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Details, details…Lagoon 2022 A2 print. Cropped detail of my big print. Available now to buy! Check my Etsy link for details on how to buy. #barepsldn #sketchbook #drawing #celynbrazier #celyn #dystopia #etsyshop #etsyprints #etsyprintables https://www.instagram.com/p/CozZyg4MraX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tom Jay exploring the news

Boat in the bay.

Fighty-Nighty-Ninjas. Design for animation project. This fighter morphed into something more feminine throughout the process. I think the character did start as female. These sketches were informed by classic movies, specifically Dragon Inn 1967, with a formidable female fighter protagonist. Go find this movie. I'm sure many western movies have cheekily swiped a few ideas from this. Have you seen it? See it! I ended up designing the backgrounds and scenes- which I'll post later if I can. None of that mattered if the character isn't going to work as an animated, living person. A black crayon Faber-Castell is my weapon of choice. Something soft-ish. I'm looking to capture dynamic movment, energy and a certain mania ; I'll need to grind and carve out the lines on cartridge paper- so it makes sense to find a soft pencil. I'm not sure you can do that on an i-Pad. A flash of a hand, a swish of the arm require some tension, as if the muscles are flexing. Anyway, you be the judge. After I have a stack of mad scribbles, I scan them, give them a tiny bit of contrast to erase the paper texture- a slight adjustment to the levels to crush the black and take out the highlights, and then I send them to the marvelous director who will sort out what works. #barepsldn #sketchbook #drawing #celynbrazier #celyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CrAwuc8tC0Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Assassin! Night terror! Further malevolent mayhem. Black pencil crayon on paper. Prep sketches for an art direction animation gig from last year.#barepsldn #sketchbook #drawing #celynbrazier #celyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CqcqOaKIKIL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Presto Music illustration commission. A0 poster for the most excellent Classical & Jazz specialilsts prestomusic.com #newyorktimes #editorialillustration #celynbrazier#celyn #barepsldn #verticalcat #prestomusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CnMDQYdLz8n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Presto Music. Starry Violinist. Here’s some detail on my moonlit orchestra #illustration #celynbrazier #celyn #barepsldn #prestomusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CnRawd-r-YZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hot Streets Get Hot ‘22 New York Times. Ever had that feeling in a big city? The streets narrow as the heat rises. #drawing #celynbrazier #celyn #newyorktimes #editorialillustration #nytimes #barepsldn https://www.instagram.com/p/Coer42irKn5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=