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Lmao I’m watching the Connoreatspants Fortnite Friday stream featuring Zachary Levi and bro is getting absolutely grilled about his opinions on “woke” inclusion in modern media.

Discovering that The Matrix was a trans allegory written by trans women in the year 2024. Crazy. ⚡️

Hii all!!

Sorry I haven’t posted,,, my Shazam hyper-fixation has subsided.

I probably won’t be active on this account until it’s back in full swing again.

Thank you for your understanding!! ❤️⚡️

Making more designs and concepts for the daughters of Atlas,,,,

Still working on these three, but I’ve been busy with work lol. 🧡🤍🩵

Working on a Freddy re-design as well, but this one’s a bit of a rush job because it’s like 1am and I really wanna go to bed LOL

I also have some concept models done of the Rock of Eternity as well. I want it to kinda be a floating island diamond-shape looking thing. The bottom half of the diamond kinda like the floating islands in Steven Universe, and then the top part being kinda grassy mountains helping to make the diamond shape,,, I also need to add the little thrones in there. I was also thinking of maybe a little cave area in the mountain, but idk yet. I obi don’t have the skills to model that so I would have to draw it all by hand,,, so we’ll see~ ✨⚡️❤️

Drawing an updated Shazam/Captian Marvel design!! ⚡️❤️

Lots of minor tweaks over the past year but I’m pretty happy with the updated version. I’ve been trying to understand 3D shapes & drawing forms since I started drawing Shazam and I’m excited to learn more! ^_^

Trying to re-work my Shazam character designs. Obi first up is Billy.

I didn’t want to modify them too much because I like what I’ve done so far. However, I really wanna try and them them all model sheets, so that requires a lot more focus and intention with my lineart than I’m used to lol,,,

I was also inspired to work on this today specifically because I read the new chapter. At first I thought it was gonna be the same, “Billy’s long-lost parent ruins Vasquez family adoption” plot line that the new52 had, but I was pleasantly surprised. I can’t tell which run I like better so far because like,,, I’m really confused on why Billy & the Captain are 2 different people??? I have a hard time following that part. But, I enjoy the characterization a LOT more in this one. In the new 52 Billy is a little too much of an asshole imo. 💀

Like, I think in this new Dawn of DC version of Billy would have never yelled at Darla, and wouldn’t have picked random fights with Mary. Unlike his 2013-2019 counterpart lol. I really DO like characters who are a bit jaded & a little snarky though. I guess it’s a fine line that writers have to try and not cross.

Anyways that was my little ramble. If you would like to discuss the new run with me, or maybe let me know which version of Billy you prefer both my DMs & comments are open, as always. :)

Enjoy! ~ ⚡️❤️

Kalypso’s Powers~ ✨🌀

Here is some of my writing for my version of the Daughters of Atlas. Since they’re from the magic realm I thought I would make their skin colorful, similar to the gods from Disney’s Hercules.

This is just a little story sample I had in my mind when I was envisioning how I want her powers to work. The way they work in Fury of the Gods is cool and all, but I wanted to add something more fantastical and visually wicked.

And don’t worry guys once the Shazamly comes to Billy’s rescue the curse of madness gets reversed. Just having his family around him to validate that magic is real, and to check in on him is enough to reverse the damage done to his psyche and return his arms/veins to normal.

Although, please do be warned, Kalypso’s curse is no joke because once the curse has fully corrupted a person, there is no cure to their madness, and their mental state will be permanently altered.

Making slight tweaks to my current art style,, as in trying to use line weight? I’m still experimenting with it so I thought I would make another Freddy & Billy drawing because I need practice drawing character interactions as well lol. Much to learn, as always lol :p

Anyways enjoy! ~✨

Nobody:

Tawny:

Just read the new Shazam comic and thinking about re-designing my outfit for Freddy. I thought the blue scarf was a serve, but I think I only really liked it in Dan Mora’s art style lol.

