Georgiana Gherman 
Digital Artist

"What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?"  is a nostalgic zine about childhood  the freest trial version of life, filled with imagination, play, and pure love.

I looked back at the time I felt most alive and present: childhood. A time that’s magical and unrepeatable, now just a memory — but one I hold close.

Through a playful, hand-cut collage style and intentionally childlike drawings (some made with my left hand), I recreated iconic childhood scenes  from sun-in-the-corner landscapes to characters based on myself and a friend, offering both a boy’s and girl’s view of growing up.

It’s melancholic, joyful, and deeply personal a tribute to the cartoons, toys, and dream-worlds that shaped me. While rooted in my Eastern European background, the feeling is universal: the ache of a beautiful time that’s gone, but never forgotten.