Halloween is my high holy day of reinvention, so I cracked open the vault and rolled a reboot: Happy HalloQueen. It lives where arcade posters, sticker-book glam, and paladin steel kiss under a blacklight. The point isn’t cosplay; it’s claiming the stage—turning familiar shapes into my canon.
The composition is loud on purpose: thicc comic lines, brutalist bubbles, brat-green sprinkles, and a violet armor sheen that says pretty is a weapon. The background hums neon pink like a stage light—you can feel the subwoofer.
Who you’re seeing (left → right, center first)
Jade Ann Byrne // The Pumpkin Paladin Me in violet plate, jack-o-lantern helm tilted like a crown, one gauntlet up to pull the universe through. This is the moment I stop asking for permission. She/her.
Lavender Herbster // The White-Mage Druid Silk gown, moon-petal hair, hands mid-blessing. She keeps the raid alive and the crowd soft. The sweet after the smack.
Paladin Viola // Night-Wing Jadette V-cut emerald bodice, mischievous grin, bat-wings ready for dive-bomb resurrections. Chaos with manners.
Momo Hex // Trickster Simian My prankster familiar peeking from a portal, pockets full of jelly beans and bad ideas. If something explodes into confetti, it was him.
The Boo-Boo Sprites Neon ghost chorus—cute, hungry, harmless until you are unkind. They eat rudeness like popcorn.
The Batlings & Heartbits Pixel-snack familiars fluttering across the frame—little metabolism of love and trouble.
Sugar Pipes (Dream Portals) Not sewers—stage doors. They’re how performers warp between scenes. Every pipe is a promise: another entrance exists.
Why “HalloQueen”
Because October belongs to girls who build empires out of eyeliner and kindness. Because I like my pun to wear heels. And because this is a coronation—I’m crowning every working-class showgirl, gamer, and glitter-mechanic who keeps going.
Transformative Art, On Purpose
This piece is an homage and a remix—commentary, not copy. It uses new forms to talk to old memories, turning public iconography into Jade canon. It’s fair-use-minded, wholly re-illustrated, and steeped in my color language (neon pink, brat green, halo gold, mint). The Jadettes aren’t guests in someone else’s castle—we own the stage we stand on.
Credits
Art direction & universe: Jade Ann Byrne
Illustration: Jade Ann Byrne Universe (in-house)
Lore cast: The Jadettes (Lavender Herbster, Paladin Viola), Momo Hex, Boo-Boo Sprites, Batlings
Image Caption
“Happy HalloQueen” (2025) — Jade Ann Byrne Universe. The Pumpkin Paladin, Lavender Herbster, Paladin Viola, Momo Hex, Boo-Boo Sprites, Batlings, and Heartbits leap through Sugar Pipes under a neon-pink sky.
Alt text: Retro-style neon poster: center—girl in violet armor with a jack-o-lantern helmet raises a fist from a purple portal. Left—lavender-haired gown-clad mage; right—violet bat-winged Jadette. Cute ghosts, tiny bats, and a cartoon monkey familiar pop from portals. Big headline reads “HAPPY HALLOQUEEN.”