"Ash maybe be trash but he's talented trash...probably the best (picture) anyone's done of me...ever!" - David Hess.

"Beautiful" - Frank Henenlotter.

"I like it crazy WOW!" - Bai Ling.

"I love Ash's Arthole!" - Beatrice Manowski.

"Too European". - Archie Goodwin.


"Fucking awesome. Just awesome". - Tim Sullivan.

"I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!" - Cameron Diaz.

"Epic illustrator! Amazing!" - Natalia Tena.

"Beautiful! ...so talented ". - Asia Argento.

"Very groovy!" - Bruce Campbell.

"Brilliant and Lovely!" - Jake West.

"I love your images and illustrations...
gorgeous, amazing...so deep and cool". - Daria Nicolodi.

"The art you create captures the spirit of the work so magnificently!" -
Jen and Sylvia Soska

"Wow, what artwork! love it!"
-
Rachel Talalay.

"Amazing!" - Aaron Abrams.

"Ash is da man!" - Vito Trabucco.

"...Love the way the artwork of Ash mythologizes the Frightfest line-up year after year." - Graham Kelly Greene.

"truly cool Warholesque pieces!"
- Adam Marcus.

Friday, 6 March 2026

Frightfest 2026.

 The complete lineup - and in screening order too - plus guest portraits - for this years festival. 










 
Aleksandar Radivojevic

Adam O'Brien


Victoria Tate

Ian Whyte

Lynsey Beauchamp

Craig Conway

Neil Marshall

Glenn McQuaid

Declan Reynolds

Chris Colfer

Alice Krige

Sophia Eleni


Sarah T. Cohen

Sarah Alexandra Marks

Danny Rahim

Louis James

Tyler Winchcombe

Tiffany Hannam-Danies

Howard Ford


Connor Marsden



And for those guests it was way too difficult (or too near my deadline) to source reference pics of...






Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Poor Things/Lanark.


For Gray Day 2026 a wee peek at a work in progress.

A set of illustrations exploring Alasdair Gray's work through an Autistic lens. 


The Poor Things cigarette cards are based on the idea of the book being filmed by RKO/Universal in the 30s with a cast including Charles Laughton as Goodwin Baxter, Colin Clive as Archibald McCandless and Kathleen Burke as Bella (it's the same fictional film universe where I imagine Orson Welles making a Batman film in 1973 starring John Cassavetes as Bruce Wayne and Malcolm McDowell fresh off A Clockwork Orange as The Joker, it's a hobby I guess). 




Poor Things (Inspired by Bride of Frankenstein) with a Letraset and Tippex title card.
 


Whereas the Lanark illustrations are a take on the original art for Book III and it's inspiration.








 







Friday, 16 January 2026

Frightfest 2026 Publicity Art.

 An old friend - with a fresh new look - makes a return this year.

Title card/online art/flyers/T-shirt designs/schedule leaflets and sticker collection for this years festival.