ErulasseAranel wrote:Jadeghost wrote:alright, I've been pretty cryptic, and I knew I would be pretty easy to figure out anyways, so I guess it's time for me to fess up.------------------->
Meet Lysandra!
I was surprised to see that more people were guessing me from my pup rather than my adult. I designed the pup rather quickly, and didn't really give any thought to how it might be obvious it was mine based on the markings I seem to like. I think the adult threw people off because I was indeed more adventurous this year, and tried my hand at serious line edits for the first time.
There was some criticism surrounding the wings, and even now I know they aren't perfect. I completely redid them several times and got some much needed help from Swiftalu, but you all have to remember that I'm not an artist and it took me 3 years of staff dogs to even attempt line edits like this. I'm quite proud with how they ended up turning out, and this might be my favorite staff dog design yet. I'm quite flattered with how many people seemed to like her as she is!
As for my hints, I know I didn't drop many. I tried to think of a creative riddle for you all to solve, but school has been taking up a lot of my time, and I'm also still in the process of moving. The TRUE theme of surrounding the design is "freedom." No one seemed to comment on what the flowers actually were, and they were yellow tulips, a flower said to have a very strong connection with freedom. The wings were also based off of eagle's wings. Again, I didn't really expect anyone to figure that out without hints, but you all were solving much harder hints every day so I wondered if anyone would ever catch on. The lyrics I hinted at referred to both the wings and the theme of freedom.
He name "Lysandra" means 'one who has been freed.' Again, surprised that wasn't caught on to, but the name isn't a common one and can have several meanings depending on how you look at it.
I love her! Such a pretty name, and a lovely design as well ^u^ (also tulips are one of my favorite flowers). Does she have any kind of backstory?
Unfortunately I don't have any time to write a story, and there really isn't one to begin with. The significance of the theme is pretty personal to me and I don't really want to get into it here, so just know that's she's pretty special regardless!
I love her, she's so pretty! <3
