#love the paragraph you wrote about theo looking clumsy in the kind of fashion his mother wore so well

[kwillow]

My favorite thing about your art BY FAR is the sublime use of shape lenguage and motivs in your ocs caraterization. The use of recurrent symbolism in Theo and Ambroys specially gives me so much serotonin . The sun as Ambroys motiv is so fitting as the blindingly beautiful yet ultimately dangerous deadly force he truly is, and the constant flowery soft paterns on his garments working as a pretty facade of honesty and sweetness for a character that can’t be further from anything natural or down to earth.

AND OH BOY DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THEO. The blood drop as Jocosa and Theos motiv is FIREEEE. It inmediatly sets them up to the expectator like a dangerous, cut-throat aristocratic family obsessed with their lineage, Theos motiv being literally ingrained to his FUCKING ARM and on the brooches right on top cravats wraped around his neck just as tightly as his (delusional) beliefs.

The sharp, angular suits, lapels and accesories clashing akwardly with his round neotenous features exemplifying how unfit he truly is for the role he was forced into after his mothers passing, who wore those same angles and sharpness so gracefully.

OUGGGND I could write about this shit for ages but i don’t want to send you a bible ( I already did SORRY).

You are such an amazing artist in so many ways Willow, i really want to know how your creative process works when it comes to this!

Aw gosh thank you so much. I can't overstate how cool it is to read an analysis of my stuff like this!

I'm so glad you think these choices are effective ones -- admittedly I sometimes feel goofy when I am drawing Theo drenched in blood drop jewelry and contemplate the sheer emo-ness of it all, or have Ambroys fluttering about with his roses like THAT'S not cliché at all (though roses being the ultimate cliché symbol that is overused to the point of nigh-meaninglessness is kind of the idea with him) because I often only realize the intent behind a design choice in retrospect. Something just "feels right" to include and then later it can be justified, haha.

BUUUT if that thing works, then maybe my subconscious is on to something!