Laura Brouwers (artist)

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Laura Brouwers
Born (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)
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Laura Brouwers (born 18 June 1995), also known by her pseudonym Cyarin or Cyarine, is a Dutch digital artist and illustrator.

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Background

Brouwers is from Eindhoven. She has a younger sister. Brouwers was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at a young age. She attended both a mainstream school and a special education school, and ended up leaving school early to move into an assisted living project. [1] As of 2017, she was living in her own house in Strijp. [2] Brouwers is bisexual. [3]

Career

After beginning her online art journey in a private Hyves group, [4] Brouwers joined DeviantArt in 2009, and created her YouTube channel Cyarin and began uploading illustration videos in 2012. [5] On Instagram, she reached 100 thousand followers in 2015, and 1 million in 2017. Brouwers held her first in-person exhibition in collaboration with HP Nederland at the Muntgebouw Utrecht in January 2017. [6] [7]

In 2018, Brouwers published her debut book Expedition Sketchbook (Dutch : Expeditie schetsboek via Kosmos Uitgevers. [8] That same year, she appeared on a Disability Panel at Summer in the City. [9] Brouwers has collaborated with and provided artwork for the likes of YouTuber Phil Lester and singer-songwriter Leadley on merchandise and cover art respectively, [10] and worked with companies such as Mojang, Adobe, Discord, Wacom, and Lego. [11] Brouwers spoke at The Art Department 2022 in Eindhoven [12] and Berlin. [13]

In the fall of 2023 Cyarin mysteriously disappeared off of social media. As of July 2024, she has given no update or reason for her sudden absence.

Art style

Brouwers is best known for her character design and portraits, [14] be it of friends, public figures such as Safiya Nygaard, and fans who request it. [15] When promoting her Expedition Sketchbook, her style was described as a "mix of manga and pin-up with Disney influences". She is primarily a digital illustrator who takes inspiration and aesthetics from traditional media, such as ink and watercolours and transposes them digitally. [16] Her username is a portmanteau of cyan and aquamarine. [17]

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  3. ↑ Brouwers, Laura [@Cyarine] (23 September 2020). "Happy #BiVisibilityDay ✨💕 I'm.. a big bi" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 March 2024– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Schilder, Jasper (22 June 2018). "Laura uit Eindhoven tekende al 1,5 miljoen volger bij elkaar op Instagram". The Best Social Media (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Adorable Digital Illustrations of Laura Brouwers (AKA Cyarin)". Paintable. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Uitgelicht, Redactie (18 January 2017). "Social Media influencer en artiest Cyarin organiseert eerste expositie met HP Nederland". ICT Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Influencer bedankt 969k Insta-volgers middels expositie". Contentmarketing (in Dutch). 16 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Jessica (2018). "Boekrecensie - Expeditie Schetsboek – Cyarin". Reviews & Roses (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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  10. ↑ Fitzgerald, Clare (13 April 2020). "Leadley Releases New Single". TenEighty. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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