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Cristiana 'Cru' Leone
@cristianaleone.com
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🎨 IT - Freelance Artist
📌 Cubicle7 (Warhammer), Ludus Magnus (Blasphemous), Ghostfire Gaming, Ulisses Spiele, Fire Opal (13th Age) DV Games, Beyond Worlds.
NO AI - NO NFT

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Cristiana 'Cru' Leone @cristianaleone.com · Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay🤗

I'm Cris, freelance illustrator, chara designer and book cover artist, with a focus on fantasy and dark fantasy.
I'm available to work in TTRPGS, Board/Card Games & books.
My dream is to collaborate with WotC one day! 😊

✉️piccolaria@gmail.com
www.cristianaleone.com
EOWYN - digital painting depicting Eowyn lying on the ground, looking dead. Long blond hair frames her pale but seemingly serene face. She holds the hilt of her sword, the broken tip of which is in the now-empty crown of the sorcerer of Angmar. The head of the Nazgul's monstrous mount lies at her side, above the broken shield. Kinslaying at Alqualondë - Digital illustration depicting an elf (Feanor) half-body, drawing a sword and, with a furious expression, shouting at another elf seen from behind, in the foreground, whom he holds by the lapel. Behind Feanor can be glimpsed the masts of a ship and other elves, including Galadriel, trying to stop him. THE FORGE - Illustration of a blacksmith female elf working laboriously at the outdoor forge, despite the snow. GALADRIEL & “TORRE PISANA”- the illustration, entirely handmade with digital painting technique, depicts Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien, who creates the image of a tower through the magic of water
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In light of recent Ai related nonsense in the creative industry, I wanted to present some easy-to-digest facts about Generative Ai
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Today is my birthday! 🎂

I feel grateful for everyone who supports me, my art and the work I love. It makes even the hardest days brighter and gives me the strength to keep creating🫶

If you could spare a repost, it would mean a lot and help my work reach more people 🤗
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Is that time of the year again? So here it is my #artvsartist with some of my fav artworks from this year.😊
Join my telegram channel! => t.me/cristianaleo...
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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blagodatskix.bsky.social
"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love. And in its brevity, its tragedy... this has been made eternal. Better this way... to fade... with your eyes gazing upon me.." 🍁

#art #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social
The illustration of Elizabeth Harlander and the Creature standing in the frame. Fanart for Guillermo del Toro's movie "Frankenstein".
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Thank you so much for the tag, Laura! 💜
🚂 Art Train 🚂

Sorry for the lack of activity but life and work are keeping me deadly busy!
Sharing my fav pieces from this 2025!

Share four pieces, tag four artists 🎨
@davis.social
@niji707.bsky.social
@danhawk333.bsky.social
@artofyorugami.bsky.social
MONFRAKE - character design of a monk dressed in a tattered habit. On his back he carries tied with ropes a cage full of mandrake roots. He holds one in his hand and looks ready to throw it. EOWYN - digital painting depicting Eowyn lying on the ground, looking dead. Long blond hair frames her pale but seemingly serene face. She holds the hilt of her sword, the broken tip of which is in the now-empty crown of the sorcerer of Angmar. The head of the Nazgul's monstrous mount lies at her side, above the broken shield. Kinslaying at Alqualondë - Digital illustration depicting an elf (Feanor) half-body, drawing a sword and, with a furious expression, shouting at another elf seen from behind, in the foreground, whom he holds by the lapel. Behind Feanor can be glimpsed the masts of a ship and other elves, including Galadriel, trying to stop him. ASHIOK- fanart of MTG's planeswalker, which depicts them sucking nightmares from their victims to create a new monstrous creature, while lifting their face toward a red-tinged eclipse.
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Had to cheat a bit with some sketches and wips but I DID IT!! In 2026 I hope to get 200% weirder with my personal work

#artsummary #artsummary2025 #artsky
a collection of 12 pieces I painted in 2025 - art template by Papakkapao_
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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davis.social
Thank you so much for the tag, Cristiana! 🩵

🚂 Art Train 🚂

Also sharing some of my fav pieces from 2025 🙂

Share four pieces, tag four artists 🎨
@mikez.bsky.social
@liiga.bsky.social
@rendernev.bsky.social
@lri.bsky.social

Anyone else is welcome to join in 🙂
"Salpingectomy": A surreal digital artwork of a woman floating in space, surrounded by cosmic dust. Her left arm is missing. She reaches toward a glowing orb with her right arm, with an orb on the left side, floating away. The scene has a celestial atmosphere with stars and rain-like streaks. Digital illustration of a man and woman celestial beings. Near the bottom, the man is lifting a pure black orb, somewhat like a black hole, above his head. Above the orb, the woman lifts weightlessly toward a bright galaxy and space dust, her bright hair flowing downward and encircling the black orb. Sketch of a woman standing in a starry space scene, with long flowing hair, a partial top, and a long translucent skirt, holding a glowing sword. She is ethereally bright white. Digital illustration in dark purple, ochre, and white. An ethereal cosmic scene with a woman falling as fabric and lights flow behind her. She is reaching for something.
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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danhawk333.bsky.social
I know I've missed a few art trains in the past few months so I'll try to catch this one. QRT with 4 your favorite/pieces you're proud of from 2025.
Will choo choo this along to @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social @lkcreations.art @canuckuma.bsky.social @runningcritter.bsky.social
Pen drawing of an alien covered in coral looking bio-mechanical growths and a fogged visor only showing eyes with tentacle like limbs 'crab-walking' towards the left. Its companion is folded up in a corner among the curved walls that are covered in alien machinery that has organic like textures that look carved or inscribed. Behind the moving alien is a large oval window showing a star scape in deep space. Pen drawing of a standard 'grey' alien type behind a beige coloured console with organic texturing with a glowing set of holographic interface. Various devices and bundles of cables surround it with green and blue circular portals embedded in the rounded metallic background. Pen drawing a slight framed young woman with her head encased in a metal face mask with strange markings on it with greasy hair spread out over it with devices and wires coming off the helmet. Her arms are bound to her sides by a metal band as she sits cross-legged in a long, old and tattered white dress that flows over her legs. She is separate but a part of the strange devices and technologies surrounding her with two spines emerging from her shoulders almost like distorted wings, seeming to be more of the controlled than the controller of the environment. Pen drawing of a celestial being made up of the void of space with stars shining floating in front of circles within circles of otherworldly material with symbols embedded in the second layer and the outer layers becoming progressively more and more twisted, root-like and organic. These structures reach out to the edges of the page leaving the celestial floating in front of the central structure.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Thank you so much for the tag, Laura! 💜
🚂 Art Train 🚂

