Zanna Magazine Issue Three

Before designing the or imaginary creatures, but Still, we didn’t expect such
brief for Issue Three we in reality we received very an array of different artists
wrote a list of buzzwords little of that. Of course, to meet the brief with such
that were intended as we knew that having a enthusiasm, cohesion and
inspiration, recurring words visual brief would impact diversity. What lies in Issue
or themes were narrowed the way in which it would Three is less beachy (though
down to: Miami in the 80’s, be approached and that we still have a little of that)
vaporwave aesthetic, and it might lead to responses and more otherworldly, a
summery, festival vibes. to the image as a whole or journey through 43 different
We were expecting loads of focus on specific elements artists imaginations and
pinks and blues, lots of glitch such as colour palette or one interpretations.
art and maybe some aliens of the keywords provided.

Cover Artist: Tatchiana Michaela

Issue Three’s cover piece, aptly titled P1ÑA C0LADA, is undeniably on brief.

Made with watercolours, Tatchiana describes the

ink, coloured pencils, cover, as bubblegum pop

iridescent cellophane,and with an edge; playful and

digital manipulation, it is a dissonant at the same time,

masterful combination fitting the summer festival/

of traditional and digital otherworldly feel. The VHS

techniques. The piece glitch effects and crisp

was made as a tribute vector fruits were inspired

to summers gone by by vaporwave’s chilled

and in anticipation of out 80’s neon electronic

the sweltering weather fusion, and a fascination

to come, something with art that doesn’t fit

both nostalgic and fresh. neatly into society’s boxes.

Edited or remixed versions of artworks
can bring something back to life to
meet a new brief. Circuits [right] has
been given a glitchy face-lift to Issue
Three and like the other pieces shown
here, could quite easily have been
chosen as the cover. These ladies
all possess a piercing gaze toward
the viewer and an unapologetic
attitude; even through sunglasses.
Tatchiana’s art is incredibly innovative
in terms of concept and has a subtle
nod to humour/wit in the work.

@Tatchianamichaela

As an artist, the juxtaposition of ‘weird stuff’ and ‘pretty stuff’, phrases taken
from the brief, is a major motivation for Tatchiana. Invader [above] features
a mesmerising colour palette, retro vibe and tropical attire to top it all off.

Daisy Kate
@Daisy_kate

Illustrator and animator



Planetry
@Planetryonline

Karen and Roma Barnes
@Barnesgallery

Wherever You Are

This fruity tropical get away made for two could be anywhere and
everywhere with the right amount of imagination. This piece was
inspired by the song Orange Trees by Marina. The colours and surreal
nature beautifully illustrate the sentiment of the song, as well as telling
its own story of the personality filled characters Brillo Boi created.

“Flowers in my hair, I belong by the sea
Where we used to be, sitting by the orange trees
Summer in the air, bodies in the heat
Just you and me, sitting by the orange trees”

- Marina, Orange Trees

Brillo Boi
@Brilloboi

These paintings are obvious in
their depiction of a summer festival
through the use of sunglasses and
bright colours. However the more
subtle element of the attitude
each lady is conveying is what
pulls you in and really takes you
back to summer days. A more
relaxed and carefree but confident
attitude that seems to emerge
during the brighter months.

“It does not do to dwell on dreams Flo Lee
and forget to live” — Albus Dumbledore
@Florenceleeandco
Florence Lee & co was developed from Flo's
passion for anything and everything creative.
This passion for creativity spreads beyond
painting and into interiors and fashion.
Championing collaboration by joining forces
with family and friends who share the
same passion, Flo will continue to
develop the Florence Lee & co
brand. Flo grew up in a creative
family, building passion over time
and finally stretching from a
hobby into a career. After
studying art for a number of
years, Flo spent the last
13 years in the corporate,
very non artistic world,
until a series of life
changing events led
back to creativity.

Hollywood
@ashleyac01

“The sky darkens, as the clouds have swallowed all the stars. The
stolen light seethes and whirls inside them, as they continue to rise,
longing to contain multitudes. The moon retreats into the austere

night before her. She fades, solemn for her lost companions.“

Rosie Hayward
@Physicsroo

Megan Golden
@maygold111

Megan’s creative process is a lot of back and fourth, with different photos merged
together to create one. Most of the time the photo’s are enhanced to make the colours
pop or some colours taken out to give a different effect. Megan is constantly breaking
artistic rules and pushing personal limits. Recreation is an important part of the artistic
process; cutting, layering, rotating and flipping, piece by piece, until it all comes together.

