Gardening
September 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I got my contributor copy today!!!!!!! I'm so freaking hyped!!!!!

Thank you @thebiblionaut.bsky.social for trusting me with your cover, and for being an absolute treat to work with!!!!

The Darkest Glass officially drops on October 10th.

You can pre-order at: books2read.com/u/mvEqd2
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The fit to see @wardruna.music-social.com !!! 😎🤘🏻

Also happy Bi Visibility Day ❤️💜💙
September 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🐍 Drop some SNAKES 🐍

This is an older one, but there's still a lot going on that I enjoy anyway. Plus, well, SNAKES!!! <33

[ #MyArt | #FanArt | #Bakemonogatari ]
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ah this time they gave me a "sexually suggestive--does not contain nudity" auto tag.

Which is better than previous auto tags but also still incorrect.

Hence my own self applied actually accurate tag!!!!!!
September 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Example: This progress video of a study I did over the summer was repeatedly tagged as explicit sexual nudity even though a) it's obviously not and b) I had ALREADY applied an artistic nudity tag before posting.

(I reapplied the tag this time too, let's see what happens....)
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I don't want to show the whole thing in case it somehow gets around to them, but I'm really hyped and having a lot of fun so here's a snippet of a project I am working on as a gift to a friend 😁

Anyway I'm having a great time learning to embroider lol 😂

#Embroidery #TraditionalArt #MyArt
September 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
i am so excited to announce that @thebiblionaut.bsky.social 's debut novel "The Darkest Glass" is coming out on October 10, 2025!!!!

I am so thrilled to have worked together on this cover with her, and y'all....I've read the first few chapters. when I tell you you're in for a treat.... 👀👀👀👀
September 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM