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Drawing of Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor. A Black man in an orange leather coat, striped zip-up top, and blue trousers is leaned up against the open doors of the TARDIS (a blue police box). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/ff24d0b7-3d23-4422-9762-42cb01b919be/wedding+invite+w+text.png ART - Portfolio Wedding invitation. (Client commission). The border of this invitation is decorated with a mosaic-tile interpretation of the Springville Art Museum, and its front flower and statue garden. Placeholder text reads: "You are invited to the wedding ceremony of Nicole Ann Taylor & Daniel Martin Andersen. Saturday, March 14th, at 5:15 in the evening. Springville Art Museum." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/345597ce-be3c-4e78-9528-bb79d9f2d1d4/the_Explorer.png ART - Portfolio The Explorer. A cartoon digitally painted platypus, in warm, earthy colors. He's standing upright and wearing a basket backpack, leaf hat, and sage-green sweater with chunky buttons. A leaf scroll and pouch are tied around his waist. He's using a branch with flowers as a walking stick, and plodding onwards into the unknown! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/47064f3f-4326-4e7a-a6eb-896b8f1b3eae/TMBG+sans.png ART - Portfolio They Might Be Giants. Stylized line drawing of John Linnell and John Flansburgh. They are filled in with flat blue color and black/white accents, side by side and facing opposite directions. Respectively, they're each holding an accordion and a guitar, and a microphone is pointed at each of them. Text behind them reads “They Might Be Giants.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/9eca889e-d9c2-4521-9b66-83148035a91f/The+Star+Leads+Us.png ART - Portfolio Cover art for a picture book, "The Star Leads Us To Him." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/4a753d69-7bd2-4463-bbcb-45d848215356/bristlecone_cover.png ART - Portfolio Bristlecone Firesides: Wilderness. Commissioned cover art for a podcast, on which I was also a guest! The art depicts a brown wolf in the foreground, looking into the depths of a mystical forest, where glowing orbs seem to beckon us on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/b45700a6-6f4a-4183-8614-1d5190684adb/wizard_%28santa%29.png ART - Portfolio Wizard of Winter. A Father Christmas / Santa character, wearing a wreath of holly on his head and a green robe with fur trim, walks through a wintry forest at night while holding onto a staff. The staff is striped wood resembling a candy cane, and is adorned with an acorn and pine cone that have been enchanted to give off light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/8bcae6db-5e42-4c2b-a501-7464235cb3c9/temple+small.png ART - Portfolio Provo City Center Temple. (Client commission). The rust-orange colored building with steeples is encircled about by a rainbow, and tiger lily details in the foreground (the favorite flowers of its architect, Laurie Lee Hall). https://ashrowan.design/art/pbooks monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/00ae41ea-a000-44dd-8de8-116943a359ae/TAER+sketch+2.jpg ART - Picture Books Preliminary page sketch. A sequence of actions and expressions: the main character, a girl with bangs and stylized pigtails, looks about apprehensively, sliding and ducking, before resigning to looking at her lunch bag sadly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/27a62396-56a7-4daa-aaac-51a2804c1293/017478cdff72c61096419348_rw_600.png ART - Picture Books Preliminary page sketch. Three poses of the main polar bear character: reaching down to scoop up snow, shaping it into a ball, and then rolling it across the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/1774725700490-8UJBBDHYXCSIRX0TMZZB/Screenshot%2B2026-03-28%2Bat%2B13-20-03%2BAdobe%2BPortfolio%2BBuild%2Byour%2Bown%2Bpersonalized%2Bwebsite.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. A white French family is gathered around the island in their kitchen, baking together. The foreground is accented with detailed berry tarts. On the next page, the family delivers the baked goods to a neighbor who is wearing a headscarf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/37890953-cd6c-483a-a44f-68a4a14a447e/TAER+sketch.jpg ART - Picture Books Preliminary page sketch. The main character, at a table in the background, notices a girl at another table, sitting sadly in front of her untouched lunch tray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/f8a18e2e-7890-4020-8271-c88d16d9a0d3/7675f2cab096b0b519fd484c_rw_1200.