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And here’s updated Locasta and her background. I changed her color to red as she’s in the South in this version, and I’ve decided that Glinda changes her color from purple to pink in Rememberance of the friend who helped her in her youth.

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I just realized why Avaric kisses Boq

Avaric is from Gilikin country.

The witch of the north is the witch of GILIKIN COUNTRY.

Forehead kisses are a Gilikinese protection ritual.

#wicked #avaric tenmeadows #boq bfeeson #boq chopper #boq #Boq woodsman #locasta

If the 1939 Wizard Of Oz had included Locasta (the original Witch of the North), then Wicked might have been very different, since Locasta might have been one of the leads, instead of Glinda.

#the wizard of oz #wicked #locasta #Her ship name with Elphaba would been something like ‘Elcasta’

My hetgem (stfu)

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Locasta the Good Witch of the North

"Sala-gadoola-menchicka-boo-la bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!"

Oh, wrong movie. But this was the song I listened to when designing my Good Witch of the North, aka Locasta if we go by Baum's 1902 play.

Now the Good Witch of the North has often been erroneously attributed to Glinda thanks to the MGM movie and it's not helped by Wicked making Galinda hailing from the north. But in actuality, the Good Witch of the North is a separate character from Glinda, and is described to be a short, old kindly woman, with illustrations depicting her with purple eyes, white dress, and a golden magical wand with an N to signify her as the ruler of the North, Gillikin Country.

Now, it would be simple to just be super faithful to the original illustration, but I wanted to give my own spin on the interpretation and what Locasta came across to me. I used the original illustration as the basis, and began searching for other characters that fit her archetype. This included the Fairy Godmother from Disney's Cinderella, the Three Fairies from Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Mama Odie from Disney's The Princess and the Frog, Impa from The Legend of Zelda, Mrs. Claus from Rankin Bass holiday specials, and Miss One from The Wiz. Miss One in particular was a major influence to the final design because The Wiz was one of the few Oz-related works that remembered that there are two good witches and not just one (that and I happened to like Thelma Carpenter's performance as Miss One).

For colors, I initially used Tip's outfit as a basis for Locasta's outfit color scheme since both of them hail from the purple Gillikin Country. However, the intense purple didn't work for me. It looked good for a mayor, but this wasn't the aura I got from Locasta. Her outfit in the books was shiny white and gives a fairy-like aura. So I masked the original color scheme with a white coating and then switch the lighting to Luminosity on Procreate.

Oz-tober, Day 3- Locasta

Just learned about this character, the original Good Witch of the North that sets Dorothy on the path to Oz, so it makes sense to cast Franklin Lieste, AKA Tinfoilhat in the role.

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