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fantasy illustrator, dnd player, bibliophile, and knight of the realm 🏳️‍🌈 ✷ she/her ✷ comms open: [email protected] @thefourofdiamondsart on IG/tumblr https://thefourofdiamondsart.carrd.co/

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Jul 8

greetings #PortfolioDay

I’m Emily K. Leary, a queer fantasy illustrator. Interested in: book covers, TTRPG work, music album art, character design, poster design, handlettering, and personal comms!

💌[email protected]

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Digitally illustrated book cover for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. All text in the image was handlettered by me. The cover depicts the Green Knight riding his horse into King Arthur’s court, axe aloft, holly in hand. Gawain watches him enter from the right corner.

Risograph printed illustration based on Masque of the Red Death by Poe. Black ink on red paper. Prospero kneels before Red Death, his dagger fallen to the floor. Red Death, depicted as a cloak with nothing inside, reaches out to cradle Prospero’s face. Red Death’s mask and Prospero’s crown have fallen to the floor. The frame is inspired by the black clock in the story and gothic architecture. Handlettered blackletter text is quote from original story: “and now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death”.

Digital book illustration, “His Evilness’s Milk Run”. A mysterious cloaked figure with armor and a weapon carries a milk jug aloft, striding through a dark grocery store. The only light in the image comes from a single refrigerated section that displays milk.

Digitally illustrated character design sheet of my paladin/rogue dnd character! A series of the same figure but in three different clothing layers. She is a masc white woman with red hair, wearing Tudor & Victorian inspired clothing and a rapier. In one hand she flourishes a single coin.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · Jun 23

"Sometimes there came a sensation as if a hand was drawn softly along my cheek and neck. Sometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself"

cropped image of an illustration of the vampire Carmilla caressing Laura's neck while she sleeps.

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · 3d

another photo! 🍁🍂🪾

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Apr 18

a charming bard/rogue npc

#dnd #ttrpg #characterdesign #art #bard #rogue #oc #halfelf

Digitally illustrated character design of a dnd npc, who is a bard/rogue half elf. He wears all navy clothes that are a highly fantasy interpretation of 17th century fashion.

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Apr 3

a little character design sheet for my dnd pc, Aurophine 🗡️

#dnd #paladin #rogue #oc #characterdesign #art #ttrpg

Digitally illustrated character design sheet, showing three layers of my dnd character Aurophine’s outfit.

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · 3d

if you see a typo no you don’t

emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · 3d

another photo! 🍁🍂🪾

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · 3d

Trick or Treat! 🎃

My latest mini risograph print, just in time for Halloween. This ghostly beastie is printed with mint ink printed on navy or black paper, and is 8.5” x 5.5”. DM me for one of your very own!

#halloween #art #risoart

A photo of a risograph print. The print features a ghost kitty and the text “trick or treat”. Around the print are plant leaves in fall colors. This particular print is printed on black paper.

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 3d

Tuesday, October 14th is #PortfolioDay! If you are a creative looking for work, this is the tag for you.

Read on to find out how to participate and visit portfolioday.art for more!

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 3d

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 176th deathday, here are a few of my recent pieces inspired by Poe's works 🫀

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom.
Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

illustration by Abigail Larson of a raven perched on a skull with a teal curtain backdrop

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" showing a man restrained as a pendulum blade swings close to him. Rats have swarmed around him, chewing the ropes that hold him down. This illustration is featured in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" for Macmillan Books.

Illustration by Abigail Larson for Macmillan's "Edgar Allan Poe Sticker Jigsaw" book. The illustration is a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven". The narrator is at the center of the image looking up at at raven perched above an open doorway. Behind the narrator is a tall window with red curtains, and the ghost of Lenore lurks nearby. A black cat is watching the scene from the lower right corner.

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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 4d

Tomorrow is the big day for Jester & Fjord!

Are you all ready to celebrate the wedding in perfect Mighty Nein style? I’m sure nothing will go wrong at all 😂

A reinterpretation of Leighton’s “Call to Arms”, dedicated to the bride & groom💙✨
#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart @criticalrole.bsky.social

An illustration re-interpreting the painting “Call to Arms” by Leighton. Jester and Fjord are leaving an elegant building after getting married, followed by Caleb, Essek, Beau, Yasha, Caduceus and Veth, as Kingsley stops them on the steps, seemingly telling them about something important and pointing to the side.
He’s asking them to join on a new adventure or maybe fight an incoming danger.
All of the Mighty Nein are dressed in very fancy clothing, Jester has a beautiful white gown with pink embroidery. Every’s face is either shocked or excited.

