Ashley Jay Burdine

Multimedia Artist

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Ongoing Solar System Story Concept (2021-present)
I have been continually adding onto a setting based around the solar system of a distant star of the fictional B34-R5 system, where a vessel containing humans cryogenically frozen millenia ago crash-lands, and the intelligent life forms populating the planets have what they want with them, from companionship to using human DNA for their own purposes....I combined inspiration from many of my favorite science fiction stories, including but not limited to: Fantastic Planet/Le Planete Sauvage (1973), The Incredible True Story (2015) by Logic, Project Hail Mary (2021) by Andy Weir, Discover My Body (2020) by Yames, Starstruck (1982) by Elaine Lee, Ender's Game (1985) by Orson Scott Card, The Martian Chronicles (1950) by Ray Bradbury, and Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert.

Friendly Fiends: Ongoing Character & Comic Concepts (2020-2024)These characters were initially the inception for a long-term comic titled "Friendly Fiends," starring Roni the gremlin and July the Truth Goblin.
Post-comic, I have expanded the usage of the Friendly Fiends characters, namely Roni, by including them in other ongoing projects, including other comics.

"Friendly Fiends": Chapter 3, pages 1-4 (2021-2022)

"SleepQuest!" Newspaper excerpt, pages 3-7
(2024)

Millicent and Morose (2023)Inspired by the film Lair of the White Wyrm (1988) and its titular Bram Stoker novel introducing the idea of non-batlike vampires, I set to creating characters of my own around this idea. Millicent (green) is a snake vampire, while Morose (blue) is an animated stone grotesque.

Trinity DeclassifiedLead Graphic Designer for 2023 and 2024 editions of freshman orientation handbook, developed by the Trinitonian newspaper.

Selected Images from the Trinitonian
Employed as an illustrator since October 2022

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