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I feel I should describe what these things are again. They are based on a series of books by Jacqueline Carey, the Kushiel series (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Avatar, Kushiel's Chosen). In the books, one of the main centres of activity is the Night Court, a series of 13 Houses of cortisans. Each House has a different canon and a different motto. So, no, I won't be doing fritillary, or daisy, or whatever else. Only the 13 Houses. Though actually I'm remembering how much I like drawing flowers, so you never know ...

Anyway, this is Heliotrope, the House of devotion and love, whose canon is "thou, and no other". I love heliotrope ("cherry pie"), its my favourite flower and always has been. So, I thought I'd do this as a very simple knot, symbolising unity and intertwining. And I love the result.

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:iconpalmon33:
I think this is very pretty.

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My friends are my life. I don't know what I would do without them.
:iconelegaer:
ty dearest :D

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"My name is Valerius." Valerius straightened his coat with a regal, arrogant jerk. "And I do take offense to him." (Sherrilyn Kenyon, "Night Embrace")
:iconfalcon-muse:
another beauty :D of the ones you've done, this is probably my second favorite - which honestly surprises me, since I've never paid much attention to Heliotrope. wonderful piece, is what I mean to say :)

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chain me with your love
and let my pray to the rain
:iconelegaer:
thank you :D I love it too, and I haven't ever really taken notice of Heliotrope before. I can't say I even known they existed until I started this :P

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"My name is Valerius." Valerius straightened his coat with a regal, arrogant jerk. "And I do take offense to him." (Sherrilyn Kenyon, "Night Embrace")
:icongoaligrltildeath:
The balance on this one seems a bit off. The weight is on the bottom where the back would be the most narrow which contradicts the body's form. I really don't think it would look very good actually on the body though it does look good on paper!
:iconelegaer:
I know, I was doing it pretty much deliberately to be a bit of a contradiction. Something very different in form to the others, with the main piece of the design somewhere between the heart and stomach, the "core" of the body. But yeah, I agree, and I know full well that nearly all of these marques would need to be changed considerably to actually work properly as body marques. However, its hard enough to translate JC's ideas into any sort of design LOL and so I decided to stick with artistic impressions :P

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"My name is Valerius." Valerius straightened his coat with a regal, arrogant jerk. "And I do take offense to him." (Sherrilyn Kenyon, "Night Embrace")
:iconpurplerebecca:
Hee! Pretty and purple. Love. ^^

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"I'm half-sick of shadows," she said.
:iconelegaer:
thank you :D yay for purple!! :dance:

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"My name is Valerius." Valerius straightened his coat with a regal, arrogant jerk. "And I do take offense to him." (Sherrilyn Kenyon, "Night Embrace")

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