James Ashe

@jamesashestudio.com

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I’m an autistic Irish Illustrator working in children’s publishing. Member of Illustrators North Rep’d by Luddington Creative Portfolio @ jamesashestudio.com Work enquiries to hello@halfcut.net

Illustration of Asakusa and the Kaminari-mon “Thunder Gate”, featuring ski stamps, James holding a map, The Thunder Gate, and a boy and mother. Also included is a Goshuin Book with an inked sheet.
Hayao Miyazaki 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself' quote
Hand drawn illustration based on Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Featuring Navi trying to wake young Link from his bed and saying “CaN Hyrule's DesTiNY ReALLY dEPeND ON SUCH A LAZY BOY?!?”
Illustrated page for a graphic zone featuring a double page spread with illustrations of Tokyo Skytree, Mt. Fuji, and the Kirby Cafe. There Eki ink stamps throughout the spread.
Screenshot taken from Procreate. Featuring a zoomed in page illustration spread featuring Japan travel stamps, a suica card, and a map with a plane flying over countries.
Chapter cover illustration showcasing Tokyo. It features a man with long hair, glasses, and tote bag at a vending machine. Accompanied with a Suica Penguin and a Yamanote line train. There are red Tokyo Station Eki stamps and a tile card for Tokyo made out of scrap paper and washi tape.
Hand drawn watercolour and ink sketch book drawing. Featuring a man with long hair and glasses looking amazed at Mount Fuji through the window of a train.
Image from the Persepolis animated film. With teenage Marjane wearing a ‘pink is not ded’ denim jacket over her hijab and older women chastising her.
Hisago Street Market in Tokyo.
Screenshot from Persona 5 Royal. With a NPC text box reading ‘Besides, when a building's this old, it wouldn't be unusual for it to catch on fire, would it?’
A page from a junk journal featuring a messy collab of Gorillaz stickers handwritten lyrics and a drawing of Murdoc Niccals drinking Buckfast.
Sketchbook ink drawing of an abandoned mall called ‘Spook Street Mall’.
Advert on Instagram urging users to sign up for Instagram’s Blue Tick
An illustration capturing James as a working illustrator, along with his clothes, tools, and utilities he uses. It purposely looks like a menu screen from Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Illustration of a train speeding past a city landscape that looks a lot like Battersea in London. With two dogs as the commuters.
Comic illustration double spread page depicting a young boy in paddling pool and a soldier landing down in the garden.
Sketchbook drawing of dogs on the train watching the world go by outside the window. City mimics London.
Photo of a London Underground station in South Kensington.
Graphic Novel Illustration featuring the Seymour Hill estate in Belfast. There is a a title that reads ‘The First Day I Never Forgot’. There is a colour scheme of red, white, and blue.
Pastel drawing of a Christmas scene featuring a frozen water fountain and Santa showing children around the North Pole. Other characters include elves, penguins, and a reindeer
Pastel drawing of a Christmas scene featuring a frozen water fountain and Santa showing children around the North Pole. Other characters include elves, penguins, and a reindeer
Hand drawn illustration of a convenience store with a cat loafing in a newspaper rack.
Exhibition Poster for Smile Please by Illustrators North on 4th December 2025 at 6pm in Black Box Belfast
Crayon pencil drawing in the style of a children’s picturebook page with a cartoon vampire in a castle kitchen holding a mouldy loaf of bread and handwriting that reads “Behold! A freshly baked loaf of dread!” underneath
Artwork featuring the New York City skyline, featuring a man and girl looking at the Empire State Building from an observation deck. There is a logo for James Ashe and text reading 'jamesashestudio.com', 'represented by Luddington Creative'.
Hand drawn illustration of James (a man with long hair, wearing glasses and a white T-shirt) drawing at his desk. There is handwriting that reads “I’m now represented by Luddington Creative”
A double page book spread showcasing the skyline in midtown Manhattan with the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center in focus. There is a child on viewing binoculars and a man holding a camera in the photo
Photo of James with a light up model of Majora’s Mask.
Book cover illustration based on the Wednesday Netflix series. The artwork features Enid pulling Wednesday in by the shoulder and waving hi to Thing.
Illustration for children’s non-fiction publishing featuring the Poets & Lovers Van Gogh exhibition in the National Gallery in London. Including 3 paintings which are sunflowers, Van Gogh self portrait, and a chair. There are two spectators looking and gazing in wonder.
Illustration of a turnstile jumper
Illustrated drawing of an MTA subway station in New York City. Complete with an entrance, train car, ticket machine, and passengers.
