Ashley Love
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About
Highly skilled creative professional with 8 years of higher education teaching experience, 15 years of fashion design, technical design, and fashion illustration experience, 5 years of apparel graphic design experience, and over 21 years of fine art experience.
Specializes in ready-to-wear, activewear, swimwear, fashion illustrations, and tech packs
Experienced Versatile Fashion illustrator/ Flat Sketch Artist: freehand and computer generated illustrations. I can do both technical sketches & promotional fashion illustrations to bring your vision to life.
Currently looking for work as a fashion designer/fashion illustrator, as well as a professor. -
Education
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Master of Professional Studies Business of Art and DesignMaryland Institute College of Art2019 - 2020
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Master of Fine Arts FashionSavannah College of Art and Design2009 - 2012
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Fine ArtsMississippi State University Mississippi State2001 - 2007
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Experience
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Fashion Designer/ Fashion IllustratorDallas, TXAug 2010 - Present (15 years 10 months)• Construct, design, research trends, and create garments for various clients
• Create fashion illustrations, flat sketches, line sheets, specification sheets, and tech packs for various
start-up fashion companies using Adobe Illustrator
• Consults with various clients regarding colors, trims, and fit
• Communicate with manufacturers on behalf of clients regarding sample orders -
Adjunct ProfessorDallas, TXJul 2014 - Sep 2023 (9 years 2 months)• Taught different sewing techniques using woven and knit fabrics to underclassmen fashion students
• Taught flat sketching, fashion illustration, tech packs, and construction courses to underclassmen
fashion students
• Orchestrated tutoring sessions for the fashion design department
• Assisted students with internship opportunities within the fashion industry
• Led open house tours for future fashion students
• Taught between 4-10 students per quarter -
Adjunct ProfessorDenton, TXAug 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 7 months)• Taught flat sketching, fashion illustration, and print design courses to undergraduate fashion students
• Assisted undergraduate fashion students with fashion portfolio presentations
• Taught students rendering techniques using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Taught between 10-20 students per semester -
Fashion/Graphic DesignerDivine 9 MarketplaceDallas, TXApr 2013 - Nov 2017 (4 years 7 months)• Created original artwork and graphic prints art on t-shirts for apparel company
• Created presentation layouts with owner
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Awards
Honorable Mention in Digital Art, Professional with On My Own Time Visual and Literary Arts Showcase (August 2022)
1st Place in Digital Art, Professional with On My Own Time Visual and Literary Arts Showcase (August 2022)
Featured Collection with Shein- Shein X Ashley D Love (2022)
Featured Designer for Clash on the Catwalk (2017)
Featured Designer for PLITZS New York Fashion Week, feature Designer for Triple Magazine, and Devoe Magazine (2012)
Featured Designer/Illustrator for SCAD Portfolios (2012) -
Affiliations
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Fashion Group International (Dallas) -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@Love_Ashley, member since 2010
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Following 13
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Followers 4
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