Meet the Artist
My name is Ash and I am a graphic designer located near Chicago. I am also well versed in photography, painting, and typography. I have loved art all my life and knew I wanted to pursue it professionally somehow and graphic design felt right to me. I find huge inspiration from a lot of different places, whether that be historical paintings, anime and manga, and even music. My goal when designing is to create something that tells a story without words.
Why Choose Ash?
I am a dedicated graphic designer looking to try as many things as I can. I love working with more alternative styles and pushing the boundaries of what is expected. I dabble in a lot of different spaces and love to explore new mediums to try. I already have a lot of experience for someone so young and would love to help your ideas come to life.
I also make merchandise for my some of my previous work so if you like my style be sure to check that out! I also make art and other merchandise for the nerdy things I’m into so be sure to check that out too!
Services I Provide
For more information visit the Services page or to make an inquiry visit the Contact page!
Graphic Design
Commission me for graphic design. I can make designs for anything you might need just contact me! This is where my specialty lies.
Photography and Editing
I can take photos for an event with editing included. We can also just schedule a personal photoshoot. I can also edit existing photos.
Painting and Illustration
Commission me for a physical painting or digital illustration. The digital illustration will come with a physical print version mailed to you as well.
3D Assets and Animation
I can make 3D assets and scenes for anything you might need. It can be fully rendered or just the model. I can also make short animations.
Credentials
Programs
Notable Experience
The Woodstock Public Library was looking for a design for a project they were working on. They came to MCC’s Graphic Design 2, 3, and welding classes to help in fall of 2025. I was in the Graphic Design 3 class so I had the honor of being a part of this.
Their project was titled “Prairie Roots” where the whole goal was to connect the community and to reintroduce some native Illinois plant life. They first partnered with Bluestem Ecological services to get that native plant life in the ground. The next step was MCC’s design department for a moongate (think hobbit hole entrance) and sound panels (3 panels with cutouts and lights behind).
The library wanted something that would tie in to the native plants they already had installed, they also wanted some sort of natural wildlife tie in as well. There were restrictions with how small the laser could cut so all the designers had to work within those limitations.
Everybody in the design 2 and 3 class made three proposed designs for both sound panels and the moongate and were sent to an internal MCC board to choose 5 finalists to present all three of their designs to the Woodstock Library in person. Whoever was chosen would have the design be laser cut out of large metal sheets and assembled by MCC’s welding class and installed in the spring.
After the day of presentations by the students, the Woodstock board took a few weeks to finalize which design they picked. I was chosen to have my design with the birds finalized and installed in the spring. I’m so honored to have my design permanently at the Woodstock Public Library!
The nonprofit organization Cycling Without Age’s McHenry branch came to MCC’s graphic design 2 and 3 classes to ask for a trailer wrap design. I was in the graphic design 2 class at the time so I was able to participate.
They wanted to advertise their organization on the go while telling their story. The entire idea of what they do is to bring together generations and use nature to do it. They utilize trishaws, a type of bike with a bench in the front, to get older people out of the house and feel the wind in their hair again.
Cycling Without Age is an international organization, so they had a brand book with several guidelines to follow such as typeface and colors. The designers had to work around that, while still showcasing their brand identity and their mission.
Each student would finalize one complete, large scale design that would be sent to an internal board of MCC judges who would pick 5 final designs to present to the organization in person. I was chosen as one of the finalists to present, but unfortunately my design was not quite what they were looking for. I was still able to give the client a good presentation and my design was a little more unique than some of the other presentations.
outside view of the gallery
inside panorama of the gallery
the merchandise table for the exhibition
The graphic design classes 2 and 3, in fall of 2025, hosted a fully independent art exhibition. I had the pleasure of being a part of this as I was in the graphic design 3 class.
The class had to work as one big group to come up with the theme, all of the advertising materials, all of the merch that would be given out day of, social media, and all of the actual exhibition pieces. We broke all the work into smaller teams.
The theme we settled on was titled you to You, and the concept was reimagining an art piece from elementary school with your current graphic design skill set. Each student was to make a poster for the exhibition and have all the original inspiration pieces underneath so you would be able to compare the two when looking at them.
I was personally on the team of students that did the marketing, so that meant the brochure that would be passed out day of and all of the posters that would be put up around the school before the event as advertisement.
I was also the person that came up with the measurements for the wall and decided how the posters and photos would be set up in the exhibition room.
The event advertisement poster I made 
The individual exhibition poster I made