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Made with After Effects and Illustrator in 2014.

Song: Cold War - Janelle Monae (Unofficial)

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Lyric video created for Maurice Mahon.

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A fan video I made in 2014.

I LOVED Yuna Zarai during this time. I still love her today.

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Creating butterfly skies

I made a collage this month. Here is a blog post about how I made it

Creating Butterfly Skies

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From Chapter 2 of for Peace Love and Harmony

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Created the animated bits.

Watch the full thing here

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I animated this card!

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Your next adventure awaits! 🌙

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🏆 Moon Chalice: Your next adventure? Reclaiming your will. You may have doubted your strength, felt shame around follow-through, or lost sight of a big dream... but you're being called to remember.

Root into who you are-connect with your origins, your body, even your ancestors. Your next adventure is a big reset! With focus and gentleness, you'll find balance, and reconnect with purpose. Towards the end of this chapter in your life, you'll be reviving an old dream-one you thought you'd set aside-and finally give it commitment. This goal will certainly lead to success!

⚔️Sword of Silver Crystal: You're stepping into your Hero's Journey-the kind where the quiet one becomes the powerful one. You may be dealing with someone controlling, even cold, perhaps a father figure or someone who was once a mentor. But this clash? It's setting off your transformation. You're beginning to speak up, set boundaries, and shift directions-maybe in your career, maybe in life entirely. The tension may sting, but it's sharpening your voice. Be mindful of your sensitivity-it's a strength, not a weakness-but stay grounded in facts, not assumptions.

You're gifted with words, and they'll open the right doors if you trust yourself and your timing.

This whole adventure might seem like a distraction, but really, it's the moment you reclaim your power. And soon, peace will follow.

🌟Crystal Star Brooch: Your next adventure is mastery of your emotions, your reactions, your presence!

You're stepping into the role of the Magician, learning to move with intention, not impulse. In the past, you may have worn your heart on your sleeve and ended up drained or misunderstood. Now, you're being called to observe, to stay grounded, and to act with quiet power. This shift will bring clarity, peace, and a stronger sense of self. This means letting go of the need to prove a point or win every battle. Some silence speaks louder. Some moves are better made quietly.

You're becoming the kind of person who can wait, watch, and strike when it counts-without losing your soul in the process. It's not about becoming cold. It's about becoming wise.

The version of you at the end of this path? Unshakable. Grounding practices will help you along the way. Root chakra, solar plexus, sacral-find balance there, and you'll discover how powerful it feels to remain centered in the face of chaos.

🪄 Moon Stick: Your next adventure is a step into the unknown. There's a lot of uncertainty swirling around— uncertainty about relationships, finances, and big life decisions like motherhood or career paths. It feels like you're carrying the weight of too many questions without enough answers.

But deep down, you know more than you think. The thoughts you keep replaying? They're already nudging you toward the truth. Flip the fear into clarity. You may be facing changes in your family or intimate partnerships, and for some, a recent partner may have added to financial stress.

If that resonates, it's okay to name it. Healing begins with honesty. Here's what's coming next: a job opportunity. It's already in motion, and it'll bring more emotional peace and stability than what you've experienced lately.

This role may even give you the solitude or autonomy you've needed, while also helping you realign your focus and manage your finances with more confidence.

This new path will also ask you to reconnect with wise, nurturing figures—possibly maternal energies— that can support your healing and help you let go of betrayal or confusion. You're not meant to figure this out alone. Try to balance your heart, throat, and third-eye chakras-speak up, listen inward, and know that you are enough.

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Chapter 4 of for Peace, Love,and Harmony

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I made some cute stickers of mermaids!

The stickers are on Ko fi, but the mermaids will be posted in May!

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I helped with the website

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I’ve been very inactive on socials for the past year— and this is why!

I’ve been working on the Pretty Prism Tarot deck! A 78 card deck that’s set to release this summer!

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I made this with my sister 6 years ago for Justin Famous.

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Watch me cleanup some rough animation and relax with some shill music

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Laputa Created in 2 days for a Haitus Kaiyote contest is 2015. I was a runner up!

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A little breakdown of one of my shots.

The elephant is animated in TvPaint, and the background is in Blender

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Giftedly Black Feature #2:  The Sleepy Gallows Studios 12.7.17

Brittney Galloway Animator, Storyteller, Driving Force

GB: Tell us a little about who you are?

B: My mission is start an animation studio with my sister, Crystal, and tell untold stories of under-represented people. To tell the stories of their gods, legends and victories. I want people to see the magic of many cultures through animation.The Sleepy Gallows Studio will make shorts, feature films, and shows so that children of color have heroes that they identify with. My art reflects how much magic is still on earth.

2) GB: What does being Giftedly Black mean to you?

B: Being Giftedly Black for me is realizing my gifts and making something either joyous, beautiful or both to release back into the world.It would be wonderful to see young black people view my work and feel they have a place in animation or filmmaking. My sister and I started our webseries with 2 laptops, no animation software, paper, pens, and a scanner. I use my art to uplift others and inspire their gifts.

3. GB: Social media handles for connects or reference?

B: www.sleepygallows.com  Instagram: @sleepy_gallows,@blgalloway

 Character  Concept Art- Courtesy Sleepy Gallows Studios ©2017

4) GB: What is it you want to achieve in life ?

B: My life goal is to make an animation studio and produce stories that often go untold. Hopefully that’s what the Sleepy Gallows will become. We want to stay in realm of whimsy and bring native American, African, African-American, and Indian (from India)mythology, legends, and triumphs to western film and animation in ways we haven’t seen before. I really love fairytales/mythology and legends that blur truth and fiction. I want to broaden what our ideas of a fairytale can be.

5) GB: What sets you apart and makes you unique as an artist?

B: My use of shapes and color are pretty unique to me . My senior year at California College of the Arts, I started doing paper cutout art.  I did a stop motion with characters made of diamonds and patterned paper. That enabled my current art direction of patterns, shapes, and motion. I also love crafting, making cards,envelopes, and unique paper gifts.

6) GB :What is one thing that you desire most in your selected field?

B: In the field of animation I want to see more diversity (super cliche right?) I want more women and people of color, to write,direct, and produce their stories. I want more poc cast and depicted on tv. I want all types of stories, less romance and more platonic love. I want adults to feel like children. I want a lot and I hope to be a driving force in the change.

 Chapter 2: The Arrangement (Animation) -Courtesy of Sleepy Gallows Studios ©2017

GB:We wish you all the very best Brittney! Keep being a dominant force for change!

Welcome to the Birth of a New Era.

                                                Welcome to all shades of black.

We are giftedly ourselves.

                                                Giftedly Black. © 2017

by Dominique Angelica Seward

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Time-lapse of drawing Kalya and Rashad! I'll be sharing more of them after I finish the Elusive Green Elephant!

Sketched in my Remarkable, drawn and painted in Adobe Fresco, the one Adobe App I love.

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Happy almost Valentine Day!

Spend it with someone love -- friends count!

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