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I've drawn these two before, but as older kids. I rarely draw babies but I really wanted to. I hope it came out well, my technique continues to evolve... I do eyes differently now and technically they're color gradients are a little different as I've reevaluated why I started coloring that way to begin with...

I tried to display a lot their personalities in this image. Not just their poses or expressions but other small ques like how Tilly has removed her own socks, and their outfits in general.

Honestly the entire time I was designing their clothes I was thinking about how viewers might interpret them. I spent a lot of time thinking about how it's probably going to be passed over as just...baby clothes. How Rowan is obviously a boy and Till is obviously a girl based on how I dressed them. But we recently learned from chapters of 4kota that Fairies kinda have a looser idea of gender and I personally don't care about gender roles anyway, their sexes actually have nothing to do with these choices. My first thought was actually practicality. With babies dresses and such are more practical because it's easy to change them that way. But keeping babies warm is usually important too.

Ultimately I actually ditched practicality in favor of what each child would be comfortable wearing, which is the same idea that caused me to draw Tilly's socks on the floor instead of on her feet.

Rowan is timid and insecure, he'd feel more comfortable, safer, in a onesie like that.

Whereas Tilly is adventurous and confident, she prefers freedom. She'd probably make a habit of undressing herself in general, as many babies do for the first while.

Description

I've drawn these two before, but as older kids. I rarely draw babies but I really wanted to. I hope it came out well, my technique continues to evolve... I do eyes differently now and technically they're color gradients are a little different as I've reevaluated why I started coloring that way to begin with...

I tried to display a lot their personalities in this image. Not just their poses or expressions but other small ques like how Tilly has removed her own socks, and their outfits in general.

Honestly the entire time I was designing their clothes I was thinking about how viewers might interpret them. I spent a lot of time thinking about how it's probably going to be passed over as just...baby clothes. How Rowan is obviously a boy and Till is obviously a girl based on how I dressed them. But we recently learned from chapters of 4kota that Fairies kinda have a looser idea of gender and I personally don't care about gender roles anyway, their sexes actually have nothing to do with these choices. My first thought was actually practicality. With babies dresses and such are more practical because it's easy to change them that way. But keeping babies warm is usually important too.

Ultimately I actually ditched practicality in favor of what each child would be comfortable wearing, which is the same idea that caused me to draw Tilly's socks on the floor instead of on her feet.

Rowan is timid and insecure, he'd feel more comfortable, safer, in a onesie like that.

Whereas Tilly is adventurous and confident, she prefers freedom. She'd probably make a habit of undressing herself in general, as many babies do for the first while.