Emily Fiegenschuh's art career began at a very young age when she set up a card table in the hallway of her home and sold her drawings of monsters and animals to family members for $.05 and $.10. Later, (much later), with support from said family members, she attended art school at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL, and graduated with honors and a BFA from the Illustration program in 2001.

Emily has illustrated numerous Dungeons and Dragons rulebooks for Wizards of the Coast, and has contributed cover and interior illustrations to the Mirrorstone Young Adult novel series Knights of the Silver Dragon. From 2008 through 2009 she illustrated the ten part fantasy story "The Star Shard", by Frederic S. Durbin, for Cricket Magazine. She has painted illustrations for the Inuit Mythology Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Inuit myths and legends. Her art has also appeared in the New York Times Bestsellers A Practical Guide to Dragons, and A Practical Guide to Monsters. Recently, Emily has been working on a bunch of original art for an exciting new book project.

Emily is stuck in analog mode and still draws and paints traditionally. Her illustrations are painted with gouache on watercolor paper.

In her spare time, Emily enjoys sculpting, and one of her pieces was featured in Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.

Emily lives with her husband, Vinod, in the Seattle area, where she can still be found baking cookies at 1 am, or talking to her wonderful little guinea pigs.

 

 

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