Zatanna Things

a little wondermagic for today c:

is this ooc? maybe! but idc

i wanted to mess around with watercolors and i found an inspo on pintrest and BOOM

Zatanna, designed by @pixiegiftfashions and illustrated by me 🎩🪄

I had the incredible opportunity to illustrate Gina's designs for this year's Her Universe Fashion Show! We submitted three designs but only one outfit can be selected per designer, y'all are NOT ready for the design that was chosen but I got permission to share the others!

This year's sponsor and theme was DC Comics. For Zatanna, the concept was "magician and her assistant". We came up with two color schemes - the magenta is based on Justice League Action and the violet is based on Teen Titans Go; we submitted the violet for sponsor licensing reasons but I'm still partial to the magenta!

If I can get personal for a bit...longtime followers know my art used to be much more fashion-focused. I really wanted to be a fashion illustrator, especially in the geek/pop culture-inspired space - there are more gigs in that niche than you'd think! But try as I might I got rejection after rejection, so eventually I gave up and pivoted to game development. What are the odds that this would happen years after I gave up on that dream? 

This is the first time Gina's gotten a design selected after 12 years of applying, and I'm so happy to be a part of that! Not only did I love bringing her sketches to life (well, she'll actually bring a design to life in July!), but she let me get involved in the design process and offer feedback to help polish and shape these designs. I'm particularly proud of the ribbon sash, that was my suggestion!

This gig was really a dream come true, and I'm so so grateful to Gina for giving me that chance 🥹 

Zatanna