Celeste Lai

///////////// CELESTE LAI ///////////// Animation / Illustration / Comics / Stories

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Living Room Craft Collective- An online shop I opened along with two other lady artists/crafters. You can find my work up there and a couple different commission options to ask me to draw something for you! ^_^ Welcome!

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Check out the TED-Ed lesson @peytonskyler and I directed!

[limbforest]

tiny paintings continued…

Peyton’s Saturn Reuturn I, II & III.

(It’s been a rough few months for Peyton..  I drew these in hope of cheering him up…)

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I did the illustration for the new episode of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything: The Secret Histories of Podcasting which I also had the pleasure of working on. :)

In this episode he talks about the story of podcasting in three versions, the technology, the new business model for audio publishing and the birth of a new art form. Very insightful if you are into independent producing or anything in that realm. 

Check it out!

https://toe.prx.org

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PODCAST X ILLUSTRATION

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Hi everyone, this is a new blog I’m starting where I will be posting things from my sketchbooks: thoughts, prose, doodles, comics, WIP…etc. 

this will be more of an on going blog, unlike my other one which is a portfolio/ website, therefore hopefully more intimate. :)

so welcome!

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I started a new blog for my sketchbooks. :D

[blankfillers]

This was another shot that went by very quickly after the auntie got on her scooter this was scrolling behind her. 

I had a lot of fun illustrating this strip of the street because I got to put in some of my favorite street food venders in there.

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Confused mandala series: Sacrifice of the Symbolized Body.

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Tumblr friends, this is our new film Blankfillers by NOWAY Video Club. Took us two years to complete and I am so happy to be able to finally share this with you, I hope it will reach you in many places! 

The launch has been such a pleasant warm experience, seeing the views and shares grow day by day, it really means a lot to us. Feel free to drop me a line of your thoughts, we look forward to hearing them!

Please like us on Vimeo or share it with your friends if you do like the short,  after all we made this so we can connect with more human beings. 

For more films by NOWAY Video Club goto: 

www.nowayvideoclub.com

xx

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Blankfillers

A work in progress blog for the new film Peyton Skyler and I are making.

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A collaboration between Kenny Batu, Peyton Harrison and bits of myself:

***NICE·TO·WATCH·NEWS - THE NUMBER 1 IN NEWS THAT'S NICE.*** EPISODE 1 is now available to be viewed in the peep room of the internet. <<<<----And here is your invitation---->>>>

www.nicetowatchnews.com

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I've been doing freelance design/illustration and animation at TED-Ed since 2012, here is an example of the things that I've worked on there: 

Dead stuff: The secret ingredient in our food chain - John C. Moore

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limb forest- a new series I've been working on

exploring the themes of forms and worship and the obsession to familiarity and comfort. 

click the link to go to the series: http://limbforest.tumblr.com/

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TED-Ed freelance in house work. I designed and created the images in this lesson and did parts of the animation in After Effects.

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Furtilizers- A series of characters of these mysterious part animal part human creature living in the forest.  

for the complete series please goto

www.furtilizers.tumblr.com

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TED-Ed freelance in house work. I designed and created the images in this lesson.

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The Man who Once Owned an Eternal Garden

A story about a man who loves his garden very dearly. He spends all his time taking care of it, but one day his life falls apart when suddenly his most beloved things no longer are. What would he do?

This film has been selected and screened at MetroCAF festival, Williamsburg International Film Festival and currently the Victoria International Film Festival in British Colombia. 

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Paper Fish Tank

Self Portrait animation 2009.