Ash Wicks

From a young age I've been entranced with our native flora and fauna here in N.Z. I've pursued many different subjects in my journey to becoming an artist, and for a long time the one constant was the birds. I have been drawing and exhibiting my pieces of birds now for the past four years. In this time I've been able to pursue other subject matters that interest me and I am now looking to branch off into concept art and illustration. I studied Illustration at university and character design has always been a huge passion for me - I love story telling and all things fantasy/sci fi. I am an avid comic book reader and many of my influences are the artists in the books I read. Although making the switch from professional fine art maker to concept illustration seemed daunting at first I have found it to be an incredibly exciting task that has reignited my passion for creating exciting characters and stories.