Mock up illustrated book cover of A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy. Set in space with green, white, and purple tones with a boy and girl in space.
A visual biography of James, with an illustrated version of James standing in the centre clutching his portfolio and waving. There are fun facts surrounding James which state 'I was born in the same city as the Titanic', 'I'm gay and autistic', 'I've climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty', and 'I was in the first generation to grow up after The Troubles conflict'. There's a sentence about James reading 'I'm James Ashe, an illustrator in Northern Ireland with a love for storytelling in my work'.
acrylic painting of a cat posing as a loaf of bread in a bakery setting with the catchphrases 'today's bread today' and 'full loaf please' written on the painting.
Hand drawn children’s style newspaper of ‘Tryin’ Times’
Hand coloured illustration drawing of a Blahaj plush shark in an IKEA bag
Illustrated version of a driver's license for the Cow in Mario Kart
Hand drawn pretend driver’s licence for the cow in Mario Kart World.
Pencil crayon drawing of Bennerley Viaduct
Ink sketch of Dracula as an Express Fright courier driver.
Illustrated book cover of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The illustration is of a boy stranded in the woods holding an axe next to a plane crash site. This is a limited colour swatch with dark navy, purple, and orange colours only.
screenshot of a tweet from Naomi Wolf: "It was amazing to go to Belfast, which does not yet have 5G, and feel the earth, sky, air, human experience, feel the way it did in the 1970s. Calm, still, peaceful, restful, natural."
Photo of James wearing a pink jumpsuit and pink corduroy hat and he’s holding a Kirby plushie
Black ink based illustration of the goose from the goose chase meme asking the viewer if something brings them joy.
A visual biography of James, with an illustrated version of James standing in the centre clutching his portfolio and waving. There are fun facts surrounding James which state 'I was born in the same city as the Titanic', 'I'm gay and autistic', 'I've climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty', and 'I was in the first generation to grow up after The Troubles conflict'. There's a sentence about James reading 'I'm James Ashe, an illustrator in Northern Ireland with a love for storytelling in my work'.
Photo of James on a street in a white T-shirt with embroidered Pikmin, he is also wearing a baby pink corduroy baseball cap, Elmer the Elephant styled trousers, and glasses.
screenshot of james' 'knead to know' baker illustration
Screenshot from Instagram. ‘photos with audio can get more reach’ pressuring people into making reels.
Acrylic painting on khadi paper of a earth planet made out of washi tape in outer space drawing a smile on itself, and handwriting that reads ‘we only have so much time, so make your mark!’
Acrylic painting on khadi paper of a earth planet made out of washi tape in outer space drawing a smile on itself, and handwriting that reads ‘we only have so much time, so make your mark!’
Photo on a desk counter with a pretend MacBook painted and illustrated placed next to a Lego mini figure for scale.
Watercolour sketch of Pikmin characters in trans pink, blue, and white colours. Holding a heart that says “trans rights are human rights”.
A visual biography of James, with an illustrated version of James standing in the centre clutching his portfolio and waving. There are fun facts surrounding James which state 'I was born in the same city as the Titanic', 'I'm gay and autistic', 'I've climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty', and 'I was in the first generation to grow up after The Troubles conflict'. There's a sentence about James reading 'I'm James Ashe, an illustrator in Northern Ireland with a love for storytelling in my work'.
A photo of a hand drawn ‘artistic licence’. Features a black and white illustration of James and ‘Artistic Licence’ and ‘Licensed to Make Art’ written on it.
A visual biography of James, with an illustrated version of James standing in the centre clutching his portfolio and waving. There are fun facts surrounding James which state 'I was born in the same city as the Titanic', 'I'm gay and autistic', 'I've climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty', and 'I was in the first generation to grow up after The Troubles conflict'. There's a sentence about James reading 'I'm James Ashe, an illustrator in Northern Ireland with a love for storytelling in my work'.
Acrylic painting of a cat posing as a loaf of bread resembling Brennan’s Bread with ‘today’s bread today’ written on the cat
illustration featuring James in an inventory screen from a video game with artist supplies as icons. Inspired by the Item Select screen from Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Chalk pastel hand drawn illustration of an open book resting on top of a brown terroir dog.
Chalk pastel colour Illustration of a castle dungeon with a cave entrance hosting a sleeping dragon.