Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic - Finale

I spent a year working on all of these individual designs and the setting for this composite piece. When I was working on it, several times throughout the year of 2021 I wondered if this piece would be obsolete or no longer relevant by the time I finished all the planned entries. Sadly, the answer is that it's more relevant than ever. With the Omicron variant being five times as transmissible as the already more transmissible Delta variant, whether you're vaccinated or not, the best way to help protect yourself and others (after being vaccinated) wearing a mask when having to be near others. Being vaccinated and wearing a mask are the best ways to stop the spread of this virus. I wish this piece was obsolete so that life could get back to the way things were before the pandemic happened.

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Pictured Left to Right starting at the bottom, Row 1: Black Canary, Huntress, Barda, Isis, Donna Troy, Nubia, Lois Lane, Wonder Woman, Artemis, Vixen, Katana, Batgirl, Zatanna, Mera

Row 2: Ice, Omen, Power Girl, Flamebird, Hawkgirl, Dove, Bumblebee

Row 3: Fire, Dr. Light, Starfire, Catwoman, Batwoman, Raven, Supergirl, Green Lantern

Row 4: Red Tornado

Right-click on the thumbnail below and open it in a new tab to see a larger image size. Thank you for taking the time to experience this piece and this series. I hope it inspires you to wear a mask.
"Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic" by Kevenn T. Smith
Pencil, Ink, Photoshop
©2021 Kevenn T. Smith
All characters ©DC Comics

Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic - Black Canary

This is the 6th entry that I've posted in this series featuring "red carpet" takes on superheroes in costume with masks to promote the pro-social & pro-health practice of mask wearing during a pandemic.

Black Canary is not nearly as well-known to the general public as she ought to be. She SHOULD be the second most famous DC Heroine after Wonder Woman, but alas, she's never had a "Bat" or "Super" attached to her name, and she's never had a live-action realization that TRULY did the character justice and accurately depicted her. She one of the best combat fighters in the DCU, but she also has a powerful sonic "Canary Cry" that has even been known to bend steel. Black Canary's origin is...complicated (where she somehow became her own mother at some point - don't ask!). Let's just say her mom was Black Canary back in the day, and Dinah Lance is the Black Canary of TODAY, and often with Huntress and Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle), they make up the core of the superheroine team, The Birds of Prey!

Black Canary has been traditionally depicted in dark blue costumes with fishnets or black costumes with fishnets. Sometimes no fishnets (not as fun and visually interesting), but many "black and blue" motifs with some yellow here and there, so that's what I went with for this look. I wanted to have a black leather look that honors her black leather-wearing, street-fighting history, but she's also been depicted as a singer, so I wanted to meld the leather with a "lounge singer" look to get what you see here. 

Thanks to taking the time to view this!

"Masks Are Fashion, Masks Are Heroic - Black Canary" by Kevenn T. Smith
Pencil, Ink, Photoshop
©2021 Kevenn T. Smith
Black Canary ©DC Comics