Anyways, as I was reading I was thinking about how I’m kinda not a fan of when writers kinda write Shazam & Billy as two different people? I’ve seen a few iterations of the comics do this but I’m never sure why? It just kinda seems like more work imo to write them as separate characters???

Maybe there is some appeal in like the magical “other-self” or “idealized-self” areas of fantasy, but I feel like the Shazam mythos covers that either way? Anyways that’s my hot take lmk which you prefer and drop a comment if you wanna let me know your reasoning~ ✨

Bonus: please enjoy these random sketches xoxo

You know despite not even drawing Shazam for a year yet, my character designs still go through constant little tweaks and edits. I’m trying really hard on trying to draw form & 3D shapes right now though, and that’s causing some technical issues when I draw Billy’s hair,,, I’ll have to study up on some comics or something haha,,,

Anyways, enjoy! ~✨❤️⚡️

Another Shazam sketch, mock-up, work in progress, whatever you wanna call it lol. ⚡️❤️

I feel like I on,y ever get these drawings half done because I’m only inspired to draw at like 1am when I got work at 6am the next day,,,, 💀

Anyways,,, enjoy! ~✨⚡️❤️

The colors on my iPad look janky as hell as I draw this 💀 but I wanted to draw another quick exploration drawing for my Shazam “powers of living lightning” concept thingy. Idk

Maybe I’ll remaster and color/shade it fully but for now it’s just flats with some overlays lol

Anyways,,,, enjoy~✨

(Edit 4/16/2024: fixed the colors :p ⚡️❤️)

Another sketch for tonight! ❤️⚡️🪄

It feels like I’ve been only finishing sketches lately,,, but I’ve been kinda busy so whoopsies. Maybe when I color this one I can also include my whole “living lighting” concept thingy I made up a while ago on an old post with some blueish glow-y type battle marks idk. ~✨

Felt like drawing some expressions/ light angst kinda art so ye. Maybe if I get around to it I can do expression sheets next since I’ve never really done those before.

Anyways thanks 4 reading okay byeeee! ~ ✨✨✨

Some random Billy & Darla sketches tonight because I want to get more comfortable with posting unfinished art,,, 🌻🩸⚡️💜🎉

Maybe I’ll post some more sketches soon also just to practice storytelling by using my art :p yk how it is.

Okay bye!!~ ✨

Work in progress for my Shazam story. ⚡️

This is a scene towards the start of the story, right after the prologue actually. It’s the scene where Billy’s social worker is trying to explain to him that she’s running out of foster homes for him to go to and is trying to get him to behave.

These are very quick sketches however, I think it’s probably for the best because one of the hardest things for me to learn is how to incorporate storytelling into my art lol. Which is funny because I enjoy both writing and drawing. So yeah,,,,

But anyways,, again not really sure how I want to tell this story? Like at first I was set on a screenplay for sure, but then I was like,,, maybe I should just write it as a fanfic? Because I’ve had nights where I’ve written 8,000 words in one night,,,, but those are rare. But ALSO also I really do enjoy the visual aspects of a comic,,,, but a comic would for sure take me the longest and require the most focus,,,,

I’m still not sure at this point, but I guess I’ll have to decide soon if I want people to eventually be able to enjoy my take on Billy Batson’s origin story,,,,,

Also please excuse any typos it is 1AM for me while I’m working on this LOL

Anyways thank you byeeee~ ✨

Finished! ✅

Also I recently decided that I actually want to make a trilogy of stories for my Shazam story. I want to make it kinda like a coming of age trilogy-story type deal. You know like,,,

Story 1: Is like all good origin stories. It starts with the main character getting their powers and in this case laying the ground work for his foster family. We do the basic but lovely plot of him learning to let go of his birth parents in favor of his foster family etc. etc.

Story 2: Picks up maybe a year or so later and deals with the foster siblings all getting a little older and expanding their personal lives. The story also deals with how Billy feels a little abandoned at first, but then eventually learning that change is a part of life, and his family will still be there for him even if they’re lives are getting more complicated/busy.

