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fantasy illustrator, dnd player, bibliophile, and knight of the realm 🏳️‍🌈 ✷ she/her ✷ comms open: thefourofdiamondsart@gmail.com

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A small sample of some of the prints of you can find in my print shop!
My Bisclavret illustration. Two men passionately kiss, sitting on the edge of a wooden canopy bed. The image is predominantly green. Sleeping Beauty illustration. An unconscious lady knight lies as though laid out for burial. A weeping princess leans over her, about to kiss her. The knight’s sword has been knocked to the floor. The image is surrounded by a decorative frame of stylized blackberry thorns and swords. After the Quest print. A knight takes the subway home after a quest. The knight appears to has taken some injuries and is surrounded by items needed for the quest as well as a treasure chest. Other passengers around the knight are depicted with less detail. Performance Review print. A knight in an elevator is nervous on the way to a performance review with the CEO. A coworker in the elevator ignores the knight.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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𝕬 𝖜𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖉𝖊 🗡️ a little sneak peek for my next two color riso print

#lotr #nazgul #art #riso
Crop of a larger illustration. The armored legs of a Nazgûl are visible, standing in the ruins of Weathertop. They carry a sword. Beneath this, a Morgul Blade contrasts a dark background, the end broken off. At the bottom is handlettered blackletter text reading “one of nine”.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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a little teaser of my 16th c. Lestat for the #bloodandbrocade zine! Blood & Brocade is a historical fashion IWTV artbook/zine. For more information, check out @thevelvetcompote.bsky.social

🩸Preorders open on November 10th!

#interviewwiththevampire #lestatdelioncourt #thevampirelestat
A cropped image of a larger digital illustration. Lestat, a blond vampire in profile, wears 16th century fashion, and gazes a book (out of frame). Behind him is a bright halo.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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greetings, #portfolioday 🗡️

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

💌thefourofdiamondsart@gmail.com

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Digital illustration of a book cover for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Green Knight rides into King Arthur’s court, axe held aloft. He is surrounded by handlettered title blackletter text. Courtiers watch him enter, including Gawain in the right corner. Scanned risograph illustration, printed on red paper. Illustration based on Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. Text is handlettered. Digital illustration, the front of a Valentine’s Day greeting card design. A princess and a lady knight passionately kiss. The frame around them features bleeding hearts and the handlettered text “with this brief line, I greet thee, valentine”. Digital book illustration of a jester waiting for a train to arrive. The background appears to be a modern city. The jester is juggling balls and a cell phone.
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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another photo! 🍁🍂🪾
Another photo featuring the prints. One is printed on navy paper, the other on black paper.
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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💝 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
August 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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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.
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Greetings Kat! I’m a queer fantasy illustrator and I’m really interested in doing more work in horror and dark fairy tale genres.

You can see my full portfolio here:
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Riso printed illustration based on Masque of the Red Death. Prospero kneels before Red Death. The frame is gothic architecture. The handlettered text at the bottom reads “and now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death”. Digital illustration based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain kneels holding the axe with the Green Knight on one side and Lady Bertilak on the other. They are surrounded by a gothic frame of twisted wood with stained glass depicting the hunting scene. Handlettered text is Middle English and reads “cursed be cowardice and coveting both”. Book cover for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Green Knight rides his horse into King Arthur’s court. Courtiers watch him enter, as well as Gawain in the right corner. Text is handlettered blackletter. Three color risograph print of a lady knight. The frame behind her is inspired by medieval manuscripts. The text on the banner is Latin for “knight of the brambles”.
August 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Hold to the Covenant -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 🌿

#arthuriana #art #knight #arthurianlegend #medieval #hamdlettering
Digital illustration of Sir Gawain kneeling, surrounded on one side by Lord Bertilak and Lady Bertilak on the other. She holds the girdle around his neck, while he clings to Gawain’s arm. Gawain holds an axe. The central figures are surrounded by a frame of twisting branches with a stained glass depiction of the hunting scene and the Green Chapel. Handlettered text below them is a Middle English quote from the original text that translates to modern English as “cursed be cowardice and coveting both”.
August 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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After the Quest

