I Made An Adoptable!! It’s A Lil Secretary Bird Thing

Nahida redesign! Breakdown below

So I adore Nahida as character, but especially as a southasian I always wished she would have more cultural motifs in her design. I really wanted to see something that could be realistically in the game, that adds to the original, while retaining the few great details hyv put in her design so I thought why not do it myself!

I based her dress on the lehenga instead of having the basic dress, as it's closest to her silhouette (missed opportunity!!!!!!). Its traditional wear, yet not as ancient as the saree which i thought fits nahidas youthfulness. Tbh I just split the dress in 2 lol, as i love her patterns

These prominently feature the bodhi leaf, which in buddhism symbolizes enlightenment and wisdom. So it was important for me to not alter those elements, and I changed almost nothing else on the dress.

What I did change are the sleeve things (?) To an actual dupatta, which is a type of long scarf. Put even more bodhi symbols there. Sorry for bad pic

Additionally I added a maang tikka (head jewelry) and earrings. I kept her bangle and the ghanta bell (used in hindu rituals) on the back as these are the other cultural elements she has.

The Mehndi design is a Lotus to reference one of her inspirations: Anahita, persian goddess of wisdom and flowing waters and where Nahida's name comes from. She is also inspired by hindu goddesses like Saraswati (also goddess of wisdom and more), Aranyani (forest goddess) , a forest fairy from the buddhist Kusanali Jataka tale, and likely even more.

And for the last detail: I gave her anklets, in reference to Aranyani/Rukkhadevata.

One of Rukkhadevatas title was Queen Aranyani, and the actual real goddess is said to have worn anklets with bells that were heard in the forest. Tho I removed the bells, since Rukkhadevata is dead and forgotten now, and so you can't hear her anymore. :')

Bc of it's purpose it's not the flashiest design, but I had so much fun researching, learning so many new things and trying to incorporate them back to Nahidas design! If someone educated has more to add or something I can correct I'd love to hear :)

redesigned my sona for the millionth time

I think the Luna moth theme is finally coming through

everyone sh. shutd up im cooking smthn

updated my vivs using the base made by moonbear_art on ig (who also created the species)

they’re siblings btw n I love them

🔥 H-O-T-T-O-G-O 🔥

Jade winglet with matching accessories?

Jade winglet with matching accessories.

join me on Cara !! /nf

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Eden (@p4per-cr4ne) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform

they/fae ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜 - mostly self-taught - hobbyist (for now) - aspiring character designer

I’ve been trying out Cara (the new anti-ai platform where artists can share their art, hang out, or find work - made by artists for artists) and it’s awesome so far! It’s only in beta right now so there are some things that can be improved upon, but they just surpassed 300k users and everyone I’ve encountered so far has been super nice. The community of very comfortable and stress-free, you don’t have to worry about ai stealing your art or mean comments from non-artists who have no idea what they’re talking about.

Overall, it seems super promising as a new social media platform! Feel free to check it out and maybe we could be mutuals?? :]

tumblr scares me

also yikes it’s been a while

Aphmau is so much stronger than me fr,,

if I literally turned into GOD to save my husband (who has almost died for me on like FOUR separate occasions) and then he DIDN'T REMEMBER ME, I would've ended it all right then and there cuz wtf kinda sick joke is that 😭

squirrelstar has a lovely chat with her geriatric husband :3

(these are my current hc voices for them in case you're interested)