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4 years

new pin 🖤 Hi I'm Em! I'm a Minneapolis based illustrator and writer who loves fantasy, fiction, and romance! Here are a few of my favorite works 🖤 website: insta: contact: allenmayem @gmail .com

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3 years

where the moon meets the sea 🌙✨

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a lovely day for the End

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lesbian Sophie + Howl (the full version!!!) ✨

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Persephone (for a private client)

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my 2019 art summary🌟🌕✨

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i’m taking an intaglio class so i can be gay in historical mediums of art too

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the handmaiden (intaglio + watercolor monoprint)

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stay with me until morning

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3 years

lessons in christmas miracles ❄️🌟

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6 years

hey omg.. here's a crop of my piece for the That But Lesbians zine.. it's Sophie and Howl :O✨ (link to preorders in the replies)

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it’s been so long

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4 years

🖤 kiss + hug 🖤

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6 years

death and her favorite ghost

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6 years

lonelier in spring than in winter

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5 years

a lil fairy princess 👼

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♥️🖤 A Darker Shade of Magic 🖤♥️

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my next intalgio print is gonna be 'the handmaiden' flavored. eye.... can't believe i've only just seen this movie in 2019.........

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5 years

#PortfolioDay a hello again!!! i'm em! i'm an illustration student who will be graduating in may! i love fantasy literature and GL :') you can also see my work at and ty sm for looking 😊🥰✨💝

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2 years

Hualian ♥️ for a collab with Bilibili Comics EN #TGCF #Bilibili 😊 you should be reading!

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@rudebeetle

6 years

i kinda like this lil graphite drawing i did today

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5 years

"Sinta Obong" by Antonio Reinhard is one of the A4 sized prints available through the My Girlfriend From the Legends Kickstarter!!✨

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3 years

recently had the pleasure of illustrating the cover for Allison Saft’s ‘A Far Wilder Magic’ ✨

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a piece for my bfa thesis ✨

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my GL stickers for the hunt II pin series kickstarter were unlocked !!! :O the pins are so pretty you should check them out (link in replies ✨)

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3 years

imagine my shock and bafflement lmaoooo: so I attended a local gallery opening tonight (that I participated in) just to walk by a piece by another artist that was…. largely a traced piece of mine 😭😭😂

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6 years

aa! hello once again #VisibleWomen ❤️im em! i love fashion, fiction, fantasy and GIRLS !!! you can also find my work at and !!! ty for looking 💞❣️💝✨😊

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4 years

hi im em😊 im an illustrator who loves books, fantasy, fashion and romance! you can see more of my work at and contact me at allenmayem @gmail .com 💘❤️💗💖 #VisibleWomen

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6 years

some of my favorite works from 2018!! not the craziest year palette-wise, but i learned a lot about atmosphere, contrast and value! i'm also excited that i've managed to find a place for traditional media in my work this year 😊

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5 years

how could i forget.. here is also a dorky lil interaction i drew 😅

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6 years

a collab w @KLASSE_14 😊!! use discount code "beetle" to get 12% off! 💞 if you purchase a watch from online during Jan 15th–Feb 13th you'll receive a complimentary bracelet with free engraving service just in time for valentines! 💞 #KLASSE14usa

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6 years

figuring out procreate!!!!!! 😣

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6 years

swordswoman and her #1 fan 😉

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6 years

“We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue.”

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6 years

makin my way thru coms 😊💞❤️

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6 years

an illustration for a postcard!! and also a rare example of non-fantasy work for me 😅

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6 years

(me, loudly): yuri

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5 years

my shop is open again for a bit - with new prints added ! (link below, and in my bio ❤️)

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3 years

a recent private commission for a twitch title card✨

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5 years

hey!!!!! If u’ve ever wanted to get an art print from me (like any of these) this is ur chance! my online shop will be open for a limited amount of time, from now until march 18th! THANK U FOR LOOKING ❣️ [RTS 💞]

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6 years

they are best friends :')

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4 years

start ➡️➡️ finish 👀

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3 years

I will not be mentioning the artist the piece or even the gallery but like.. that is some cosmically unlucky stuff 😭😂 for me, but also for her… hahahah imagine tracing a peice that has shown in that gallery before.. and then the local artist shows up LOLOL😭😭💀💀

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@rudebeetle

6 years

#PrideBoost #Pride hey im em! im a queer mpls illustrator and i love to draw girls, girlfriends, and fantasy things 😳💞

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@rudebeetle

6 years

here's a lil peak at my piece for @cardcaptorzine !!! preorders are open until 9/20! u should buy it 😊✨

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@rudebeetle

4 years

theo's "Canvas" comic kickstarter is officially live!! It's about an artist finding her muse -- and i had the absolute pleasure of doing a limited-edition risograph companion print for the project 🥺❤️

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5 years

im growing my hair out for the first time in a long time, and ive been reacquainted with a forgotten feeling...