In the background, we see various buildings, one showing the “Lavish Chateau” sign.
Many NPC, guest characters and easter eggs are hidden in the image.

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kass!! 🪲 comms waitlist! @beetlebards.bsky.social · Aug 7

herald hound ✨🍁

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 5d

Me: The Middle-Ages were actually very colorful.
Also me: I only want to paint black and green.
#knightober

A drawing of a woman in plate and cloth armor, reaching behind her head to tie her hair. She is wearing a sword, shield and rondelle dagger at the hip.

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 8d

Letter sent - there's a link in the replies to send your own!
(I'll post the letter in replies rather than alt text as it's long)
From @damesprod.bsky.social and Nova&Mali, and many of our artists!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 7d

On October thirde, he did aske of me what daye it was.

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Emily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 9d

Putting the fluorescent orange ink back to work for the autumn risograph print. Sign up for the Postcard Club by the end of October if you'd like some art in the mail~ 💌 patreon.com/emilycheeseman

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Aug 25

we can only face, front towards enemy 🗡️

#dnd #paladin #rogue #ttrpg #oc #rpg #fantasyart #art #characterdesign

Digital illustration of a tarot card, Two of Swords with my DND character, a paladin/rogue multiclass. In the image, a woman kneels on a grassy field, stabbed through the heart with two different swords. Despite the injury she seems to have little reaction as she clutches the swords, looking past what can be seen in the image. In the distance, the ruins of a tower is visible. Text at the bottom is handlettered. The lyric in post caption is from Front Towards Enemy by Baroness.

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Emily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 16d

spring dogwood, summer oak 🌳

A swallow with a tiny mandolin sings a song for a winter fairy who has been sleeping in the hollow of a tree. The illustration is framed by flowering dogwood branches and the accompanying text reads "Winter wakes to Spring's bright song and finds the world in bloom again.”

A pair of fairies descend a path through the forest with giant bluebells hanging overhead. One is dressed in a cape and doublet and the other wears a flowing gown. The illustration is framed by oak leaves and acorns, and the accompanying text reads "On summer nights the fairies don their finery and dance beneath the stars.”

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 17d

Happy Autumn 🍂

ink and watercolor illustration with digital color by Abigail Larson depicting a black dog with red eyes with it's jaws open wide showing long teeth ready to snatch a large falling Autumn leaf.

ink and watercolor illustration with digital color by Abigail Larson depicting a black dog with red eyes holding an Autumn leaf in its mouth. Many other dead leaves litter the ground around the dog.

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The So What @thesowhat.bsky.social · 18d

One more while we’re at it! We’re interested in offering TSW authors the chance to commission images to companion their pieces (if they wish). If you are an artist whose work aligns with our values & you'd be interested in being listed, send us an email (thesowhatpub [at]gmail [dot]com) #medievalsky

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J || Vampire Pyramid Scheme 🦇 🏳️‍⚧️ | ✨ Get Me My Coffin, Louis✨ @vampirepyramid.bsky.social · 22d

Let the #BIPOCVampDay weekend #artshare commence!

Sept 19-21st, share your Black, Indigenous and POC #vampires.
Let’s show how diverse vampires can be.

🩸No genAI, label your NSFW

And consider supporting our fundraiser for #sicklecellawareness month - every dollar counts.

bit.ly/bipocvampday

Artshare graphic with art of two Black vampires, Sidney and Adora, the hosts of BIPOCVampDay. Header reads: BIPOC VampDay 2025 Art Share

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Grace @eriopsis.bsky.social · 27d

More curse of strahd stuff I did for the memento mori 2 zine a while back. I just kind of forgot to post it.

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · Jul 16

Borealis

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Nov 18

bisclavret! my favorite bisexual werewolf and his boyfriend the king

#art #arthuriana

A digital illustration of two men dressed in medieval garb passionately kissing, sitting on a green bed. The top of the bed frame is decorated with carvings of wolves and has a handlettered line of medieval French text from the original poem in a blackletter script.

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · Aug 31

Cover Illustration for the new band book by the metal band "Children of Bodom"
Always awesome to work on band related projects!

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emily | comms open @fourofdiamondsart.bsky.social · Aug 30

💝 a little video of my greeting card in action with its matching envelope!

dm me if you’d like one of your own! $5 USD + shipping

#wlw #fantasyart #art #knight #oc #medieval #valentinesday #lesbian

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