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An illustration of three stylised figures against a plain white background. A person in a polka-dot outfit and purple cape stands behind a figure in a green bodysuit and a black pointed hat. To the left, a figure with horns and a pink flower on their head wears a green top and orange skirt.
An illustration of three stylised figures against a plain white background. A person in a polka-dot outfit and purple cape stands behind a figure in a green bodysuit and a black pointed hat. To the left, a figure with horns and a pink flower on their head wears a green top and orange skirt.

Brie Moreno's back with more felt tip-filled, curvy illustrations

Words
Lucy Bourton
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Date
16 January 2018

Whether illustrator Brie Moreno’s illustrations are carefully filled with thick felt tip colours or just left black and white, we’re always fond of her curvy drawings. Now living in London after moving from her home of Ottawa in Canada, Brie’s work experiments with illustrating her daily life in a comic context.

Since we last spoke to Brie she has received a bunch of commissions from posters to editorial pieces in Novembre Magazine, Tokyo Smoke and Bomb Magazine, as well as teaming up with fellow fab illustrators Joe Kessler and Amanda Baeza to draw Wahaca’s menu for its Shoreditch branch. Amongst these new pieces of work Brie also notes that her style has developed as a result of “really turning away from finalising all my drawings on the computer,” she tells It’s Nice That. “I love using the computer for creating guides and altering the size of my compositions, but when it comes to the finished product I’m obsessed with the naive quality of smeared up felt tips, crumpled newsprint and happy accidents.”

In turn, there is a lush tangible quality to each of Brie’s singular drawings. Even when displayed on a digital screen they evoke that crinkly paper texture that develops from layering and layering felt tip pens to make the page a little fluffy. The appearance of this texture has also evolved from Brie experimenting with using A3 newsprint as a base, “I really look forward to seeing the originals fade and deteriorate with time,” she explains.

Looking towards the new year Brie has a whole host of exciting events to come. The first is a solo show in Montreal in May at The Letter Bet where the illustrator hopes “to present as many original drawings as possible alongside some found objects,” she says. “The content of each drawing explores my daily life and the versions of myself that I dream of becoming.” In conjunction with this exhibition Brie has an upcoming zine to be released with renowned publishers Nieves and “in between drawing” is currently writing another comic for Breakdown Press featuring a collection of short comics and drawings to “hopefully be out by August for Safari Festival”.

An illustration of three pale, stylised figures against a background of diagonal yellow, pink and black stripes. At the bottom, the word “BATHTIME” is written in a bold, decorative white typeface.
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Brie Moreno: Bathtime

A black and white comic strip with six panels. The story follows two figures in a surreal landscape, with dialogue bubbles including “Or this juicy frog?”, “STOP!”, “You must go!”, “NOW!” and “Dreaming, dreaming. I did a deep dream again”.
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Brie Moreno: Bomb

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Brie Moreno: Bomb

A black and white comic strip featuring two figures. In the first panels, a person in a hat shows a coiled snake to another person, who covers their face and says, “I hate snakes”. In the final panels, the person in the hat offers a “plump apple”, which the other person rejects, saying, “EW GROSS!”.
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Brie Moreno: Bomb

A black and white comic strip showing a person in a hat greeting another person. Speech bubbles read “Hello there!”, “Don’t be afraid” and “I come bearing great news”.
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Brie Moreno: Bomb

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Brie Moreno: Bomb

A black and white comic strip titled “A Garden for Two” by Brie Moreno. A person is shown in several panels dreaming and looking out of a window before spotting someone outside and exclaiming, “An intruder!”.
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Brie Moreno: Bomb

An illustration of a person wearing a blue hat, purple top and green skirt, sitting backwards on a wooden chair. They have red arms and hold the back of the chair with clenched fists.
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Brie Moreno: Chair

A line drawing in red ink on a pale pink background reads “Cowgirl Club”. A figure in a hat and tight-fitting clothes stands before a castle, beside a magic lamp and a heart. A spotted dog and a small bird are in the foreground, while a large flower grows to the left.
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Brie Moreno: Cowgirl Clue

An illustration of three colourful, stylised fish swimming in different directions against a plain white background. Each fish features bold patterns, including dots and scales, in vibrant shades of green, blue, red and yellow.
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Brie Moreno: Fish

A line drawing in red ink on a pale pink background. A figure in a pointed hat holds up a large cloak, framing a central spider and a small butterfly-like creature below. Two tall, smiling frogs with long legs flank the scene.
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Brie Moreno: Harly Art

An illustration of a figure wearing a pointed brown hat and green tights. They are entwined with a large, multi-coloured segmented form that wraps around their body and reaches toward a leafless brown tree.
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Brie Moreno: Sarah

An illustration of a figure in a long white dress and hat, floating diagonally across a green patterned background. They hold a black shopping bag containing a loaf of bread, an egg and a colourful spotted fish.
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Brie Moreno: Shopping Bag

An orange line drawing on beige paper shows two figures. One wears a double-breasted suit and a mask, while the other wears a tight outfit and high-heeled boots.
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Brie Moreno: Whip

A collage of a person wearing a checked hat and a striped shirt, standing beside a small, pale brown dog. They are set against an orange background with green, branch-like shapes and a yellow and purple butterfly.
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Brie Moreno: Boy and Cow

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About the Author

Lucy Bourton

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Lucy (she/her) was part of the It’s Nice That team from 2016–2025, first joining as a staff writer after graduating from Chelsea College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design Communication, eventually becoming a senior editor on our editorial team, and most recently at Insights, a research-driven department with It’s Nice That.

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