Em Krieg Tattoos and art

Portrait of makeup artist, Mei Pang.

graphite, Copic marker, and ink, 2019

Portrait of model, Pooja Mor.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of makeup artist, Cili. @cilibling

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of drag queen, Miss Fame.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of trans influencer, Nikita Dragun.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of trans artist, Janie Olivier. @theinkmaiden

graphite, Copic marker, and ink, 2019

Portrait of activist and model, Adwoa Aboah.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of model, Daniel Kovalev.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of RuPaul’s Allstars Season 3 winner drag queen, Trixie Mattel. Drawn from a photo during a press tour for his documentary, Moving Parts.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of Canadian singer, Lights, from her music video for her single, Lost Girls.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of Canadian singer, Lights.

graphite, Copic marker, ink, 2019

Portrait of Lady Gaga at the 2019 Golden Globes.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of drag queen, Yvie Oddly, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11. This look was for the Orange Alert prompt for the season.

watercolor and ink, 2019

Portrait of fashion model, Pasha Harulia.

graphite and watercolor, 2019

Portrait of non-binary person, Jessy Cocciolone.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of transman, Ethan Cortez.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of queer makeup artist, Shayne Starr.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2019

Portrait of Jeana Turner, fashion model.

watercolor and ink, 2019

Portrait of Dayana Narcisse, fashion model.

graphite and ink, 2019

Portrait of transwoman beauty guru, Nikkie De Jager or Nikkie Tutorials.

watercolor and ink, 2018

Portrait of Jonathan Van Ness, non-binary star of Netflix’s Queer Eye.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2018

Tattoo design for a client based on the songs from Kesha’s album, Rainbow.

tattoo art done by Katie McGowan.

watercolor, copic marker, ink, 2018

Portrait of trans artist, previously @janiewhateva, now @theinkmaiden.

graphite and ink, 2018

Portrait done from Lynn Gunn’s 2018 Playboy shoot.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2018

Illustration created depicting Diane Guerrero, brought to America as an undocumented immigrant child, as the Statue of Liberty with the starting lines off of the tablet held by this statue.

graphite, watercolor, acrylic, and ink, 2018

The internet named singer, Hayley Kiyoko, Lesbian Jesus, so I decided to paint/draw her as such.

graphite, watercolor, gold leaf, and ink, 2018

A group of mini cat portraits made on commission for a few clients. These portraits are only 3”x3”.

graphite pencil, watercolor, and ink, 2018

Portrait of transman, Ethan Cortez.

graphite, ink, and watercolor, 2018

I participated in the annual charity skate deck auction hosted by the Ferndale, MI restaurant, Imperial, to create this unique portrait. As this is a restaurant that serves tacos and other Mexican food, I decided to create a piece featuring the iconic Mexican songstress, Selena Quintanilla. This board was auctioned off to benefit The Ruth Ellis Center, Detroit Hives, and Alternatives for Girls.

graphite, ink, acrylic, and gold leaf, 2018

Illustrative interpretation of Lights photographed for Rogue Magazine.

graphite, ink, and watercolor, 2018

Portrait of actress and activist, Eartha Kitt.

graphite, ink, and watercolor, 2018

Personal Christmas card design.

graphite, ink, and watercolor, 2017

Illustration inspired by Canadian singer/songwriter Lights and her 2017 album, Skin&Earth.

graphite pencil, ink, watercolor, and gold leaf, 2017

Portrait of drag queen, Trixie Mattel.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2017

Portrait of Brad PItt as Aldo Rein from the movie, Inglorious Basterds. 

Graphite pencil, copic markers, and ink, 2017

Portrait of a young black woman with an Atticus poetry quote.

graphite pencil and ink, 2017

Portrait of David Bowie from images off of his Hunky Dory album.

graphite, gold leaf, and ink, 2017

Portrait of YouTube beauty guru, Edward Avila.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2017

Portrait of model, Rowena Xi Kang.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2017

Portrait of a Korean model.

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2017

Experimenting with different visual elements.

graphite pencil, watercolor, and ink, 2017

David Bowie as Aladdin Sane commission.

graphite pencil, watercolor, ink, and gold leaf. 2017

Drawn in celebration of Sabrina's two year anniversary of being self harm free. 

graphite pencil, watercolor, and ink, 2017

Siberian super model.

graphite pencil and watercolor, 2017

Drawn in honor of Kurt Cobain's 50th birthday.

graphite pencil, 2017

Drawn in honor of Canadian singer/songwriter's 30th birthday. 

graphite pencil, watercolor, ink, 2017

Portrait of prominent black and women's rights activist, Angela Davis. Inspired by the Women's March on Washington, I created this piece during Black History Month with the inscription, "Nevertheless, she persisted." 

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2017

Portrait of iconic old Hollywood actress, Audrey Hepburn. 

graphite pencil, ink, 2017

Minimalist take on Lady Gaga's iconic Artpop look. 

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2017

I had an amazing opportunity to work with Ally Financial and the Detroit Design Festival to create art based off of the aspects of Eastern Market. The second piece was done live at the event and was such a fun experience.

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2016

Flash tattoo idea based off of Lana Del Rey's song, God Know I Tried, from her album, Honeymoon.oi

Currently residing in the Valade Family Gallery in Detroit, MI.

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2016

Portrait of an Alexander McQueen model for their Fall Winter 2009 collection. 

Not official artwork.

graphite pencil, ink, copic marker, 2016

A series of Matryoshka dolls to be made into tattoos for sisters. 2/6 completed.

graphite pencil, ink, and copic markers, 2016

Portrait of YouTube celebrity, LGTQ+ activist, and beauty guru, Miles Jai.

graphite pencil, ink, and watercolor, 2016

Poster created in celebration of Opening Day 2016 in favor of the Detroit Tigers.

Watercolors and ink brush, 2016

Portrait of Melanie Martinez.

graphite, watercolor, and ink, 2016

A portrait of a Chicago based blackwork tattoo artist, Tine Defiore.

graphite pencil and ink, 2016

Tattoo model/youtuber, Monami Frost.

graphite pencil, ink brush, 2016

Spot illustration of Natalie Portman from her role in V for Vendetta.

graphite, copic marker, and ink, 2015

Portrait of actress/dj/model, Ruby Rose.

graphite pencil, ink brush, 2015

Portrait of Detroit photographer, Mar Manzanares-Bobadilla Brock, with her previous handle, @srslythough.

graphite and ink, 2015

Spot portrait of androgynous model, Rant.

graphite and ink, 2015

Portrait of the child of musicians Lights and Beau Bokan, Rocket Wild Bokan.

graphite pencil, copic markers, ink brush, gold leaf, 2015

International model, Winnie Harlow.

Displayed at the College for Creative Studies Alumni Exhibition in 2016.

graphite pencil, watercolors, ink brush, copic marker, 2015

@Sketch_Dailies prompt to draw Jack Skellington turned portrait of model, Rick Genest.

graphite pencil, ink brush, gold leaf, 2015

Portrait of a friend as Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction.

copic markers, ink brush, 2015

Portrait of a friend,

graphite pencil, copic markers, ink brush, 2015

Kawaii decora model, Haruka Kurebayashi.

This piece currently resides at Great Lakes Coffee in Detroit, Michigan.

graphite pencil, highlighter, ink brush, 2015

Personification of the siren of Starbucks.

Model: Madilyn Elise

graphite pencil, watercolors, gold leaf, ink brush, 2014

Poster for LUSH's 2014 holiday bath bomb, "Northern Lights".

graphite pencil, watercolors, gold paint pen, ink pen, 2014

Poster for the 2014 Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque show in Detroit at Saint Andrew's Hall.

graphite pencil, prismacolor pencil, watercolors, ink brush, 2014

Snippets from an ezine I published on issuu.com.

graphite pencil, ink brush, Photoshop, 2014

I was offered an internship to work alongside the visual designer of the Anthropologie store in Troy, MI. I was also graciously allowed to completely design this window myself, a first for the company allowing an intern such an honor. I had an absolutely wonderful time going through this creative process since three dimensional art is not my forte. I am sincerely grateful to this lovely company and the wonderful career advisors at my school for providing me with this amazing experience.

Sketchbook illustrations to go along with my Anthropologie internship.

graphite pencil, watercolors, ink brush, 2014

Official poster for the 2014 North American International Auto Show.

graphite pencil and Photoshop, 2013

Musician Lights as Wonder Woman.

Graphite pencil, prismacolor and copic marker, gold leaf, ink brush, 2014

Concept illustration for a made up children’s line by MaxMara

graphite and photoshop, 2013

On the waves of Del Rey's 2013 film, Tropico, I decided to create a tongue-in-cheek piece depicting Lana as the Virgin Mary as if she were pictured on a cheap Catholic prayer vigil candle.

graphite pencil, watercolors, gold leaf, Photoshop, 2013

Prompt from the @Sketch_Dailies twitter account, the theme of the day was Velma from Scooby Doo.

graphite pencil, Photoshop, 2013