Story 3: This story would pick up again about a year or so after the last story. And it would deal with Billy’s work life balance between his family life, his personal life, and his superhero life. Kinda dealing with themes of overwhelm and burnout. Something that really captures the vibes of growing up.

Anyways those are just my little ideas or whatevaaa, let me know if you guys would be interested in me putting out the whole “coming of age trilogy” perhaps

Okkayyy byeee~ ✨

Work in progress for tonight!! Trying to draw more character interactions so I thought I’d start with my version of Billy and Freddy!

(Note: not intended to be freebat art. No hate to anyone who ships it, but I see them as brothers even if they’re both adopted :P )

But yeah! Also a refresher for any new people who might see this post: I’m working on writing my own version of the Shazam story. In my version I only have 4 siblings in the Vasquez house from oldest to youngest the order goes Freddy, Mary, Billy, Darla. 💙💛❤️💜

I wanted to finish this sketch tonight but it’s about 1AM rn and I have work tomorrow, so unfortunately I have to wait.

Okay thanks byeeee~✨

Hii, sorry it’s been a while, I am unfortunately inbetweeen hyperfixations and it suckkkkss lol. I also haven’t been able to get my adderall refilled since December due to a mix of supply shortages and moving to a different state.

Hopefully I’ll be able to continue working on my story and finish it soon? Idk. Currently feel as though I am living in a haze, not really awake, but not dreaming either. It’s very strange, but I believe it’s because I am almost never without a fixation. Hopefully something will spark my interest soon.

Just posting this here because it was a sketch I was doing to practice adding more 3D forms and thought into my drawings and character designs. So far I’ve been lucky and my brain has been up to the challenge and it hasn’t been too overwhelming.

Ok yeah that’s not much of an update 💀 but it’s all I have for now lol.

Cheers! ~ 🥂

Note: images on top right are not mine, they’re face/head-shape breakdowns I found on Pinterest xoxo

Okay, I know I was gone for a little bit, sorry about that lol. I was out of state for the holidays and I have a hard time writing/drawing when I’m not in my comfort areas haha >_<.

But I wanted to share this. These are my little “scene cards” I guess you could call them. They just give you guys a little bit of insight to the anatomy of my Shazam story that I’m outlining right now!

[ READ MORE BELOW ⬇️ ✍️📝]

I have these scenes in a lot more detail but I can’t show it to you guys because it looks like this lol.

But I’m posting this now because I’m just opening the floor to comments, suggestions, or questions for this story so far. :^)

I think some things that might be confusing is that I did technically write in a redemption arc for Black Adam. Which I know might be controversial for some, but his main “beef” with Billy is that he’s offended that The Wizard chose a new champion after he got banished to the furthest star in the galaxy.

But then once he’s defeated it’s revealed that The Wizard was actually kinda conflicted about having to banish him and Billy wasn’t meant to replace him. Billy’s much happier with his foster family on earth than being like The Wizards adopted son lol.

I still want him to be “punished” at the end for trapping The Wizard and Tawny to try and take over The Rock of Eternity. So my solution for that would be to give him a “Crown of Thorns” that nerf his powers a lot, but still keep him in his “magic form”. Since you know,,, if he were to say “Shazam” and revert to his mortal form he would die of old age almost immediately,,,,

But yeahh idk, let me know what you guys think. Right now I’m working on writing scene 3. If any of you guys want to read scene 1 & 2 I have them completed, they’re just in screenplay/script format lol.

Maybe I’ll convert them soon. Who knows?

Anyways k thx byeeee~✨

Just finished Darla’s slightly older design! Now she’s with everyone else, yay! She’s about 15 in this design so all the ages go, Darla 15, Mary 16, Billy 16, Freddy 18. And I’m done with the main cast now yippieeee! ~✨

Note: I always say “about (age)” when I post designs, because since I have birthdays for all of them it really depends on the time of year I’m writing In. 💀

But if you were curious of the birthdays I gave them it’s,,,

Darla - March 5th

Mary - September 19th

Billy - December 23rd

Freddy - May 21st

SoOoOoo, yeah! ~✨

Okay, Hi Hi Hi! 🌻⚡️✨💛 Here’s my design for a slightly older Mary; she’s only a couple months older than Billy. Her birthday is September 19th, and Billy’s is December 23rd, so they’re both about 16 in this drawing.

I’m really, honestly not sure where I wanted to take her design, but for now I like where it’s at. Hopefully I will get around to Darla next! ^_^ ~✨

Closeups below‼️‼️‼️

Okay, so here is a design reveal for my slightly older Freddy! ~⚡️💙✨🦋 As well as some slight adjustments for my older Billy design. I’m still gonna have to go back to Freddy’s younger design and re-work some stuff lol >_>.

My versions of these characters are ever evolving. So please enjoy the ride, and keep your hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times. I think in this version, I wanna make it about 2 years after Billy’s origin story, so that makes Billy 16 and Freddy 18, if I’m remembering how I planned the story correctly,,, lol

Also, for the symbol on Freddy’s shirt, it’s like an alternate version of those Volcom shirts that used to be really popular in the early 2000s lol. I kinda wanted to show that Freddy’s kinda like an artsy-rebel type character, and I think those shirts are very reminiscent of those vibes lmao. 💀

But yeahhh, enjoy! ~✨

Closeups below for people who want to fight image compression 1 on 1 in the ring. Cuff to cuff.

Kinda a more interesting post for tonight. This is a comic page mock-up that I did for the third act of my Shazam story! ^_^ ⚡️

The idea here is that this is kinda the “inside” of the spell that allows Billy to share his powers with his siblings. In this scene Billy’s has just gotten ahold of The Wizard’s staff, causing it to activate its magic. So, we see a glimpse of Billy and all his siblings starting to magically float off the ground during the final battle against Black Adam. Showing that they are being affected by a spell of some sort.

Then, suddenly Billy is transported into this “mind palace”, that is a kinda like a shared liminal space to represent the connection Billy has formed with his siblings over the course of the story. When Billy is transported here, he finds shadowy figures of his siblings standing in the middle of a black, shadowy, fog.

He quickly approaches them, scared and confused. He’s unsure of what is happening, because he’s just not that familiar with magic yet. He’s trying to talk to Freddy, and ask him for help, but Freddy is not able to respond/interact with Billy. This shadowy figure is kinda like a “placeholder” for Freddy, and the other siblings as well. So, that’s why he’s unresponsive in this scene.

However, while this spell is happening, Tawny is trying to get through to Billy. Shouting at him to say the magic word, “Shazam” and complete the spell. Then, once Billy hears Tawny’s voice echo through this liminal space, he says the magic word, completes the spell, snaps back into reality, and sees that he’s temporarily empowered his foster siblings with the powers of living lighting. Meaning, this is my introduction to the Shazamly! Yay! 🎉

Once the spell is completed these shadowy “placeholders” for his siblings will be replaced with their actual consciousness, and they’ll look like their normal selves. Meaning, that when they all are using the powers of Shazam, they’ll have a shared liminal space where they can sense each other’s connection. However, we don’t see this “setting” again for the rest of the story, because it’s not really relevant once Billy has successfully opened his heart, and shared the powers with his siblings.

It will be relevant again if/when I write more stories in this universe. But for now, I’m just focusing on Billy’s origin story and putting the Shazamly in the third act.

But yeah, I just wanted to share this little snippet from the third act of my story. I have pretty much finished outlining my first story completely. I just don’t want to post it here yet, until I’ve turned my outline into like an actual screenplay or something lol. If you’re wondering what I’ve wrote,so far, it’s basically like if the 2019 Shazam film had more of a focus on fantasy and found family, instead of a focus on horror and wish-fulfillment. Which are all good themes but, I just wanted to tell my version of this story, and double down on my favorite tropes. :^).

So if you like Shazam, fantasy, found family, or just fan made stories in general stay tuned, I should have time to format and post my story, in its entirety, pretty soon!

Enjoy~✨

Finished Darla’s Shazam design! ^_^ 💜⚡️🔮✨

I kinda wanted to give her some Sailor Moon vibes because I know that she would think of herself as Sailor Moon when she uses her powers. She also probably says that the powers of Shazam make them all “magical girls”, and although the boys don’t really like that comparison, Mary always encourages it lol.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘

——— ≪ ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ≫ ———

The Rock of Eternity is a magical location that gently coasts over the magic realm on a floating island. It’s located in a magical other-world away from Earth, and it’s filled to the brim with magical knowledge and artifacts.

The Rock of Eternity is used as a historical archive for magical resources and is watched over by The Wizard and Tawny.

➸ The Rock of Eternity Drawings

- Introduction To The Rock of Eternity

- The Rock of Eternity (Work in Progress)

- The Rock of Eternity (Completed~)

[ Art/Drawing Index | Master List ]

My Darla redesign, and also my work in progress for her superhero form!! 💜✨🔮⚡️

I know I won’t get a chance to finish this tonight because normally going from the building/sketching stage to line art is at least an hour or two, not to mention coloring and shading LOL.

I’m still not exactly satisfied with the current proportions/pose, but it’s bedtime for me rn,,, I’m very sleepy haha.

But, I also redesigned Darla to give her a fuzzy oversized sweater and some stripped leggings! I also gave her some necklaces and soft winter boots! :D

Enjoy~ ✨

Here’s my own version of the Shazam logo‼️‼️⚡️✨

I’ll have to refine it a little bit later in case there are any stray pixels I missed but progress pics will be attached below!

I made this logo on photoshop using their 3D tools. Then, after I was done doing that I took my 3D assets into procreate on my iPad so I could add a bunch of just lighting and filters and stuff. I wanted to make it similar to the 2019 movie logo, but I think maybe I’ll scale back the dramatic lighting so that way the golden accents on the letters come through better,,, but this is what I have for tonight! :D

Enjoy! ~✨

Something soft and sweet for the timeline 💗⚡️🌿

For those who don’t know the two characters I have in this drawing are my version of Billy and Samara as older teenagers. And they eventually become a couple! And they are cute, and soft, and pink!

Samara is an old Captain Marvel character that used to be known as Cissy Sommerly but, I changed her up a little bit. I changed her name so that way it fit into the naming scheme of everyone having matching initials, like Billy Batson, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley etc. etc. So now she’s Samara Sommerly! Yay! 🎉

She is the daughter of Sterling Silver, and heir to the throne of Whiz Radio, their family business.

Billy loves Samara’s spunky and sweet personality, mixed with her fierce determination towards her goals.

Samara loves Billy’s dry and sarcastic whit that blends with his strong values towards justice and family.

It’s a tale as old as time. But, their connection really starts when Whiz Radio is on the brink of going out of business. Samara is heartbroken because if Whiz Radio goes out of business, that means her and her family will have to move to a different city, and she will lose everything she’s ever known.

And then there’s Billy, a foster kid who grew up being moved house to house his whole life, who never really got the chance to plant his roots in a meaningful way in any community.

He empathizes with her panic about having to move to a new place and lose the comfort that was everything you once knew, and opens up to her about his childhood in the foster system.

Then, in an attempt to save Whiz Radio, Samara sparks a plan to make a radio show on the new hero Captain Marvel/Shazam as a way to get more listeners and save her family from bankruptcy.

Billy wants to help Samara save Whiz Radio and keep Samara in Fawcett City, so he offers to co-host with her on her new radio show and this is the catalyst for their close bond.

Note: She is unaware of Billy’s alternate identity as the hero Shazam however, Billy takes opportunities whenever he can to help her with her radio show as both Captain Marvel/Shazam and Billy cause’ he cares about her and wants her to stay in Fawcett City.

Closeup drawing below because compression kicks my ass lowkey. 😔🤙