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. The polar bear ponders, imagining the mysterious silhouettes he saw, and questioning if they are bowling pins. Then, he has an idea! Now in full color, three poses of the main polar bear character: reaching down to scoop up snow, shaping it into a ball, and then rolling it across the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/65d7dff2-ca8b-4993-858b-f62ead310a45/The+Star+Leads+Us+visdev.jpg ART - Picture Books Five cover thumbnails. #1: a close-up of a girl with a braid and afro puffs, holding a large star above a Nativity set. #2: A girl silhouetted by a Christmas tree, with a large star at the top. #3: Children holding hands in a circle, around a large star. #4: Jesus standing in front of a large star shape and a loose halo of envelopes, with some kids gathered around him in front. #5: A detail shot of an open envelope, some letters, and the star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/0599e7c1-7af4-471b-9086-7d28fdd9cb6f/Screen+Shot+2020-04-18+at+3.34.34+PM.png ART - Picture Books Final page art. "I look all around me / There's so many friends / I'm no longer lonely / This can't be the end! / Will there be enough room at my table?" The main character in a thoughtful pose, imagining the faces of all the other kids she's met in the lunchroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/113a36da-65db-4fdf-8fe5-cb857b35b20b/95475a6293afd6f7f9a03f35_rw_1200.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. On the left, penguins dodging a snowball line up on an snowy cliff, then plunge with a splash into the deep blue water below. On the right, two penguins swim through the dark water, looking up at the feet and tail of the polar bear from beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/42197a73-5341-47cc-9ed5-292f0ff92741/The+Star+Leads+Us.png ART - Picture Books Final cover art: "The Star Leads Us To Him." Two Black siblings—a girl in a red sweater, with hair pulled up into braids and afro puffs, and her younger brother, wearing green, with a faded haircut, each hold on to the sides of a big yellow star, radiating its glow outwards into the starry background. In front of them is a Nativity set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/69a7cf25-142e-43dd-b81f-2be85280a26f/Screen+Shot+2020-04-18+at+3.32.28+PM.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. "The lunch room is big / It's noisy and loud / There's so many faces / I'm alone in a crowd." The main character walks forward in a cloudy haze, as silhouettes of other children surround her. "There's much too much room at my table." A wide shot of the lunchroom, other tables filling up, while the main character sits alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/d43c5808-2c93-408f-a83c-4529a6f1461f/b09ae3a656b4b459a77e9460_rw_1200.jpg ART - Picture Books A sketchbook open to a marker drawing of the polar bear with a snowball, and a penguin with a smaller snowball. Text reads: "World Art Drop Day #ArtDropDay. Polar Bear Bowler, coming winter 2014." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/430dcea4-df17-4f7c-8dff-7ba97e0a6797/Screen+Shot+2020-04-18+at+3.32.51+PM.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. "I slink and I slide, I duck and I hide / I look to my left / I look to my right / My table's too big / It's such a sad sight. / There's much too much room at my table." The rough sketch from earlier is now finished with line art and color! The main character's poses match and surround the text in a sequence of actions. "As more faces walk in / The room is a blur / Some faces are smiling / Some shy and unsure. / I want to reach out / A thought has occurred! / I think to myself, / Hey! I've found the cure / For much too much room at my table." This page has a bright yellow-orange background, as the character has brightened up with a new idea. Thought bubbles around her show the idea of meeting other kids, and having them all sit together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/fd3ca2db-ea76-46bf-9f59-90d7227a1a67/1c8ac664c6c8e8c827a769e8_rw_1200.png ART - Picture Books Digital painting: a loose study with wide brush strokes, of icy blue cliffs and dark water, under gray skies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/74e32854-07b8-4b5a-aed4-092fb16b68d8/Screen+Shot+2020-04-18+at+3.33.33+PM.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. "We scooch / and we scrunch/ we scrambled and bunch / We move to the left / We move to the right / We all squeeze together. / It isn't too tight. / There's still too much room at my table." A varied group of four kids are now gathered at the table. The text changes size and position to emphasize different action words. On either side of it, the four kids head in one direction together, and then the other. "My table's not empty, / But there's still open space. / We all look around / ...to find a sad face. / I go to the left. / They go to the right. / We find three new kids / That fit our table so nice." On the top half of the page, the main character offers a plate of cookies to two other shy/nervous-looking kids. On the bottom half, two of the other children go greet another one sitting alone on a set of stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/08ae76f6-4a42-4f7a-8dd4-c0c0b1d82468/Screen+Shot+2020-04-18+at+3.33.53+PM.png ART - Picture Books Final spread art. "We scooch