Velicia Gourdin began her creative career as a fashion illustrator and graphic designer. Later she continued to pursue her passion for fashion illustration, creating work for, among others, The New York Times, Norma Kamali, and We Are Onyx. She has continually focused on the portrayal of women of color in her work to raise awareness about the importance of diversity and inclusion within the fashion industry. Velicia also enjoys history—her family history, the history of fashion, and the history of Black people in America. She also hopes to utilize her artistry to showcase the achievements of Black female entertainers such as Josephine Baker, in the form of a graphic novel series in order to raise awareness of Black achievement.

Velicia has been the subject of blog articles in Urban Bush Babes and AFROPUNK. VG counts amongst her many clients The New York Times Style magazine and has participated in exhibitions in the U.K.

“Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face.” - Faith Ringgold