Noora Moonshadow

Hello my name is Noora and I am a hijabi visual artist from Canada. I am also a cosplayer who aims to show hijabi representation through my work. Insta has been making it more and more difficult to grow as an artist so here I am hoping to reach more people and form meaningful connections.

Thank you so much, everyone, for your love of my more modest, hijabi take on Morrigan. To show my appreciation, here are more photos to enjoy! Photography credit goes to one of my dear friends, Sean Stephens. #Morrigan #Morriganaensland #Darkstalkers #Capcom #Capcomcosplay #Hijabicosplay #Hijabi

I do things from love, not for love. I love to spread kindness and give sentimental things to others. I have a lot of love to give, and I wear my heart on my sleeve.

"We should meet again tonight... in your dreams." Here it is, my take-two design of hijabi Morrigan, which is so much more comfortable to wear and even more modest. I love how the skirt turned out, and it fits better than the pants. #MorriganAensland #Cosplay #Hijabi #Hijabicosplayer #Capcom

"Boom." Day 13 of #Arttober2026. I'm still upset that we still have not gotten a Blu-ray of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. Like, why?! That movie is amazing, and I'm so glad I got to watch it in theatres. Hands down one of the best theatre experiences I ever had. #Reze #Chainsawman #Rezeart

"Prepare to be astounded!" Day 12 of #Arttober2026 featuring the magnificent Zatanna! I'm quite proud of how this artpiece turned out, especially with the posing and making her a hijabi work really well. #Zatanna #DC #DCzatanna #Hijabiart

"Courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten." #Arttober2026 Day 11. As you can see, I did what I could to simplify the design, since I am not great at drawing really detailed characters. I hope you enjoy this take on my hijabi BOTW Zelda! #Zelda #BOTW #Thelegendofzelda

"Too many people stood between me and my dreams." Day 10 of #arttober2026 featuring my favourite One Piece gal next to Yamato. For this one, I decided to mix both live-action and anime Nico Robin. Hope you enjoy my take! #Nicorobin #Onepiece #Anime #Animeart

"Trust is for fools. Fear is the only reliable way." #artober2026 Day 9 #Azula #Azulaavatarthelastairbender #Hijabi #Hijabiart

"The Extraordinary Is In What We Do, Not Who We Are." Day 8 of #Arttober2026 One of people's first crushes in gaming is here as a hijabi. #Laracroft #Hijabi #Hijabiart #Videogameart

"Agony, fear... And just what will you do, I wonder?" Day 7 of #arttober2026 How am I managing to draw practicality naked characters as hijabis you may ask? I couldn't tell ya but here we are! Here is Slan from Beserk. #Slan #Slanbeserk

In honor of international Lesbian day I want to share a favorite joke of mine. When someone asks me "are you Lebanese and from Lebanon?" I say "No I am not Lesbian." #Internationallesbianday

"We need to celebrate what makes us whole, and embrace it." Little late at sharing my #arttober2026 Day 6 artpiece, but here it is. I was at a huge stadium concert that is out of town so I had no time to unfortunately finish yesterday my drawing of Kitty Pryde and her dragon-like companion.

"Good boy." Day 5 of #artober2026 #Adawong #Residentevil #Hijabiart #Hijabiartwork

"Hurt me with the truth. But never comfort me with a lie." Day 4 of #arttober2026. So far, I am already noticing an improvement in my artwork. I hope you are enjoying my take on this October challenge. #Erzascarlet #Fairytail #Fairytailanime #Animeart

"Never let the Black Cat cross your path!" Day 3 of #arttober2026 confession: I have a weakness for green eyes and find them to be absolutely gorgeous. When it came to drawing Black Cat as a hijabi, I wanted to draw inspiration from a few different pieces of media she's been in.

“You want my blessings, dearest, here they are!” Day 2 of #arttrober2026 a character from my all-time favourite rogue-like game. I absolutely love the art, music, and story. Despite Aphrodite being naked I still managed to draw her as a hijabi.

“I will show no mercy!” Happy October 1st! For this month I have decided to part take in @artgerm #arttober2026 with a twist! All characters would be drawn as a hijabi. For each art piece they will simply be coloured lightly shaded sketches. I hope I can do all these gals justice. #Yorforger

"I think you have something that belongs to us." ~ Zahra from Glitch Techs Oh how I miss this series, it is one of my all-time favourite cartoons. { #Glitchtechs #Zahra #Zahraglitchtechs #Procreate #Procreateart }

"You really thought you could bring hell to my city and just scurry away? Guess again." ~ Miracle Canidae This hijabi wolfy is here to take care of fiendish business with her powerful water based powers. #Art #Artwork #Procreate #Procreateart #Hijabi #Hijabioc #Anthro #Anthroart #Digitalart

