Ash Kirk

"Ash is an excellent and kind mentor who goes above and beyond for their mentees. They have a wide breadth of knowledge whether that be character/shape design, composition, anatomy, etc and they know how to break down these topics to be understandable. I highly recommend Ash as they helped me improve tremendously in only a few months."

"Ash is very diligent and puts a lot of effort into the mentorship and works with you depending on your goals, worth"

"Ash is an awesome mentor. Very kind, but also firm on what you need to work on as an artist. I've found them incredibly knowledgeable on a wide variety of topics. I'm on my third month with Ash, how much my art has changed for the better is crazy."

"ASH IS AWESOME. My first month with her is nearing to a close and they're one of my favorite people ever. Her homework pushes me to do things I never would've thought to do as a previous solo study sort of student.

I learned that having a sense of community and someone to talk to about my art goals helps a ton! Not necessarily holding my hand mind you, but giving me guidance and feedback which I've desperately sought out for a long time so finally having a source of that is life changing"

"Ash is an excellent mentor. They consistently made sure to listen to my personal goals and aspirations as an artist and gave me both daily mini assignments to tackle my weaknesses.

In addition to this, they gave me a manageable number of relevant and realistic weekly projects that they would go over in depth, and show me how to improve my work by showing me visually, by performing live demonstrations during class.

All of their critiques were honest and firm, but always was kind and respectful. Most importantly, any questions about problems I had along the way that were bothering me before each session they would also go above and beyond with written responses that were timely, honest, and helpful."

"I can definitely say that being directly taught by someone who's been in the industry really put a lot of the pieces together that I was missing.

I've honestly learned so much more in these two months than I have than my 4 years at school"

"Ash's one-on-one mentorship helped me tackle challenges I didn't realize I was facing in my art development.

Their educational style was incredibly informative and helpful, they kept contact and provided great feedback and criticism that went a long way. I'm greatful I got to meet them and I can't wait to learn even more."

"Ash was a wonderful mentor and an extremely passionate and kind person.

The way she is working with color is quite unique and it made me understand how enjoyable working with colors can be, challenging me to try new things in the field of painting and introducing me to new tools I never tried before!

She helped me move forward in my character design work and also introduced me to new techniques on how to polish my ideas further.

It was a wonderful experience overall and I am very happy to have had the opportunity to meet and work with Ash in this period of time ."

"Ash is a very talented mentor. We've worked together in two stints now. We started in 2023 for a couple of months and we've worked in 2025 for a couple of months. Both instances have been amazing. The level of personalized assignments, weakness drills, painting tutoring and resource management training is far above any class I've taken in the past. I'm always taken to my absolute limit and surprise myself with the quality and quantity I can get done in a week.

I've taken many classes online with feedback from CGMA, and Ash has pushed me much farther in much less time. I look forward to working with Ash again after I've hit a new plateau, so we can break through that one together as well."