Going to make this my official introduction to cohost :3 haiii. i draw enstars a lot. valk climax amiright.
I'm still figuring out how everything works here so smth smth be patient smth smth any advice would be appreciated
Extensive rambles about my specific flowers choices under the cut!
The flower I settled on almost immediately was Mallow. It's meaning is "consumed by love", which undoubtedly sounds very romantic, but I also picked it for another more personal reasons - it's my mom's favorite flower :3Iris was also an easy one, through for it I did not go for flower language/symbolism (traditionally this flower symbolizes royalty and power). Instead I wanted to include it as a nod towards fleur-de-lis and France in general. Since. you know. :)
Ivy vines are a common motif in floral stained glass designs, I've noticed, and they work great for filling space and framing, but they also can mean "endurance and faithfulness", which I think is very fitting for those two, okay!
Tulips in general are a very romantic flower. Ideally I would have wanted to go for red tulips, since they symbolize a passionate love declaration, but red wouldn't go well with my color palette and pink tulips also hold the same meaning of affection, just more subdued :3
Now, the only thing left to discuss are the small off-white off-pink flowers at the bottom and. Those were a struggle so you are getting a full story. Originally I wanted to include phloxes and/or lavender, symbolizing "harmony" and "love and devotion" respectively. Alas. I cannot begin to describe how much of a pain they were to draw. Lavender is very vertical, so it was hard to figure out a composition where it would still read clearly as lavender even when covered up by human figures.Phloxes have tiny clustered flowers and grow close to the ground like a carpet, so drawing them was both difficult (due to a big number of small details) and bad for the composition as it would grab too much attention for the bottom part and make it look cluttered (due to a big number of small details). I honestly tried to make it work five separate times, which definitely added a couple of extra days to the work process, but you have to trust me that nothing I tried ended up looking good, so I eventually realised I'll have to scrape that idea and think of something that could be still small, but spaced out.
My final choice were peach blossoms (of the ornamental peach tree variety - I really love their more puffy/layers look. check out peppermint flowering peach tree, those are super cute). Apart from looking nice and being exactly what I needed, they can also mean "bridal hopes". Valkyrie wedding when :3. Also, just as much as irises were a nod towards France, peach blossoms were a nod towards Japan (just not as blatant one as cherry blossoms would be)