Sorry for the lack of activity but life and work are keeping me deadly busy!
Sharing my fav pieces from this 2025!

Share four pieces, tag four artists 🎨
@davis.social
@niji707.bsky.social
@danhawk333.bsky.social
@artofyorugami.bsky.social
MONFRAKE - character design of a monk dressed in a tattered habit. On his back he carries tied with ropes a cage full of mandrake roots. He holds one in his hand and looks ready to throw it. EOWYN - digital painting depicting Eowyn lying on the ground, looking dead. Long blond hair frames her pale but seemingly serene face. She holds the hilt of her sword, the broken tip of which is in the now-empty crown of the sorcerer of Angmar. The head of the Nazgul's monstrous mount lies at her side, above the broken shield. Kinslaying at Alqualondë - Digital illustration depicting an elf (Feanor) half-body, drawing a sword and, with a furious expression, shouting at another elf seen from behind, in the foreground, whom he holds by the lapel. Behind Feanor can be glimpsed the masts of a ship and other elves, including Galadriel, trying to stop him. ASHIOK- fanart of MTG's planeswalker, which depicts them sucking nightmares from their victims to create a new monstrous creature, while lifting their face toward a red-tinged eclipse.
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Last day of the "HR GIGER - TRIBUTE" artbook KS campa1gn! Don't miss the chance to grab your copy!!
Link=> www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
#illustration #giger #art
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Artists, show us your red art 🩸
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Artists, show us your red art 🩸
LILITH - Digital hand painting portrait fanart of Mother Lilith, from the game Diablo published by Blizzard.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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avalach.bsky.social
Artists, show us your red art 🩸
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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catsidhesilvie.bsky.social
Show us your red art ❤️

Drider Zilvra AU! Just a sketch bc I don't use red that often :/ I should!

TW: spider/drider
Drow AU of Zilvra, a drow
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Artists, show us your red art 🩸
Guts jumping about to hit with his greatsword, sorrounder by red clouds and smoke with the shape of skulls and the eclipse in the background
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Artists, show us your red art 🩸
A large, red-skinned Japanese-style Oni stands guard at a torii gate
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Artists, show us your red art 🩸
LILITH - Digital hand painting portrait fanart of Mother Lilith, from the game Diablo published by Blizzard.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Last day of the "HR GIGER - TRIBUTE" artbook KS campa1gn! Don't miss the chance to grab your copy!!
Link=> www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
#illustration #giger #art
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
cristianaleone.com
Is that time of the year again? So here it is my #artvsartist with some of my fav artworks from this year.😊
Join my telegram channel! => t.me/cristianaleo...
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Beyond death. Beyond damnation. Beyond oblivion🖤
***
Illustration, made in august, for the "One Room One Shots" Single Session RPG Manual, published by @noshortrests.bsky.social
I really loved working on this piece, and I hope it conveys all the intensity I wanted to communicate.
#dndart #TTRPG
Two ghosts are seen in profile, facing each other. Their foreheads and noses touch as they caress each other's faces. The expression of the ghost on the left, wearing the crown, is torn by pain and regret, while that of the ghost on the right seems calmer, at peace.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Beyond death. Beyond damnation. Beyond oblivion🖤
***
Illustration, made in august, for the "One Room One Shots" Single Session RPG Manual, published by @noshortrests.bsky.social
I really loved working on this piece, and I hope it conveys all the intensity I wanted to communicate.
#dndart #TTRPG
Two ghosts are seen in profile, facing each other. Their foreheads and noses touch as they caress each other's faces. The expression of the ghost on the left, wearing the crown, is torn by pain and regret, while that of the ghost on the right seems calmer, at peace.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Crops of one of the illustrations I did for the RPG Manual Uncharted Dungeons, published by Cubicle7! The artwork has been revealed for the KS campaign and I couldn't be happier they choose to show it in the advertising!
You can find the uncropped illu on my Telegram channel:
t.me/cristianaleo...
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Crops of one of the illustrations I did for the RPG Manual Uncharted Dungeons, published by Cubicle7! The artwork has been revealed for the KS campaign and I couldn't be happier they choose to show it in the advertising!
You can find the uncropped illu on my Telegram channel:
t.me/cristianaleo...
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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"The feeder" - my illustration for the HR Giger artbook. I made it 2 years ago, and probably now I'd change many things, but I am still proud of it!
KS campaign is live:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
#scifi #darkart @spiridude.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"The feeder" - my illustration for the HR Giger artbook. I made it 2 years ago, and probably now I'd change many things, but I am still proud of it!
KS campaign is live:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
#scifi #darkart @spiridude.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM