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emiett
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Illustrator and cartoonist! 🖋
Repped Maeve Maclysaght 🌻
Portfolio 🎨: www.emiett.com
Shop 📦: emiett.storenvy.com
https://emiett.carrd.co/
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little mixed media Sal!
A traditional drawing of a raggedy anne-inspired rag doll holding a pocketknife. She's made using markers, pencil, gouache, and colored pencil in bright punchy colors.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Old Izzy doodle...sometimes you gotta cast a spell and piss everyone off
A baby-faced soldier with a funny little mustache crouches in the blackness. He's bloodied and holding an open book which spews glowing red squiggles and stars.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Emily, an illustrator/cartoonist interested in the silly and existential!
Check out my debut comic, Skeleanor the Decomposer!
Available for PB and MG work 🌈
Repped by Maeve Maclysaght 🌻

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A page from my kids graphic novel, Skeleanor the Decomposer. Skeleanor is a skeleton that jumps from playing the violin to the organ to her own rib cage all while telling her bat friend how much she wants to play in a band. The bat is sitting in a box lamenting about the lack of moths in the clothing she's holding. An ink illustration for a mock-up of the novel, Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. Two princesses, Cimorene and Alianora, laugh in a messy library. The text at the bottom of the page reads, "The was too much for either of them, and they both collapsed into laughter." An ink and watercolor illustration divided into panels. In the main panel 3 little girls have a summer tea party in a garden. They make tea out of squished watermelon and cookies out of mud and watermelon seeds. In the panel below is a view of their imagination as fancy ladies at dusk. These are bordered by them being invited over during the day and then running inside for dinner at night. A colorful marker, pen, and colored pencil illustration. Two kids hold their breath and sit in the bottom of a large bath with two mermaids. They're surrounded by fish and game pieces such as puzzle pieces and checkers. One mermaid says "Go fish!" as one kid's cards float away. Ducks float on top of the water. In the background, the kids' mom says, "5-minute warning! Are you kids listening?" The text in the top corner reads, "For some reason Claudia didn't look interested in my drain dinner. She crossed her arms. 'If I stayed in the bath forever I couldn't have friends over.' 'Sure you could!' I said, thinking quickly. 'You just have to invite the right people! Mermaids, for example' Claudia loved mermaids. She uncrossed her arms."
July 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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OCs as animal crossing villagers!!!! From 2020 of course lol
Cyrus is a hot pink bunny with tired eyes and a sly smile. Yukino is a blue wolf with a sparkle in her eye and overalls. Raimond is a dark gray cat with glowing green eyes and red fangs. Lysander is a purple horse with eyeliner. Minnow is a cub in with yellow accents wearing a leather jacket. Deadalus is a white and black sheep with a quilted scarf.
June 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Some early Locked Tomb fanart of Dulcinea and Palamedes
Pencil sketches of the characters Dulcinea and Palamedes from the series, The Locked Tomb. The sketches have been colored digitally. Dulcinea has a gaunt face but a kind smile. She has long curly light brown hair and is wearing a sea foam green dress. In one sketch she's giggling. Palamedes has glasses, a gray blouse, and tousled brown hair. He looks pensive in his sketch.
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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More dumb oc stuff (from 2021)
Deadalus the ghost floats above Yukino and Lysander wearing thigh high boots. "Hey guys," he says. "Look at these cool boots I thrifted." Yukino says, "Wow!" Lysander looks on tiredly and asks, "Where did you thrift those?" Deadalus replies, "In the hallway." Lysander says, "Those are mine."
June 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Stupid Danny Phantom comics that made it into the Going Ghost zine lol
A very loosely draw comic in pen. Ember sings her standard song as Danny covers his ears with his hands. "Tucker! Sam!" he yells, "Shut your ears!" Tucker and Sam are dancing to the music. "But it slaps," Sam says back. "Yeah, Danny make your voice slap better and we'll listen to you" Tucker adds. Skulker looks down at Danny and says, "I'm just saying you could do better, Danny. Like why be a whiny 14 year old when you could be a sickass lamp?" "Thanks Skulker", Danny says, looking annoyed.
June 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A bunch of doodles of my milkmaid warlock Mamilda that I never posted...sometimes you gotta accept you're never gonna color that sketch 🤷‍♀️
Some loose digital sketches of Mamilda, who's a stout halfling with short wavy hair. In one she points one finger to the sky and shouts with righteous anger. In another she's in profile, showing off a ponytail. In the last she chucks a bottle of milk at an ally's head. Underneath in red all caps it says, "HEALED!!!" Mamilda sits cross-legged looking serious. On her lap rests her bullywug ally, Aggie who's sleeping. Mamilda spins a daisy in one hand and grips her knee with the other. Another little drawing of Aggie holding a staff is to the left. A few drawings of Mamilda. In 2 she's holding her son, Caleb, when he was a baby. She waves a flower at him. In another she looks nervous and says, "Yeee?" in a shaky voice. In the last drawing she holds her hands out, one over the other. Wind billows her hair back and she looks serious. An arrow towards her says she's "Squishing Diego with a big rock." This drawing is actually colored. Mamilda sits in a few inches of water in dim mist. She's bleeding at her shoulder and her nose. She looks hopeless.
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Matching Icons for you and your treacherous sister
A square digital drawing of a half elf with her back facing the camera. She's backlit by flames and has short black hair, a face burn and piercings. Over her back is written "Violence" in red handwritten text. Another square icon of a half elf with her back facing the camera. She has slick wavy black hair and a tight red dress. She's wearing heavy makeup and looks sultry. In front of her is a rain-streaked window looking on to city lights. Over her is written "Victory" in white cursive, glowing red.
June 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Beauty and the Beast riso print I made last year! 🌹
A poster of the story of Beauty and the Beast. Beauty stands in the foreground, a redhead in a yellow dress. She's surrounded by roses with snakes weaving through them. In the background is the Beast standing with a watering can. He has horns, big fluffy lynx ears and bog bottom jaw fangs. Behind him is a white castle. Across the top and bottom of the picture is the text, "La Belle et La Bete" The print version of the image. Some of the values of changed in the printing process. Zoom in of the print. The texture of a risograph print is similar to that of a xerox machine. It's slightly grainy but soft.
June 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Still in Mermay so here's a card from Galleries, the matching game my friend and I are making! 🦀
A playing card of a mermaid surrounded by 7 crabs. The illustration is in a frame labeled with "Comic Portrait." The frame is illustrated with cherubs, dragons, storm clouds, snails, and plants.
May 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Got these out of the kiln!
A handmade ceramic tile of a rocking horse. It’s made with bright cheerful colors. The design comes from a 1969 calendar. A handmade ceramic tile of a willow full of birds. It’s made with deep blue greens and cheerful yellows and oranges. At the bottom of the image are 2 little houses under the tree.
May 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ceramic tile wips
A glazed but not fired ceramic tile of a rocking horse. The design comes from a calendar from 1969. A tile of a willow. Birds are painted on the willow in yellows, oranges, and pinks. Below the willow are 2 tiny houses. A border is painted in blue with leaves and birds. The tile is still fresh clay and has not been fired.
April 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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My dnd character, Violence, is multi-classing as a paladin rogue. Her patron/parole officer is the Angel of Mercy and she has to behave herself or else :)
A graphite drawing colored on the computer. Violence stands in the center holding a match and a lit bottle bomb, staring at the viewer. She's backlit by an angel with a large glittering halo. The angel is blowing out the match, delicately holding Vi's wrist. With the other hand she hold the burning rag of the bottle bomb. A close up of the drawing. Violence is a half elf with short black hair and piercings. She wears a collar that's attached to her belt with a glittering chain. Mercy has wavy light hair parted in the center. Her eyes are closed and she blows out the match with a slight smile. The image is colored with bright orangey reds, light yellow and deep almost black blue.
April 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A big gouache painting I made a while ago 🌷
A bright gouache painting of two naked ladies surrounded by flowers. The flowers behave like fabric, enveloping them.
April 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A little folded zine I made that I'm still extremely happy with! 🪐
The cover of the zine which is called, Only Six Pages!? I lay on the couch thinking, "Comics are pretty hard...sometimes you think..." The next panels are in colorful thought bubbles. I continue talking and say, "SIX PAGES!? How am I possibly going to fit everything!?" In the next panel I hold the edges of the panel and stare at the page number in panic. "WHAT!? I'm already on page two?! How do I STOP this thing!?" I rush around holding colorful panels, building the page as the reader reads. I yell, "I'd better add more panels! I've got a lot I want to say! I want to make sure...." The me that's holding the middle panel is holding it askew and I fall to the side. I continue, "WOAH that there's room!" I continue adding panels, "One here! One here!" A little me at the bottom is right next to the foot of a me running through the panels above. I say "Ew! Smelly foot!" On the next page I glance back to the page prior. I say, "Wow things are looking pretty crowded over there. Maybe I need to slow down." I stand in the dark with little stars around me, looking calmer and say, "Take deep breaths. You have enough time." I tranquilly float through space. The text around me says, "No need to panic! Six pages is actually quite a few! It'll be fine!" "Huh?" I say as I glance up at a box above me which reads, "But then suddenly..." Below me in big letters reads THE END! In the last panel I'm back on the couch, flailing. "What!? The end already!? No way!"
April 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I think I drew this for his birthday lol
#goldenkamuy
Ogata from Golden Kamuy glances sneakily at Asirpa who's behind him. He thinks, "Asirpa's right over there. I should try to capture her." Asirpa is imagining poop. Ogata looks down smiling, his face is in shadow from his hood. "Hey kid want some -crap what do kids like?- anglerfish hot pot?" Asirpa points at him and yells, "SUGIMOTOOO" He runs away thinking, "SHIT FUCK"
April 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The is the gnome cleric I use for one shots!
Her name is Sooty Tufts and she chases imps and other small fiends from chimneys. Despite being a cleric, she's allergic to healing magic. She pretends to be a human child in hopes of getting adopted by a rich family.
Loose pen drawings of a gnome wearing a tall pointy hat. She has a big nose and bushy black hair. She's dirty and holding a chimney broom. In another doodle she wrestles with a demon. A whole page of Sooty doodles. In one she looks ready to run, yelling, "Cor!" In another she's looking to the side suspiciously and saying, "Right, what's all this then?" In another she lays on the ground with her hat resting on her face, still pointed up. "G'night gents" she says. In another she's sweating and clutches her chimney broom in fear. At the bottom she points at something and yells, "Cor! Look at the size of that rat!"
April 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard!

I'm an illustrator and cartoonist interested in PB, MG, and cover work! I love lively illustration in traditional inks and watercolor! 🌻

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#kidlitart #childrensbook #kidlit
An ink and watercolor illustration divided into panels. In the main panel 3 little girls have a summer tea party in a garden. They make tea out of squished watermelon and cookies out of mud and watermelon seeds. In the panel below is a view of their imagination as fancy ladies at dusk. These are bordered by them being invited over during the day and then running inside for dinner at night. In an added panel at the bottom is my name, Emily Ettlinger, and my web and agent info which is in the main text of this post.
April 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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“Maryland doesn’t have anything cool”
Oh yeah?
Did you know MD has the tallest single-span escalator in the Western Hemisphere? 😏
March 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Some autobio doodles from when I went to Japan in 2019
#comics
I fill up a water bottle at a water fountain. I think to myself, "Woah don't want to fill it up too much! You'll have to dump it when you go through security" I finish the thought in the next panel "In seven hours" I think with a harrowed and more realistically drawn face. A cute baby looks over a parent's shoulder. The text next to it reads, "Thank you for smiling at me on the plane, incredibly cute baby" Text finishes, "Despite everything" The baby looks at me, drawn exhausted and pock-marked. I wave and whisper, "Hi, baby."
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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2020 #Furuba comic I still like :3c
Yuki and Kimi from the manga Fruits Basket having a conversation. Kimi is cutesy and surrounded by flowers. She asks, "Yunyun, are you a feminist?" Yuki replies, "Oh, um, I like to think of myself as one, yes." Kimi, still surrounded by flowers and smiling says, "Give Kimi $40." Off panel, Yuki says, "T-Toudou-san..."
March 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Outdoor drawings from last year
Two loosely drawn marker and pen drawings. The first is of a wooded creek. Text reads, "Sligo creek Sunday, Feb 4, 2024" The other drawing is of trees in a park casting long shadows.
March 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Quick sketch of my palarogue, Violence (2023)
#dnd
A traditional drawing in pen and marker. Character is a short haired half elf covered in piercings. She's holding a spiked mace flail and wearing a long leather coat, high waisted pants, a black bra, steel-toed boots, and chains.
March 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Some drawings for a picture book pitch 🛁 (if any editors are interested in a silly, imaginative book about bathtime, hmu)!
#pb #kidslit
A colorful marker, pen, and colored pencil illustration. Two kids hold their breath and sit in the bottom of a large bath with two mermaids. They're surrounded by fish and game pieces such as puzzle pieces and checkers. One mermaid says "Go fish!" as one kid's cards float away. Ducks float on top of the water. In the background, the kids' mom says, "5-minute warning! Are you kids listening?" The text in the top corner reads, "For some reason Claudia didn't look interested in my drain dinner. She crossed her arms. 'If I stayed in the bath forever I couldn't have friends over.' 'Sure you could!' I said, thinking quickly. 'You just have to invite the right people! Mermaids, for example' Claudia loved mermaids. She uncrossed her arms." An ink and watercolor drawing of a mama duck leading her babies. The last duckling is a rubber ducky. A digital sketch of a little boy smiling and peeking out from behind a huge stack of books he's holding. At the top of the books sits a frog.
March 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM