Artist Re-Imagines Sailor Scouts And Pop Culture Characters As Pin-Up And Goth Girls

Shocking? Maybe. Interesting? Definitely.

Damjan

• Published in Cartoons / Anime
• September 9, 2021

Carla Wyzgala (aka Carlations) is a watercolor pin-up illustrator currently based in Long Beach, California. Besides being an excellent illustrator, she also likes to push the boundaries of conventional fan art.

Using vintage burlesque as inspiration, she re-imagines pop-culture characters as pin-up girls or goth characters. She also illustrates her own comic series called Skull Maskerade, and she is a co-creator and illustrator of Hidden Door Comics, the romance fairy tale graphic novel.

She is also a huge Sailor Moon and Disney fan. We’ve chosen 15 of her most interesting pin-up and goth illustrations, and we hope you are going to find them interesting.

1. Sailor Moon

2. Sailor Mars

Carla Wyzgala an original member of the Bad Apples Artist Collective and has been showcasing her artwork internationally at comic conventions since 2009. She has a BFA from the American Academy of Art in Chicago.

3. Sailor Neptune

4. Sailor Pluto

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"Carla Wyzgala, aka Carlations, is a watercolor pin-up illustrator and artist of Skull Maskerade. Using vintage burlesque as inspiration, her work is an unapologetic celebration of the female form. Self-publishing art and comic books since 2013, Carla is currently co-creating and self-publishing the Skull Maskerade comic with her husband and tattoo artist, Justin Tauch," her website says.

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9. Goth Saturn

10. Goth Mercury

11. Goth Pluto

12. Goth Moon

Carla also enjoys recreating Disney characters as pinup and goth girls.

13. Goth Cruella de Vil

14. Pinup Merida

15. Lady Loki

Damjan