#gif #knight #oc #fantasyart #art #characterdesign
August 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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sleeping beauty 🗡️

#wlw #fantasyart #art #knight #oc #medieval
Digital illustration based on Sleeping Beauty. A lady knight wearing plate armor lies atop a stone tomb. A princess leans over her, weeping. The knight’s sword has fallen to the floor, and light streams out of the windows behind them. The illustration is surrounded by a stylized purple border of blackberry brambles and swords.
August 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Come say hi at the DIY Fest by Craft Lake City!!! I’ll be selling my fantasy prints and stickers 💕
Digital graphic in blackletter text. It reads: “Come find me at the DIY Fest by Craft Lake City. Vendor 189. August 8-10. Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City, Utah, in the second floor of the Dreamers Building. @thefourofdiamondsart “
August 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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star rider! you can’t escape your fate 💫

Album art for Hällas’s Excerpts of a Future Past, one of the albums of all time. Three color risograph print

#art #knight #fantasyart #scifi #albumart #characterdesign
Scan of a three color risograph print: hunter green, mint, and florescent pink. A knight, Hällas, stands in the center of the image, holding a two handed sword. Instead of a helmet, there is an astronaut-style glass bubble around the head. Hällas is also framed by a halo of stars and planets. The central figure is surrounded by a gothic style frame, somewhat reminiscent of a saint’s icon. In the far background, stars, space, and planets are visible. The image is close to square as it was designed as album art.
July 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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faint heart never won fair maiden 💝

a new greeting card design I’ll have at future events

#wlw #fantasyart #art #knight #oc #medieval #valentinesday
Digital illustration of two women kissing. One is a knight, the other a lady of the court. The lady is wearing a hennin and a high waisted dress. The knight is wearing plate armor and a tabard. They both have long hair. The color palette is red and pink monochrome. They are surrounded by a red border with handlettered text that reads “with this brief line, I greet thee, valentine.”There are also bleeding heart flowers in the corners.
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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fairy character design!

#ttrpg #art #dnd #oc #rpg #fantasyart
Digital illustration of a fairy. The fairy is a fat woman, wearing a pink dress with a sage green corset and decorative pearl strings draped around her arms and waist and neck. She has slightly glowing wings, and magic lights float around her head. Her hair is styled in lavender bubble braids/poodle puffs with pink beads between each bubble. She is holding her skirt hems up, and one hand carries a magic wand. The background is plain green.
July 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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and here are some examples of what they can look like
Drawing of a hand with a lacy cuff pointing at some early printed text Drawing of a hand with a creature body pointing at some hand written text drawing of a hand-creature-beast-thing from a medieval manuscript
July 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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My manicule sticker in action!

From the Latin manicula, meaning “little hand”, manicules were a common drawing added to medieval manuscripts, which point to an important passage. DM me to get one for yourself!

#art
July 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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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!

💌thefourofdiamondsart@gmail.com

📜
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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.
July 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Updated in person summer/fall events schedule! I’ll have prints, stickers, zines, and greeting cards!
Informational post about what events I’ll be at this year in blackletter text. These events are: DIY Fest (Craft Lake City), Avenues Street Fair, and FanX. All of these events are local to Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Leechcraft Textura! A custom handlettered font I designed for Leechcraft by @ainsleysunday.com 🩸

#blackletter #graphicdesign
June 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Here are the in person events you can find me at soon. I’ll have prints, stickers, and more. Hope to see you all there!

#queerownedbusiness #saltlakecity
Blackletter text announcing what events I’ll be in this year: Utah Pride, June 7-8, DIY Fest (Craft Lake City) August 8-10 FanX September 25-27 All of these events are local to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
May 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Hail the Whale!

New handlettered holographic sticker based on the iconic Sugarhouse whale 🌈

DM me if you want one, or I’ll be selling these in person at Utah Pride!

#art #saltlakecity #whale #sticker
May 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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testing my new printer today with this old handlettering piece

#dishonored #handlettering #art #videogame
Digital illustration of the silhouette of The Heart from Dishonored with the text “Strange how there’s always a little more innocence left to lose. -Dishonored” handlettered onto it. The image is drawn in dark navy with a white background.
May 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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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.
April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM