Michael Garrett Ashby II

Digital and Traditional Paintings

A collection of personal and professional works. The majority of these works were either created in ClipStudioPaint or on canvas with Case-In paint.

A young woman sits in an autumnal thicket

Autumn Approaches. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A fantasy painting of a bat

Bats. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A beast tamer reclines next to his crocodile

Beast Master. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A close up oil painting of a cockroach with two sets of eyes. THe background is red and it stares at you expressively.

Could I Never Harm Another. Traditional painting made with case-in paint.

A group of monsters stands on in the center of I-95 South. From left to right: A large tick with a humanoid face, a massive creature made of twigs with an amorphous head full of small eyes, a bright red dog with too many teeth, a censored scuttlebutt (it resembles mail genitalia and has been blurred :)), a pale humanoid creature with unnatural proportions, a flayed person with strange growths and a baseball bat, a spider-like monster with human hands at the end of it's legs, a priest with dark gray skin and long nails whose face is veiled, a diver with a mask resembling an aquatic mine holding a blow torch, a mutant fish-humanoid-hybrid holding a spear, and a tiny infantile monster with an open stomach.

Monster Designs. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A massive undersea cosmic horror emerges near a fisherman's ship

Dredge. Digital Painting of characters from the game Dredge made in Clip Studio Paint.

A large humanoid with three animal heads and exposed red skin plays with a deer in the woods at night.

Earth Angel. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A woman sits in a bog behind a small palm. She holds a large sword stabbed into the earth, and has blood on her chin. There are large plants and vines in all directions and sunlight shines through the canopy. A heart sits on the stone in front of her.

Wolf Queen. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A redheared man in flannel carries a shovel around a shed in the woods during winter. A large , orange and red creature is barely obscured by the surrounding trees.

Encounter in the Snow. Traditional painting made with case-in paint.

A digitial painting of a poloroid. Three figures stand in the center of the frame. From left to right: A humanoid with a leather mask and multiple tongues weilds a kitchen and butcher knife in either hand. She also wears an apron. In the center, a hunched, balding creature stands with muscular arms, visible spine, and a chain leash. On the right is a strangely cone-headed creature with a gummy smile and a hollow chest.

Family Photo. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

An anthropamorphic fox wearing a leather vest and bracers, a blue shirt, and beige cloth pants. Iron pauldrons and leg coverings protect their center. They are holding a knife

A Sly Fox. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

An older white and green home with paneled, wooden sides, sits in an open area between a small forest of trees. There is a brick staircase leading to the front door, which is covered with a light blue curtain. The sky is blue and full of clouds.

Franna's Home. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A large alligator with it's mouth open wide. Inside the mouth, there is a pile of viscera that stretches between the beast's teeth. Five arms extend out from the throat of the crocodile.

Inside the Alligator. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A canine humanoid extends an arm to guide the eye

Herald. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A large, spiderlike creature holds a weapon

Lolth's Knight. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

Pictured from left to right: Enahs (Half-orc Vengance Paladin of Viigo), Qrassiq (Lizardfolk Necromancer), Marzanna (Aasimar Bloodhunter), Girth (Gnome Artificer), Woody (Elemental-Warforged Circle of Stars Druid), Mordecai (Divine Soul Sorcerer of the Raven Queen

Long Rest. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A minotaur approaches the foreground through a marsh

Minotaur Wandering. Digital Painting made in Clip Studio Paint.

A closeup painting of a small roach. There are no visible eyes.

Roach #1. Traditional painting made with case-in paint.

Two humaoids hanging out beside a convenience store. There is a brown car in the foreground, and a rich red forest in the background.

The Little Store. Traditional painting made with case-in paint.

A flayed figure upholds a heart as he kneels above a mess of matter around a crude axe. In the background, a gathering of shadowy figures with yellow eyes stand behind a wooden fence adorned with teeth. The setting is in a forest at night.

What We Permitted Here. Traditional painting made with case-in paint.