and scrunch, / We scramble and bunch. / We move to the left. / We move to the right. / We all squeeze together. / It isn't too tight. / There's still too much room at my table." A long angled view of the lunch table, now filling up on both sides with new friends. The plate of cookies sits at the end. "A girl comes in, skipping with joy. / Not looking ahead, bumps into a boy! / They both look up, dazed, / A little hurt and confused. / I motion them over / No one's really too bruised." Three shape panels: the girl bounds forward, towards a startled boy braced for impact. Another panel shows the aftermath of each of them rubbing their neck and head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/d6fdc6ab-59cf-4b89-a50d-7e6a0ed4476e/TAER+cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/e8c0c7dc-a600-496a-a0c6-623be4335ec7/pbb+cover https://ashrowan.design/art/sketchbook monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/578a5d8c-400b-4271-91c3-ec05d09b3384/1_Steller%27s_jay.png ART - Sketchbook Steller’s jay. Digital drawing of a blue-and-greyish-brown jay with a crest of feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/4fb40dd4-4f57-4eef-ad7e-e7aa6f4420de/2_Black-billed_magpie.png ART - Sketchbook Black-billed magpie. Digital colored sketch of a black-and-white bird tilted forward while perched; its wingtips and tail feathers are iridescent blue-green-pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/74a02d30-d82b-4399-a5a1-a34d375c41fa/3_House_Finch.png ART - Sketchbook House finch. Digital drawing of a reddish-brownish patterned finch perched on a branch. It looks a little scruffy around the edges, since it’s molting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/9b91c035-cbdd-41d7-8667-203da9711c31/4_American_kestrel.png ART - Sketchbook American kestrel. Digital drawing of a kestrel perched on top of an upright branch. it is loosely painted with reddish-oranges and greys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/8a318eb4-257d-4980-952f-7fea88b04346/curious_cat_son.png ART - Sketchbook Carlton sketches. Two loose, unfinished digital sketches of a cat. On the left he is standing upright on his hind legs, curiously investigating something. On the right, he is laying down and sleepy, partly curled up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/ec78c733-79ee-4cbe-8e3c-2cbcfec2f931/Eleven.jpg ART - Sketchbook Eleven. Stylized/cartoonish digital sketch of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. He is standing in somewhat of an action pose, brandishing his sonic screwdriver, and wearing a vest, long suit coat, and signature bowtie, while his boots are poised on the ground as if to run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/ef9015e1-51a1-4ae1-bb99-13aeffb71cac/bafkreig2z44ox4xjhkbitydgmrniz5i5ah7ak2flzazv6m3v4piwdj7ata.webp ART - Sketchbook Monochrome digital sketch of a man in a sweater with an undercut haircut, holding up a mug to his mouth with a distant/pensive expression, as symbolic swirls of steam curl up all around him in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/1c238e52-344b-4ca0-b2d9-ffc59d648f86/rylan+sketch.png ART - Sketchbook Rylan, in repose. Digital colored sketch of a punk-y kinda guy with light brown skin, and a dark mullet with the front dyed pink. He's lounge-sprawling on the ground while scowling at the camera as if taking a selfie, with angular face features, and wearing a distressed jacket and dark shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/414b90be-3f2e-4c69-8123-af0dcfa42bde/Seren.png ART - Sketchbook Seren. Digital, flat-colored, full-body portrait of a fat white woman. She has curly dark hair and green eyes, and is wearing a dark blue sleeveless top and high-rise autumny-orange canvas pants, with rope sandals. She is also adorned with a pair of necklaces, dangling crescent moon earrings, and a Chicago flag tote bag with pins for autism and disability pride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/829d13be-ca0e-4955-beca-6d59d295bc70/rylan+portrait.png ART - Sketchbook Rylan. Digital portrait drawing: a profile view of a man with light brown skin, dark brown mullet-y hair with red highlights, thick eyebrows with one pierced, and angular features, looking pensive and perhaps a bit angsty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/1774628192807-GJFEP5AHWDTRBYPUUS7R/spirk_%25282020%2529.png ART - Sketchbook T'hy'las. Digital, stylized line art sketch of Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Jim Kirk. They are standing side by side and smirking mischievously at one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/6cb7ef36-1348-4a2e-a407-3b32c299629e/IMG_0441.jpg ART - Sketchbook Thirteen. Digital portrait sketch of Jodie Whitaker as the Thirteenth Doctor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c4b321bafece1d17bf8e51/b4b4d93e-3a6d-4685-af3f-f65df8f13c40/fall+outfit.png ART - Sketchbook Ash. Full body stylized digital drawing of the artist, wearing an outfit in autumn colors.