Brianne Drouhard (born July 10, 1980) is an American author, artist, director, and animator, known for her book ''Billie the Unicorn'' and her webcomic, ''Harpy Gee''. Drouhard has been involved in animation since 2004, when she was a character designer for the ''

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'' TV series. Her current projects include the upcoming

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show, ''Harpy Gee'' and

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' ''Mega Princess''. She will be the co-executive producer for the upcoming Starfire show. Drouhard has contributed to several television series, including '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also directed and produced the TV short ''

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''.

Personal life

Brianne Drouhard was born on July 10, 1980, in Othello, Washington, USA. Drouhard attended the

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and the Character Animation Program at the

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Career

Brianne Drouhard worked as a

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on various animated TV shows throughout the 2000s, such as ''

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'' and ''

''. While Drouhard worked on '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' from 2008 to 2011,

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announced the formation of

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to everyone working in the animation department at

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Looking at the list of characters that Drouhard could present a pitch for, the character of

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stood out to her, even though she did not know the character well. Drouhard had already been pitching her ''Harpy Gee'' concept for several years at this point, and presented it as an alternative after her ''Amethyst'' pitch. However, DC liked Drouhard's concept episodes more than expected, and she was told to write even more episodes. Drouhard began posting her fantasy webcomic ''Harpy Gee'' in January 2014. Following the adventurer Harpy and her

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cat, Drouhard switches up her storytelling style and artistic processes rapidly during the creation of ''Harpy Gee''. Lauren Davis of ''

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'' listed it among her favorite webcomics of 2014. A Nick animated short was produced for the show as part of the

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. Collaborating with

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, Drouhard created the comic book ''Mega Princess'' in 2016, which follows the adventures of princess Maxime and her pony Justine who go to rescue her younger brother. Published by Kaboom!, ''Mega Princess'' has a younger target-audience.

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