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5 years

he’s what u would call a ‘titty pillow connoisseur’

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6 years

its the season for drawing decadent cat girls

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4 years

i think this pic of my sisters cats perfectly encapsulates the feeling of 2020

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5 years

!!! just got in the last of my prints >:)c will be sending all orders out mon-tues !!! im excited for you guys to get these, i chose this ultra velvety fine-art/archival paper and it's soooo nice

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3 years

a little close up 🥺🌊 i love how the expressions came out ❤️

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5 years

per u guys' request my shop is open again for a blip!! w new prints added 😊✨ take a peek if u like ❤️

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4 years

aaaa exciting news!! I'm now an agented author & represented by the lovely @ThaoLe8 from the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency!!! 👀❤️💕💦

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6 years

the fact that i've been using this cracked macbook to draw for nearly 3 YEARS now, means that whenever i use a cintiq at school or something it's equivalent to rock lee taking his weights off bc i can fucking see for once 😂😂

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4 years

room needed more. . . yuri

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6 years

still stuck where you left me

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5 years

✨GIVEAWAY TIME✨ There are 11 days left in the From the Legends kickstarter, and we are giving away a My Goddess Tier package! ✨Like + RT to enter!✨ Ends October 11th! It comes with the book and all the merch (including stretch goals 😊)

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4 years

uuhhhhhg the cherry blossom furniture is so cute T_T

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6 years

extremely dingus but can there be a #artistsquirks meme where people illustrate some of their silly and unrelated personality/appearance quirks??? 😂 idk i just really want to know about everybody's goofy and unknown traits

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@rudebeetle

6 years

almost forgot to mention!! if you've ever wanted to purchase a print of one of these works (or another of mine) you can get one now through the light grey art lab's online store ✨ link in replies ✨

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5 years

y....yuri

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6 years

i got to draw jack's beautiful markus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭❤️💦

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4 years

sorry if this is tmi but i had covid-19 in may and now my whole body is covered in a hideous post-viral infection rash AND IM SO TIRED OF IT

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what artists look like when they get up to stretch after working like 12 hours straight

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5 years

gonna need you all to wish me peace in the afterlife, pour one out for me, salt the earth of my grave etc, bc this week my iPad spontaneously fried itself due to a manufacturing error and I lost 100s of illustrations, drafts and sketches all at once 🙃

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6 years

Lucky F**k 👀💦

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6 years

we did one of those switch-a-round memes!!!!! look @ the steps in the replies!!

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6 years

she needed a friend!!!

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6 years

uhhhh WIP!!! i'm loving how drawing the line-work traditionally adds texture to my style 🤔 im gonna do it more i think!!

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5 years

here’s what my plate looks like if ur unfamiliar with intaglio.. a lot of the tone is DRYPOINT and I got COPPER BITS in my lungs and mouth 😂

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5 years

I’ve been sooo stumped because I decided to make this project about doing everything I’m uncomfortable with… including typography and working on dark backgrounds.. but I’ve finally made a breakthrough I think! It’s an ungodly combo of glittery acrylic gauche and digital 😂

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4 years

rosies favorite comic is about two princesses in love.... i guess ill go cry now

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4 years

important: this is how my sisters cat likes to sit 😭

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2 years

[bonus jealous hua cheng]

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7 years

i'm playing an redesigned/adult version of an old OC for a one-off game of DnD on sunday, so i did sum draws 👌✨

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3 years

thank u guys ur so encouraging 😭❤️ for those asking if I let the curator know: I did! Hopefully a resolution will come soon lmfao.

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@rudebeetle

6 years

my show 'Moments From Other' opens at @lightgreyartlab tomorrow at 7! if you're around, come by!! ✨ there'll be a limited number of prints available for purchase as well!! ✨

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6 years

listen.,,,,,,,, eventually im gonna find the time i need to finish my comic abt these girls..................and when that happens u will all be done for....

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5 years

i hope my shoujo feelings r coming thru w this

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5 years

a baby😇

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6 years

would u take a lethal bullet for him y/n

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4 years

theo and i did a style mix / collab!! (his sketch my finish)

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6 years

my hands look like this so his can look like that

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3 years

something in the flavor of halloween haha I wanted to see how saccharine I could make Death's expression, as she dragged the damned into Hell. A fun exercise in contrast! she's just a girl who loves her job 💛