When it comes to my cosplay I like to make the colour of the headscarf the colour of the character's hair and sometimes shape my headscarf to look like the character's hair. Here was my first attempt at doing this back when I cosplayed as Frozen 2 Elsa. #Frozencosplay #Elsacosplay #Elsa #Frozen

"Your kindness towards me is unnecessary, child. You know I have no expectations of such gifts, from you or anyone." Cosplayed as Nyx one last time this past Saturday as it is retired. I hope one of my next few cosplays will top this one. #Hadesgame #Hadesnyx #Nyxcosplay #Hijabicosplay

​"I don't reload; I just change the conversation." Laylah's guns are based on the Sig Sauer P220. They were created by her close friend Beatrice, who creates weapons infused with supernatural power, allowing for unlimited ammo. #Hijabioc #Hijabiart #DevilMayCry

Concept for my take two of hijabi Morrigan this fall and Halloween. She is a character I have loved for literally at least 20 years of my life now. As stated at Evo 2026, Darkstalkers is not dead! #Morriganaensland #Morrigancosplay #Morrigan #Darkstalkers #Hijabicosplay

Cosplayed as Rouge the Bat today at a local convention and damn I'm shocked my makeup held up as well as it did for all those hours I was sweating profusely. #Rougethebat #Soniccosplay #Sonicadventure2 #Hijabi #Hijabicosplay

Eleanor the Raven out here with her chao companion velvet ready for battle within the shadows. Need extra hands? She got your back. #Sonicoc #Chao #Sonicart #Raven #Hijabioc #Hijabiart

Rouge the Bat was my most requested character to cosplay as overall. I hope with my hijabi interpretation I was able to do her justice. My favorite part of this cosplay are the shoes which was my first ever attempt at painting shoes.

When it comes to video game characters Nyx from Hades hands down is my favourite motherly character. For this cosplay I made almost everything enterily from scratch and sewn a dress for the first time. Credit of photos goes to Sergio Mazzotta when I was at CK Expo #Hijabicosplay #Hadescosplay

After being a Sonic fan for at least 20 years of my life so far I have finally made a proper Sonic OC with the help of a bestie. Her name is Eleanor the Raven and her chao companion is named Velvet who is a flying neutral chao. { #Sonic #Sonicart #Sonicoc #Hijabiart #HijabiOC }

Your friendly neighbourhood goth tomboy hijabi persona here to jam out and manifest good vibes.

Introducing my anthro sona which is essentially me if I were a black cat that represents my goth self. #Digitalart #Procreateart #Hijabioc #Hijabiart #Hijabiartist #Anthrooc #Anthrosona #Goth

"Don’t think too hard, handsome." ~ Ada Wong To share a cosplay from another Capcom franchise here is my Ada from RE4R. Thought I'd share as Code Veronica remake got announced today! #Adawong #Residentevil #RE4R #Residentevilcosplay #Capcom #Capcomcosplay #Hijabi #Hijabicosplayer

"Never give up your dream! Don't be afraid to fail!" ~ Felicia from Darkstalkers Firstly I want to say thank you so much for the love and support on my Morrigan Aensland cosplay. For my Darkstalker fans, here is my take on Nun Felicia. #Darkstalkers #Darkstalkerscosplay #Capcom #Capcomcosplay

"You're so sweet... I'll take away your body and your soul." One of my favorite Self-photoshoots featuring my hijabi Morrigan Aensland cosplay. The palazzo pants and undershirt are custom-made by me and the contacts are from Coleyes. #Morriganaensland #Capcomcosplay #Darkstalkers #Hijabicosplay

As we reach the end of May here are the mermaids I drew for Mermay this year. Which Mermaid is your favorite? ~ Bonnie the selkie with her pet seal Beanie ~ Anyiah the rosetail betta ~ Yumi the sockeye salmon ~ Rosemarie the angler fish ~ Meilian the butterfly koi fish #Mermay #Hijabiart #Procreate

Last but not least for Mermay we have Meilian who is based on a butterfly koi fish. She has Vitiligo which is a skin condition that patches of skin lose their colour. It is a fascinating skin condition that needs more representation in media. { #Mermay #Mermayart #Hijabioc #Hijabiart }

For Mermay this year I drew five hijabi mermaids in Procreate. Which Mermaid is your favorite? The 5th mermaid will be shared in the next post. { #Mermay #Mermayart #Hijabioc #Hijabiart }

I have been using Insta for well over a decade now and holy hell is growing as an artist extremely difficult there. I'll still be using Insta, but I'm gonna try to explore other options like Bluesky that will help me grow as an artist and cosplayer.