The Bouquet in Summary

[annarti.livejournal.com]

So summing up the Bouquet now I've finished them, just to get my head around them more as a group. From newbies to veterans:

Strelitzia | 30 with one year in the Bouquet | Nissaya
Cutie face, 'innocent' looks, misplaced conscience. She likes to make people around her happy but doesn't identify with people she doesn't know. Also Grevillea's girlfriend.

Grevillea | 27 with one year in the Bouquet | Shaza
Volatile, angry, easily takes offence. Grevillea holds a grudge for a long time. Also Strelitzia's girlfriend.

Jasmine | 25 with one year in the Bouquet | Ruzaka
Androgynous, aloof, uses poison. She views the world with a sort of amused detachment, like she's above it all anc can get out any time she chooses.

Orchid | early 20s? with three years in the Bouquet | Syzra
Cheery, cheeky, genuine psychopath. She gets bored easily, can't sympathise at all with people, and so often her boredom ends in murder.

Banksia | 35 with three years in the Bouquet | Sissillya
Highly analytical, quick thinking, professional. She keeps people at a distance so she doesn't grow attachments that could be exploited. Keeps everyone in the Bouquet as a professional relationship.

Bluebell | 28 with four years in the Bouquet | Haysyd
So vain, money is everything. She doesn't care about anyone unless they have money. She likes her kills to be undetectable.

Waratah | 32 with four years in the Bouquet | Sirrona
Disdainful, cynical, power hungry. Waratah is better than you. She has a sarcastic remark for every comment.

Correa | 29 with five years in the Bouquet | Sijaaz
Femme fatale with everything that comes with it. Cold hard bitch but only 'you' can melt her icy heart before she kills you. Uses her sexy to get what she wants.

Rafflesia | 26 with six years in the Bouquet | Suza
Vicious, somewhat reckless. She has a creepy sense of humour that seems ready to snap towards violence at any second.

Acacia | 31 with seven years in the Bouquet | Razabes
Noble, justice fighter. She wants to see Kazin split once more into its 12 provinces and each allowed to govern itself. She has her own agenda and believes everyone should follow it.

Ylang-Ylang | 33 with eight years in the Bouquet | Assiraz
Elegant, cultured, dangerously ambitious. She remains a palace official, very much in love with Kazinian culture and especially performance arts. Familiar with Assili, but Assili doesn't know her as Ylang-Ylang.

Magnolia | 41 with eight years in the Bouquet | Sinazi
Leader, determined, strong morals. She only kills people who she thinks deserve it, and imposed herself as the Bouquet's 'leader' to tie the rest of them to her morals.

Comments

[silvanime.livejournal.com]

Love that map! You've done a great job with it.

[annarti.livejournal.com]

I seem to redo it in some way every three years or so XD Rivers move depending on what the plot needs. It's very flexible.

[creatore-magico.livejournal.com]

So amazing. @_@ I wish I could do something like this for Wishstars that was so detailed. My understanding of geography is just splat. But this looks amazing and you have put SO much work in!

[annarti.livejournal.com]

I'm really a visual person, especially when it comes to maps and distances and things. Figuring out how long it takes for people to get to places is so much easier when I can see where they're going! The original map I made way back in '03 when I first started this thing, and basically filled it with arbitrary squiggles and dots. Except the kink in the Ra-Lin where Ni-Yana is, it had no plan.

In the 11 years (!!!) since then, Kazin and Llayad have changed a LOT to suit the plot. Doubtless Tsayth will suffer the same--maybe even southern Raykin, idk--before I'm through with it.

I loved geography at school. There was one lesson in year 7 when we made a pirate island. It was awesome.

[drazzi.livejournal.com]

I have no idea why but I started to sketch up all the sins in flower themed dresses.



Haha I MAY NEVER FINISH hahahahaaaa. why I always draw your girls in flower themed dresses?

[annarti.livejournal.com]

Homg this is amaze even unfinished *.* You're the best fangirl <3 I can even recognise them, despite having drawn them once and not looked at them since XD Strelitzia has the best dress, cutesy and elegant at once, just like her X3 Grevillea hardly suits hers with all the frills and her take-n-shit give-no-fucks expression. Jasmine, oh man, there must just be something about her that inspires good art because she's looking DAMN fine here. Orchid's dress is hot, loving that hip action. BANKSIA omg perfect dress XD And her expression is so spot on. Waratah's face is amazing. Omg that disdain. She hates you. And Bluebell looks like she's spotted someone with money. So ready to start chatting someone up.

I HAVE THE BEST FANGIRL. THE BEST <3!!!!

[drazzi.livejournal.com]

Let me tell you... Banksia was drawn once before, but I saved over her file by accident and had to draw her again and I was SO upset because she was awesome before this one XD But I'm glad this one still works.

SO HERE ARE THE FINAL FIVE TOO.


You have to like tell me if there's bodytypes I need to change, cos I just went with my internal thoughts. (Like that Magonlia has spread. That Acacia is short and stocky. That Banksia is going to only have one boob.) AND THEY MIGHT BE TOTES WRRRRROOOOONG. And sizes and such. Ha.

None of them will ever have shoes. Ever. Even if I ever ink it.

[annarti.livejournal.com]

I haven't really give much thought to their body shapes so I'd say these are goooorgeous <3 Correa is an absolute knockout, check that sexy hourglass, aww yeah. I've pretty much decided she's classic femme fatale and all that entails, so yessss hourglass all the way. AND IMAGINE THAT DRESS IN CORREA-RED HELL YES. Rafflessia DAT BOOTY. And the frilly sleeves, so perf. Acacia looks appropriately uncomfortable in a fancy dress. I think I love that most about these, how some are so rocking what they're in and are MADE to be in them, and then there are others who just... do not want, gimme back my daggies thanks. Ylang-Ylang oh MAN her dress is my favourite. And that HAIR. She's amazing. And even on a small sketch you can see the age and command in Magnolia's face, and yes middle-age spread is spot on.

They so don't need shoes. Kazinians (in the tropics at least) are less likely to wear shoes than Raykinians are.

I LOVE THESE <3 I do hope they get inked and coloured but even just as sketches they are amaaaaze and I'm in love.

[drazzi.livejournal.com]

You should have done something like this for the commanders because I am a Kazin fangirl then it would have been easier going back to make sure I had all my ref pictures saved.

[annarti.livejournal.com]

Hey yeah. Not sure why I didn't do that. Forgot entirely. I'll do that shortly =3