Saskia Huitema is a self taught artist who works
from her home in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Her
favourite subject is her daughter who models
for her and undergoes multiple transformations
according to the theme of the piece. Saskia’s
distinctive portraits call for attention as the gaze
is automatically drawn towards the portrayed
and lingers there as colourful details of dress
and fabrics are taken in. Fashion photography
and nature are a source of inspiration. Saskia’s
attraction to the low brow art movement and
pop culture shows in her art. Her realistic
pieces -often with a touch of fantasy- evoke
a mood of mystery and enchantment.
Rompe-l’oeil (French for “deceive the eye”) is
an art technique that uses realistic imagery
to create the optical illusion that the depicted
objects exist in three dimensions. Saskia uses
this technique with great success in this tropical
painting titled Pin Up Girl. The technique also
lends itself to a nostalgic feeling associated
with looking back at old photographs.

Saskia Huitema
@Starblueshell





Mermaids, often misrepresented as sirens
of the sea, are romanticised by long flowing
hair and glittery shell bras while this mermaid
lies still and quiet. The immense detail
and use of cold colours that somehow
still feel warm creates a feast for the eyes.

“In my art I aim to portray beauty and emotions,
weave tales and connect with nature. I find my
inspiration in flora and fauna, girls becoming
women, Art Nouveau, the Pre Raphaelites
as well as the bygone era of the ‘Roaring
Twenties’. I seek to evoke the sense of mystery,
wonder and enchantment which can be found
all around us if you just look hard enough.”

- Saskia Huitema

After introducing bright colours into her
works Rebecca found a flood of positivity
followed. Taking what could be considered
as everyday scenes and twisting them to
a new an interesting perspective, in some
cases with something as simple as changing
the colour of the water in a seascape.

Otherworldly imaginings don’t have to
be far fetched, although they certainly
can be. Something can seem equally
alien by changing one variable as it would
if you changed a million. The images
shown here demonstrate both the subtle
and the quixotic ends of the uncanny
spectrum. Making the ocean pink is one
such example, with sea creatures already
having a reputation as strange and
largely undiscovered, underwater scenes
lend themselves well to the given brief.

Rebecca

Flores

Meme culture is fast growing and it’s
changing the way we communicate,
particularly online, using less words
and relying more on imagery and
seemingly tenuous context. Flores’
flamingo image feels as if it’s a nod
to that, if it were captioned “Me”
most of us would know what was
meant, equally we all know someone
who is ‘the flamingo of the group.’

@Rebecca.g.flores

Flight of Fancy

Ewan takes places, creatures and objects from our world and discovers
new and interesting combinations. Here we see tropical island
paradises which, when you look closely, resemble an ordinary beach
landscape. But on the macroscopic scale they are anything but ordinary.

Ewan Henry

@Ewan.draws.stuff

Martini Beach

Lu Oliari
@Luoliari



Limitless

Zanna Magazine is proud to showcase it’s youngest contributor.
Makayla’s piece meets the brief as it is bright, fresh, energetic, tropical
and happily sits within the colour palette suggested. But it also
meets the brief in title. A reminder that creativity shouldn’t be put in
boxes. Makayla shows uninhibited expression, the freedom to create.
Creation is more pure without the consideration of who might understand,
buy or even like it. As we age it seems limitations are set by others or ourselves
about what is appropriate, how things should look and what is ‘good enough’.

Makayla C

Zanna would like to run a yearly exhibition and special edition of Zanna Magazine exclusively
featuring the creations of children. We hope this will encourage children to think about
using creativity to express themselves and explore their personal connection with art.
The exhibition, hopefully would also serve as an opportunity to consider a career in the
creative industries, a career path often discouraged in traditional educational settings.

Conrico steez And so, with the appearance of the first creatures
@Conricosteez we know spring is upon us. The tropical climate
offers a variety of beautiful and unusual species.
Spring beckons new life into the worlds and we
can be sure that the weird will only multiply.

