Emily Tragedy is a Canadian narrative illustrator, surface designer, and tattoo artist based in Ontario. Her practice spans digital illustration, linocut printmaking, greeting card design, sticker production, and surface design, all filtered through a spooky, whimsical, and mythological aesthetic.
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Emily Tragedy is a Canadian narrative illustrator, surface designer, and tattoo artist based in Ontario. Her practice spans digital illustration, linocut printmaking, greeting card design, sticker production, and surface design, all filtered through a spooky, whimsical, and mythological aesthetic. She sells at art markets in Ontario, wholesales greeting cards, and produces work through Etsy. A choose-your-own-adventure book is in progress.
Work sits at the intersection of the darkly playful and the folkloric. Subjects include cryptids, vampires, Gothic characters, mythological references, and Krampus, rendered with warmth and humour rather than horror. The visual language is character-driven - narrative scenes, illustrated figures, and story fragments - applied to surface designs and print formats. The portfolio features greeting card and print formats with illustrated character compositions.
Procreate (digital); linocut printmaking (traditional). Uses both media for finished work. Education: Honours Bachelor of Illustration (Sheridan College), Visual Creative Arts (Sheridan College), Interior Decorating (Fanshawe College). Sticker production via @stickwithpapaya (third-party manufacturer).
Art markets: Homer Watson House & Gallery (Ontario), Merry Minis Market. Wholesale greeting cards available via [email protected]. Sticker sales through @stickwithpapaya. No commercial licensing clients documented. Open to freelance commissions.
Ontario-based freelance illustrator. Studied illustration and creative arts at Sheridan College and Fanshawe College. Built a practice combining digital illustration, printmaking, tattoo art, and surface design. Active at Ontario art markets. Currently developing a choose-your-own-adventure book. Instagram documents an active creative output including linocut printing and Cryptid Collection skateboard designs (Mothman, Jersey Devil).
The portfolio features dark folkloric and character-based imagery with surface design application - bold silhouettes, illustrated figures, and decorative elements drawn from mythology and cryptid iconography. The Cryptid Collection skateboard series (Mothman of Point Pleasant, Jersey Devil) represents one documented surface design collection. Work applies naturally to greeting cards, stickers, and smaller-format printed goods.
Etsy shop (stickers, greeting cards, linocut prints)
Emily Tragedy is a Canadian narrative illustrator, surface designer, and tattoo artist based in Ontario. Her practice spans digital illustration, linocut printmaking, greeting card design, sticker production, and surface design, all filtered through a spooky, whimsical, and mythological aesthetic.
Style and Aesthetic Work sits at the intersection of the darkly playful and the folkloric. Subjects include cryptids, vampires, Gothic characters, mythological references, and Krampus, rendered with warmth and humour rather than horror.
Pattern Focus The portfolio features dark folkloric and character-based imagery with surface design application - bold silhouettes, illustrated figures, and decorative elements drawn from mythology and cryptid iconography.
Markets and Clients Art markets: Homer Watson House & Gallery (Ontario), Merry Minis Market. com. Sticker sales through @stickwithpapaya. No commercial licensing clients documented. Open to freelance commissions.
Techniques and Tools Procreate (digital); linocut printmaking (traditional). Uses both media for finished work. Education: Honours Bachelor of Illustration (Sheridan College), Visual Creative Arts (Sheridan College), Interior Decorating (Fanshawe College).
Portfolio and Presence Etsy shop (stickers, greeting cards, linocut prints)
Career Path Ontario-based freelance illustrator. Studied illustration and creative arts at Sheridan College and Fanshawe College. Built a practice combining digital illustration, printmaking, tattoo art, and surface design. Active at Ontario art markets. Currently developing a choose-your-own-adventure book.
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