Ashley A. Woods is an artist, writer, & creator from Chicago known for her work on the "Niobe", "Tomb Raider" and “Wonder Woman” series. Influenced by anime, manga, video games as well as European comics, she got her start through self-publishing her action-fantasy comic series “Millennia War” which led to her career in comics and TV in 2015.
After earning her degree in Film and Animation from IADT, she traveled to Kyoto, Japan where she presented her work in a gallery showcase called, “Out Of Sequence”, at Kyoto University.
Her work can be seen on HBO's "Lovecraft Country", Marvel’s “Black Panther”, DC’s “Wonder Woman Black & Gold 2”, "Jupiter Invincible" with Pulitzer Prize winning author Yusef Komunyakaa which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival June 2021 and VICE / Refinery29.
When Ashley isn’t drawing, she enjoys hiking, martial arts films, collecting games / movies, and embracing all things cool.
EDUCATION:
BFA Film & Animation / International Academy of Design and Technology
PROGRAMS & SKILLS:
ADOBE SUITE CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
Clip Studio Paint / Manga Studio
Procreate
Traditional & Digital Illustration
Concept Art
Storyboarding
CLIENTS INCLUDE:
Marvel
DC
IDW
Dark Horse
Image Comics
BOOM! Studios
HBO
Skybound Entertainment
Vault Comics
Scholastic
Mainframe Studios / WOW! Unlimited Media Inc.
Netflix
2022 CONVENTIONS & EVENTS:
Little Giant “Old School” Comic Show (April 23)
Motor City Black Age of Comics and Manga Convention (June 4)
Florida Super Con (July 8-10)
2021 CONVENTIONS & EVENTS:
Tribeca Film Festival (June 17-20)
Little Giant “Old School” Comic Show (August 21st)
Stranger Con (Aug. 28)
Pocket Con (Sept. 26)
New York Comic Con (Oct. 8-10)
2020 CONVENTIONS & EVENTS:
C2E2 (Feb. 28 - March 1)
ECCC (March 12-15)
MegaCon Orlando (April 16-19)
Motor City Black Age of Comics (June 12-13)
Dragon Con (Sept. 3-7)
Rose City Comic Con (Sept. 11-13)
ChiTeen Lit Fest (Nov. 6th)
2019 CONVENTIONS & EVENTS:
BAM (Feb. 10)
Dutchess University (March 7)
Challengers Women's Comics Month (March 9)
ECCC (March 14-17)
C2E2 (March 21-24)
Mid-City Micro Con (April 26-28)
MegaCon Orlando (May 16-19)
Dragon Con (August 29-Sept. 2)
New York Comic Con (Oct. 3-6)
Pocket Con (Nov. 16)
2018 CONVENTIONS & EVENTS:
Purdue University (Feb. 2)
C2E2 (April 6-8)
Popcon (May 5)
Rhode Island School of Design / RISD (May 9)
California College of the Arts / CCA (July 27)
Naperville Public Library Local Author Day (Nov. 3)