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🦁🌞 Persian Agott!!! Out of all the girls, I feel like I resemble Agott the most and have such a soft spot for her. So in the effort to not wait for representation and to do it myself, I decided to design what she'd look like!

For anyone curious about the details of it all, Agott is specifically inspired by the Qajar era (Cone sleeves, Pearls, Aigrette, Belt, etc), her kid librarian outfit we see in the manga and anime, Qifrey and Olruggios outfits and, of course, her original apprentice outfit.

Wanted to change the owl cats to be a Persian mythological creature but they already look so much like Humas I decided to leave them as is

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Concept work for a potential thesis film on the story of Namaki 🗝️🚪

Ive been summarizing it to people as Beauty and the Beast but set in Persia where it ends with Namaki defeating the Div and going home!! As just a general explanation, much more to be explored!

To everyone who left such sweet comments on my Persian OC post or left anon messages thank you so much!!!! And I hope wether my thesis film is this or another Persian tale that I can do it justice to continue putting out positive representation 🎊🎉

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Persian Div Hunter 🗡️🧿

In my head her name is still Rumi but after the famous Persian poet 😌

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I hope you find what you're looking for 🌧️

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“Enough secrets. What are you?”

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The lidless eye 🧿✨

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Inspired by the Persian myth of Huma and royal stars, a cursed Magi and a conniving young girl race against time to thwart fate 🪶🦁

I received a TON of very sweet messages in my inbox about how much it mattered to people to see Persian/Iranian representation, especially with the huge lack thereof in media.

When I complained about the lack of Persian stories and characters in media to my classmates, friends and professors, many told me the same thing. Why don't you make the representation?

So here I am, trying that out! I wanted to use this story as a way to reconnect with my culture and learn more about its history and stories.

also it's gay

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Magic 🪄 🌊

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No pressure ofc but if you ever make a Persian miku I will be ready for it 👀

Im actually so upset the miku trend started right as I started getting ready for college 😭 I really really really wanted to join in but today was the first day of classes and I will have no time D:

But its so sweet you thought of me 🥺 I was actually thinking of headcannoning Agott from Witch Hat Atelier as Persian!! Trying to see if I can sneak in any time to draw out that idea

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hello! i just found your amazing wha piece and i was wondering if you had any other social medias where i could follow you :o

Hi !!! Ty for the ask cause I finally felt motivated enough to make a linktree 😭 Currently I just have Insta and tumblr + port website (Maybe ill start posting on twitter?) Other places you can find me! 💫 which is also now in my bio !

I am most active on my insta however! (Ariazouu) Where I post more things + you get a look inside my adventures at Sheridan Animation 💫

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“Well? Don’t you want to save your friends?”

Iconic moment with Iguin and Coco 🪄 So excited to see how that storyline goes

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You're standing face to face with "I told you so!!"

Inspired by Chappell's iconic Coachella performance 💖

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she should kill me <3

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kinda jumping in here too cuz as a persian i greatly enjoy your art it makes me SO HAPPY,,,we don’t get much in media and when we do its kinda not good, so seeing something like your persian itsuzumi art made me feel so glad people think persians are beautiful. ok that’s all tyyy 🇮🇷🇮🇷🩷🇮🇷🇮🇷

AGHAHJGHAKJHDG this is my dream 😭 I really really want to show the world the beauty of Persian culture!! I think the movies and short films about the tragedies of what happened in Iran are important but it truly feels like thats the only representation we'll ever get which isnt fair when there is so many amazing myths, traditions and folklore that are being overshadowed by politics :( that shouldn't be the case

I would lovee to keep using dungeon meshi as my vehicle to show how amazing and gorgeous this culture is!! And i hope to make my final film at Sheridan Anim to be a celebration of Persian culture, so this is definitely only the start! I really really love how Persian izutsumi has made other people so happy 🥺 Heres to hoping we get positive and well represented Persian movies, shows or any form of media in the future 🫶

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hello, fellow animation hopeful here! I recently discovered your blog and really love your work! Do you have an art instagram I can follow?

Aww thank you so much!!! Yesss I should probably put my insta in my bio but its Ariazouu (two u's) 🫶

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Hello. I'm Persian and I really loved your Izutsumi in Persian clothing. You said in comments that your having a hard time finding references so I thought if you want I can help you with that by giving you Farsi phrases to search on Google(you will find good reference pictures on Persian sites) Of course if you're still interested💙

Yessss this would be amazing!! I would really appreciate more resources to get more accurate clothing 😭 Google is so difficult at times

If its possible please put them in the replies! Just so other people can also have access to the resources :D Thank you so much again you are our hero

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Hi! Do you have any suggestions for persian clothes references? I haven’t seen dungeon meshi yet but I saw your AWESOME fanart, and remembered I’m working on a fic with such a setting that it would be very fitting I think!

I’d love to incorporate some clothes designs/styles like I saw you use :) if you don’t mind

THIS IS SO SWEET tysm 😭!!!!!!

Hmm honestly I would start with picking an era and def doing extensive research on the culture. Personally, I really love the Qajar looks and they're easy to find because of the popularity of Persian Miniatures!! Second favourite is definitely Safavid, the flow of the outfits are so yummy. Museums are also helpful! Like the Met Museum

Also keep in mind Persia, and even now Iran, is not just desert! Its a very annoying stereotype that West Asia is just covered in desert when that's not the case. By the Caspian sea there's a rainforest, by Tehran there's the Damavand mountain that is the location for a lot of Persian Myths that is covered in snow (though my relatives have said it seems like its all melting, but we're talking historically here!) So yes theres desert in some areas, but they still have (or i guess had now 😭) winters, lush forests and moutains so this definitely affects their outfits esp depending on the region

I will say it's still definitely hard :( Theres not as much information on the clothing as lets say European fashion at the time which is really frustrating. I'm also struggling to find more resources but research is our best friend here!