Ash Farrand Design

A thing I drew in October that I'm counting as an inktober. I kinda dropped the ball on this year's inktober. Hyperfixated on other things oopsie! Maybe I'll get some more in this last week though

Good morning from LV NV 🏜️

MCRX-004: - ‘Cinnamon Remixes’ is OUT NOW. All relevant links in bio 🎧

Features 3 remixes of tracks from ‘Cinnamon’, released in May of 2023.

Includes remixes from:




Cover art by .design

mysterycircles.bandcamp.com 🎧

six of swords // I got a tarot reading recently and I really resonated with this card which suggested at that radical hope I'm always going on about. So I drew my version of it for today's inktober.

The card means a journey or transition, one from difficulty to eventually more hopeful. A sign that, while things might be rough, there is the possibility of finding a path forward, moving towards a community or support network that helps you navigate through the chaos.

I've always wanted to design my own tarot deck. Do you think I should?

As is custom I draw my baby's portraits when they pass. Added Katherine today. Idk if I believe in heaven or something like it but if I went I'd be greeted by all these guys 🥰

anxiety's false promise is control // a mixed media spread in the sketchbook for today's inktober

dude where's my spacecraft // I'm like a week late starting inktober this year. I've been so busy but better late than never. I'm using prompts and whatever else I may come up with. Maybe some gelli prints. Anybody else doing a drawing challenge this month?

Some flyer design I did for and his benefit show in Columbus Ohio this weekend. I so wish I could be there but if you're in the area you should definitely go!! 🚀

My new album THIS APPEARING is out NOW!
Oh man, where do I even begin… This album has been one and a half years in the making. One song, the closing track Never The Same, even dates back three years. I didn’t set out to write an album. I was just trying to catch fragments of moments and emotions, hoping they would give rise to something greater. The songs made me do it. They compelled me to write more. And I did. There were at least three songs that didn’t make the cut, which changed the whole album as a whole drastically. I released my first album Make Dark The Light in 2017. A ramshackle and haphazard collection of every tune I had written as Applethief at that point. I finished that album in my bedroom, admidst heartbreak and healing. This Appearing and my first album are sonically worlds apart, but I still think this new collection of songs is a spiritual successor to the first. Maybe This Appearing has more intention and experience behind it, but it’s still Applethief.

Thank you to friends who helped me on this lonely trek across these eleven songs. Thank you also for sharing in the triumphs, for there were many. I think I stretched my abilities in songwriting and production pretty wide, and I hope that show in a good way.

And thank you again .design for the incredible cover art. It really brought the album home.

Please give the album a listen, and if you could share your thoughts with me. Send an email, dm or here in the comments. I would really appreciate to hear how you feel about the album.

I’m starting to practice playing these songs solo, so stay tuned for some videos or possible Applethief gigs in the future! If some of you need a warm up act, sign me up!

I’m grateful for the gestation, birth and release of these eleven songs. They are yours now. Grateful that you are here. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Take care ✨🌿✨

Turning my bleed pages into art.

Marker bleed, ink washed tracing paper collage, acrylic pink (yes its really that vibrant 😍), pastel

I might as well post these on main and not just in my story

A new super limited cassette PRE-ORDER on a back catalog release 🎧

Edition of 25 cassettes for ’s October 2023 release ‘Color of Sunshine’ ☀️

Link in bio / mysterycircles.bandcamp.com
Shipping in mid-June

We had a handful of asks for a tape edition on this one, so we decided to duplicate a short run. 10 of these are pre-sold to shops, so please note there’s only 15 available for sale here...

J-card art + design by Ash Farrand (.design)

Thanks for listening!
mysterycircles.bandcamp.com 🎧

I started a multimedia sketchbook at the beginning of the year that I'm calling my junk journal or trash sketchbook. I'm allowing this space for experimentation and low expectations from myself and I've never filled up a sketchbook so fast.

Here's a few spreads I've liked.

Which is your favorite?

P.s. - this sketchbook smells so bad like so many chemicals lol

radient mirage // the latest edition to my
shop!

I can offer additional design services for custom color, alternative angles, typography, jcard / CD / vinyl design and animation. I do a sliding scale for smaller artists, so don't be afraid to ask!

indelible // the latest edition to my shop! ✨️

I keep posting these the week after bandcamp friday lol

Anywayss once it's yours, I can offer additional design services for custom color, alternative angles, typography, jcard / CD / vinyl design and animation. I tend to do a sliding scale for smaller artists, so don't be afraid to ask! 🌈
https://ashfarrand.design/shop/

I've got some new album art up in my shop! I only ever sell ONE so you're getting something unique ashfarrand.design https://ashfarrand.design/shop/

A fun design I done ✨️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CnNL96CuaPG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

✨️ It took a few days but all of my inktober illustrations are available as prints and almost all of them are available as tshirts, hoodies and stickers! If you don't see something in a certain color let me know and I have no problem with putting it up for you. It costs money/time to put all the different variations up on etsy so they are not all there. Let me know if you have any issues at all! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ashfarranddesign