Kerekes Gabor
@Kerekash

This piece [right] was made Zaka
out of curiosity to see what @Zaka_ill
a woman’s face crossed
with a mantis would look
like. Just for the pleasure.

Linda Toigo

The wild green yonder

Linda has recently become interested this work, Toigo decided to study
in representing natural ecosystems the Amazon forest and the variety
with paper. As it happens in nature, of species living in the different
the most important elements in a vertical levels of the jungle. Studying
papercut are solidity and balance: nature books and photographs,
everything needs to be linked Linda created a three-level systems
together in a solid yet fragile of interconnecting elements. Here
system. If something breaks or lacks we see creatures exploring the
balance, the rest will fall apart. For treetops as well as the forest floor.

@Lindatoigo

Katy day A digital zentangle pattern inspired by a vintage
@Theostrannenie botanical print of a flowering Nasturtium.
It is an otherworldly group of dancing
people surrounded by a forest of pattern.

The pattern here conjures thoughts of an underground
rave night, with loud colours and simple repetitive

Kelvin Lepleygeometry. There is almost a movement to this piece
@Art_by_lepleywhich reinforces the musical feeling it conveys.

Rainbow cities

These vibrant analogue glitches
are taken from an extensive
collection of works based around
city buildings. Nada’s work
features architecture from across
Europe. Sketches of buildings are
combined with a neon palette,
the design is repeated and layered
to create the final glitch effect.

Nada Duga
@Muralsofhope

This colourful collage is based on the theme of nostalgia and explores how
memories are important to characteristic development. Drawing inspiration from
childhood and adult life, Ashleigh created a collection of designs embodying
90’s and early 00’s aesthetics and the feeling of nostalgia that pairs with that.

Ashleigh Williamson
@Spacepunk.design

Hannah Kay Butcher

These works have been created
specifically for this brief. The name of
the works ‘SI’ was inspired originally from
the word samurai as a direct response
to the forms and character of the work.
It was later discovered that SI is the
International System of Units and the
most widely used system of measurement
in the world, which somehow felt fitting.

These digital works are explorations
of line and composition. Starting as
optical illusions, Hannah Kay uses digital
manipulation to alter and redirect line
and form. Creating abstract works with
warm and uplifting hues of colour to relax
the eyes allowing them to focus on the
whirlwind of gestures created through a
performance of lines and curves.

@Hannahkaycreative

Yeji Kim
@jackiepaper4_4

The worlds we explore when asleep face and the bright rainbow paradise
are limited only by our imaginations. everything seems to point toward, a
There is something about these small glimpse of the blue sky, magical
pieces that looks back at you, the place we mistake for the definition
contrast of big smiles and blank, of dreaming. It puts us in mind of
melancholy eyes is reminiscent of the worlds where our imaginary
the moment in a dream where we friends live, where everything that
suddenly realise something isn’t exists in the real world must still
quite right. Dreaming is one of the exist in it’s physical space in the
purest forms of surrealism where our imaginary world but nothing is quite
subconscious doesn’t discriminate what it seems. The trees are giant
between reality and fantasy. [Below] dog legs and the tunnels create
Creates a battle for your attention portals, winding paths become
between the nightmarish, clown-like snakes and the ponds pools of lava.

Jakub Rokita

Macro photography using up-cycled @Cmykscum
and retrofitted lenses. Emulating hazy,
alien landscapes with the help of lens
aberration and diy lighting. Looking for
the uncanny in the mundane: everyday
objects make the most epic stage design
pieces (especially when you’re really
tiny). This series of otherworldly vistas
is well into its 6th year and thousands
of images strong - taken mostly during
excursions around the UK. Jakub recently
branched out and started taking close
up snaps of thrift store tat which will
form an ever-growing online gallery.

Daniella Dakin
@Dduudles



Bestiary
of the Aquatic Planet

Entry #34: By the pond
Land jellies and an angry pufferfish
rest by a pond in the high volcanic
mountains of the aquatic planet.

Entry #83: Dreaming cosmos

The stealthy leafed jelly stalks

the planet’s flora as they sleep,

Helen mines the depths of blissfully unaware.

the subconscious to create

intricate surrealist dreamscapes Entry #127: Arrival of Nautilidae

including; underwater menageries, Athousand eyes watch as creatures

interstellar space, strange beasts, traverse the depths of the aquatic

and eerie moonlit gardens. planet.

These three fine-liner pen drawings

are taken from an on going series

documenting life on the aquatic

planet circling the Sirius star

system. The planet is mostly under

water, except for a few volcanic

mountain ranges piercing the Helen Rose Nehill
surface here and there; it is teeming @Helen_rose_nehill
with life including creatures both
known and unknown to Earthlings.





It’s a different world

Otherworldly is a word that usually is constantly changing through
conjures thoughts of aliens on distant travel, integration and education.
planets but it doesn’t have to pertain ‘A Nonsensical Study of the Occult’
to a spacial distance. You can share a [below] highlights how certain groups
planet or even a house and still live create their own language/terminology.
in different worlds. Divides can be Without being told what is serious or
drawn by culture, religion, age, social real it would be impossible to know
circles etc. There are new worlds what might hold meaning to others.
to discover not too far from home The occult is often deemed
and some that have come to be otherworldly for its supernatural
only with the evolution of humanity. connotations but it can also be seen as
“Normal” is considered the generally adhering to the brief of otherworldly
accepted and shared knowledge and purely by the distance from what
practices of a group, but this “normal” is inherently known and accepted.

Kim Piffy
@Iampiffy

Katie Purkis

Welcome to Japan

This tapestry style piece explores one of the many
diverse cultures present on our planet.

@Katiepurkisillustration

Hazel Soper

This image is taken from a short film titled Dopamine.
The film piece investigates the love between human
and device; it analyses the syntax of hand gestures
or ‘caresses’ enacted when using mobile phones.
Cut-up poetry sourced from language of internet
adverts interrupts the bodily rhythms, creating an
artificial story of romance and nostalgia that casts
doubt on the authenticity of online communication,
exploring the screen as a barrier. An atmosphere
of intimacy surrounds mobile phones: the object
goes everywhere with us, connecting us to
loved ones, to secrets, to our pasts. The work
investigates the mysticism that we have attributed
to these objects that our emotional lives rely on.
Our relationship with technology is inherently
gendered. This piece investigates how established
inequalities within reproductive labour are increased
by pressure from our connection to social media.
Perfected representations commercialise women’s
lives, transforming speech and bodies into a curated
brand. This additional pressure, labour and portrayal
of enforced feminine stereotyping is revealed
through a hyper-feminine, vaporwave aesthetic.

Scan the QR code to watch Dopamine in full.

Hazel is a socially engaged artist installation comparing perfected
working with video, paper, and media with how we experience
textiles to create accessible works personal realities. Hazel is interested
relevant to contemporary struggles in how our relationships react and
in our society. They have recently respond to the bombardment of
participated in Freedom City images and information that surround
(Newcastle), FaB Festival (Bath), and us in our technology orientated world.
Self as Actor: Colonising identity Playing with the notion of the absurd,
(Limassol). The aim of the work is to Hazel articulates the disconnect and
engage the viewer with immersive disorientation many of us suffer.

@Hazelsoper

Happiness is madness,
happiness is fun,
happiness is more

than putting up your thumb.
It’s sunny summer days

and the sunny summer haze,
it’s suncream and sunshine...
and feeling more than fine because...

the sun came out on time.
Happiness is overwhelming
and a little underrated.
How simply good it makes you feel,

shouldn’t be slated.
Yes it’s a thumb,
but it’s a thumb a thousand times,
yes its just the sky
but it’s the sky that makes you wonder why..

“hey why can’t I just feel this good... all the time?”

- Katy Edelsten

@Katyedelfriend

Sydney Herndon

Sydney’s work focuses on the inner and broken hearts clue the viewer
feelings of the subject’s subconscious in on what emotions lie beneath
and projects them onto the image. the surface that we often hide
The almost expressionless faces from others. In these paintings the
are not able to convey on their feelings have manifested themselves
own what the subjects are feeling over the figures so they can no
without the addition of the symbols. longer be hidden from sight and we
These symbols, such as the mice are forced to pay attention to them.