#or if i'm wearing lots of clothes so my physical features aren't visible

[that-starlight-prince]

I hate seeing pictures of myself, I hate hearing my own voice, so just imagine how I feel about videos of myself 🙃

[the-dye-stained-socialite]

6, 7, 14 for all three?

6: What was the thought process behind their appearance? Did you go mostly for the aesthetic or are there other reasons they look the way they do? Elias' appearance has always been centered around portraying less common features in a positive light. my past houses put a lot of stress on my physical appearance, and making sure i fit into a specific mold, so! elias was designed to break that mold in whatever ways made me the happiest!!! at first it was just them having their wheelchair, and visible stubble while presenting incredibly femininely, and then over time it grew, and so did they!! Elias gets to be fat and happy and wear beautiful clothes that fit them, their chair gets to be personalized and decorated and loved, their stubble is as prominent as ever, and they're allowed to be happy about their curly hair!!! As i had Elias get into dye-making and pigment research, I also wanted to show that too. Elias gets to wear bold or saturated or vibrant colors, and they also get to show off all the stains that their work accumulates!! I chose Mauvine to be their main color because that was the first Analine Dye made, and what better color for a dye scientist to wear? Some people think Elias is messy, but people who knows dyes and colors would recognize it for what is it, which plays well into Elias' whole 'sweet ditzy socialite' facade (not that they aren't a nice people person, but theres far more to them than that). Marigold was words first and foremost, so when designing them I wanted to put thought into how the Gardens would affect their appearance. I also wanted to get across the feeling of someone who has been touched by horror and tragedy. Beauty couldn't save them from all that they went through, horror and tragedy can happen to anyone. They're still beautiful, they just need extra care now. I really wanted their appearance to emphasize all they went through. Their eyes are entirely pupils now, no iris, and have turned the color of honey, based on some text about being honey-mazed, the saying about eyes being windows to the soul, and that part of Marigold has literally been consumed and taken away. The veil hiding their tears and dark rings is about how easy it is to not look deeper, to miss abuse happening behind closed curtains, even though it shows through the bug-holes in their net. I wanted Marigold to look like I had taken someone off of a fashion-plate and tossed them through a bramble patch. Their clothes pretty, but all tattered and deteriorated, the same as their owner. Marigold's hair color is because. Well/ Honey. Strawberry-Blond. Just fitting into the color scheme. The red bow was because I wanted it to be clear that someone owns them, someone who is seemingly above such things, and that the bow is the only part of their appearanc Marigold has the strength to take care of anymore. Marigold is also my only skinny oc, and this is on purpose. I wanted their bee and flower motifs to reflect their living situation Thursday I wanted to be pawn-shaped. I wanted their position as a Pawn on the board to affect everything down to their very appearance. Mostly I've just been fiddling with their color palette, trying to get things right and have them all look good. I think??? I'm finally happy??? So I just. Need to start drawing them!! 7: What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most? i already answered this but..... Elias: stubble and double chin <3 Marigold: their widdle bee-antenna Thursday: buff!!!! built like a fucking brick under there!!! 14: Do you have any quotes tied to the character, either from the story itself or from another source that fit them?

i'm so bad at quotes i'm so bad at quotes uhhhh- Elias:

marigold:

thursday: