Assemble! Wheee... It's almost half a year since the first time I write initial concept for the Potterverse kids. While I do regularly talk about them, I don't know, I feel like I'm currently in the hype so, yes, I draw them a lot this month and think to revamp their concept as well. Basically, it goes from initial revamp and placing the schools (May 2017), to finally designing their casual outfit and giving basic info (December 2017), and at last, here. I think I'll blabber a lot considering the things that are done, so, it's divided to sections! Update (04/2020): I’m still deep in this verse after years so naturally, some changes are bound. Since I’m too lazy for making a new concept entry, and it basically will cover roughly same topics, I’ll update some sections on this writing! Along with the updated images! Design(I’ll mainly talk about the school uniforms here as a whole. For their casual attires, I posted that respectively on their character entries.) Initially, since it was only Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons that have their uniform canonically appeared, I thought to wait for the other schools, too. Hence, I opted to revamp their casual outfit first. But then, HOW LONG AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT, ahem, yes, I'm impatient. But that's not the only reason. I just realized that since even in the film itself, Hogwarts and Durmstrang uniform has gone through changes for years. So, I thought, why bother waiting if I can take liberty at designing them while referencing the canon material, so there. Here they are. Hogwarts is the most iconic wizarding school, of hecking course, so drawing Zreyn is quite a breeze (ha ha) since I don't have to think much. I don't really like the dark inner cardigan from the movie and considering that she is not supposed to be at the same timeline as The Golden Trio, I referenced her cardigan from the Cursed Children play, which quite taken to my liking. The cardigan only, however. Considering the setting and timeline that is close with the play, she is supposedly wearing the latest iteration of Hogwarts robe. Personally, I like the design, but I don’t know, it doesn’t set right with her. Besides, Cursed Children play is usually treated as the weakest canon, so yeah, that’s the other reason. Since Zreyn is prim and proper, her skirt is just a little bit below her knees. I think she is also the type who prefers tights than knee-highs, so I give her that. She's not fussing about her house anymore now, so does me, haha, so I start to think that, well, she's not that bad wearing Slytherin color... Rather, I really can’t imagine how would she look like in a Ravenclaw uniform now. I mean, she’ll gonna be blue from head to toe and that’s… monotone and just boring. Although information about Ilvermorny is getting more expanded, thanks to the Fantastic Beast saga, still I wonder about how will the school uniform turned out to be. According some accounts, it was already appeared on the first film. BUT IT WAS SO TINY...... And also, there is a picture of Ilvermorny founders on the site, in which two of them wearing the uniform. Seeing the glaring difference between the two, I was like, screw it, I make one myself. I heavily referenced the uniform from this nice depiction by a Potterverse fan! Having plaid skirt and matching tie somehow brings the classiness and Hogwarts reminiscence, ha ha, so there. I also inserted the canon material as the pictures above on the Potterverse for the robe design and Gordian knot placement. We already know the color is blue and cranberry, but going by this post, I opt to color the robe with blue and cranberry as its inner color, the opposite from this one. Like Zreyn, Rayne is quite proper in wearing her uniform. I think she doesn’t like to show her skin much at school, so I have her wearing tights. Uagadou... Where should I start? This school is the trickiest since there is no single clue left about what the heck the uniform supposed to look like. It gives the me most headache, too. Luckily, the Wonderbook: Book of Potions have one Uagadou student featured there. So, although it is indeed insufficient and not coming from the book, at least it's still in canon territory. What I can take from the design is that the uniform is sleeveless, and they wear some kind of accessories, like bangles and bracelets. I don't know if the accessories were made from pure metals or plain rope or fabric but, hey, this is a school in Africa we're talking about, chachacha, so, I think to give Tilla the gold bracelet and choker. Pure or not, let's leave that in one’s imagination. While browsing for Uagadou uniform reference, this one is probably the best and I like most, so I took it as reference. Going by the sleeveless, I made the dashiki sleeveless and giving it some accents. For the robe, I took some references from agabada. Also, instead of wearing the wizard hat, I think Uagadou has its unique hat. I mean, they do have different magic history and customs from the European magic, so I give Tilla that. As for the red color... I don't know, since Tilla's image color is red, I was going by that. Honestly, no other reason. Colorful pattern on the uniform is a must since it has to scream TRIBAAAAAALSSS, cough. Yeah. Personal preferences. Going with the same reason as Tilla, I'm glad that Koldovstoretz appear on another canon media aside from the info book. STILL I'm waiting the time when its article being featured on Pottermore, huhu. It's such a fortune as well to have the full design from the game, so I just followed it as it is. I changed the slacks to skirt, because, yes, self-explanatory. Considering Kay, though, I think she would prefer to wear pants if it’s not because of school rules hahaha. Since Koldovstoretz is located in Russia, I don't think the uniform will show bare legs, so I made Kay wear leggings. Yes, leggings and not tights. The only thing that she can do in retaliation for being unable to wear slacks, haha. Besides, it's warm, yo. As for the inner uniform, however, I just made it up while thinking of Hogwarts uniform as a base. So yeah, plain white dress shirt, turtleneck vest, and skirt. The typical school uniforms. They also wear ushanka and got the hair tucked inside. I thought to have Kay tucking her hair inside as well, at first. However, since it makes her look weird and similar to the Grimhilde (ha ha), I’d rather let her hair loose. Boy, no, I won’t gush about how puberty hits him hard since I already did that on his birthday entry (laughs). The thing that I like most from Mahoutokoro is their fancy robe™ which can grow in size and change in color. Now that's magic, fellows. At first, I was going for designing the uniform by my own. But, its canonical design came quite recently, so I quickly followed that. I like on how they put effort on Mahoutokoro uniform! I wish JKR put some effort to some school name as well, sighs. I like the pattern that they have on the robe, also THANK GOD it’s not a kimono. Man, that would be an ordeal to wear. There’s no much alteration I make for Tohma, except, of course, the color. I think for the golden robe wearer, the color is swapped, so there. I also quite confused on which is the right one for the inner shirt design, since they have variations. In the end, I picked the one that is worn by the white wizard, since it is more plausible and accurate. It also feels weird for me to see Tohma wearing a skin-tight shirt underneath the robe, so I make the haori short-sleeved to compromise it. Like Mahoutokoro, Castelobruxo was only given a single info about their uniform: green robe. What kind of green, boi. So, I used my imagination and opted to pick slightly bright and near Chartreuse green and proceed to design my own take for the uniform. And, just like Mahoutokoro, again, the Castelobruxo uniform was recently revealed and… needless to say, it’s honestly horrendous. I MEAN, I do like the design. I really do. It has cool line patterns! But, God, the color choice is just too… bright and hurting the eyes. To be fair, it’s not only me who complained like this. Lots of fans, particularly some who comes from nearby Castelobruxo area doesn’t really appreciate it. ANYWAY, though, despite that, I still follow its design and give it some alteration on the color department. I tried so hard. Since Castelobruxo is well known in Herbology, so I thought the dragon gloves are something mandatory. I also don’t like the tacky purple pants…?? Tights??? from the original design, so I have Phillia wear the tights with appropriate color, I guess. I don’t know whether the flower choker is a part of the uniform getup or not, but it’s cute. So, I still make Phillia wear one. For the inner part of the uniform, I’m just going the same with Koldovstoretz, making it as a typical shirt, the dark green cardigan, and skirt. Another breeze like Hogwarts, I'm grateful by the fact that Beauxbatons has stable and easier design to draw. Man, probably it’s the most stable one in this verse. However, there are some confusing part in the uniform, since I had to figure out how the heck their collar works and looks like… In the end, I'm looping the Goblet of Fire movie just to make sure. Yes. There is no problem with the default uniform. However, as for the travelling robe one, I see that students usually ties their hair in simple ponytail. At first, I was going with French bun or crown twist bun for Feli. But I was like, nah, that's too complicated. I'm not sure either she still can wear the hat with that hairdo, so I opt to change it to simple ponytail. I love enormous ribbons, so I made Feli wear that as well to complement her uniform. Yes, cute. Taking so much liberties in designing the outfit customization is fun. Tiring, yes, but whole lot of fun. Of course, when the canon material expands the schools with new info, I also will make some changes according to it! Like the one with Mahoutokoro and Castelobruxo, despite how… peculiar the uniform can be. At this point, it can be safely said that we’re just waiting for the Uagadou uniform as the last one. For now, let's just say that the work is done here. Physical AppearanceWhile I do think of their respective height, I never got a chance to make them stand side-by-side, so, when I do, I was shook. Anyway, as I made Tohma older, I also made him a bit taller. Still, he's the tallest of all, standing on 170 cm. Still relatively short, tho, if compared with my other male kiddos. The tiniest one is Tilla, 140 cm. Then Phillia, Feli, and Rayne. Kay and Zreyn is relatively tall as well. Guess I made their height correspond to their age, ha ha. Speaking of age, Tohma is 17 while Tilla is 11. Feli and Rayne have same age, 13; Zreyn is 14, Kay is 15, and Phillia is 12. However, Feli is older than Rayne by months. Blood StatusSpeaking of Potterverse or Wizarding World, it won't be complete without explaining the blood status. Tilla and Feli are the one who were born as Pureblood. Zreyn, Kay, and Tohma do have pureblood ancestors as well, but they are half-bloods. Phillia is a Muggle-born and Rayne is a bit ambiguous. The half-blood kids themselves are varied in nature. Zreyn comes from a half-blood mother and a wizard-born father, while Kay and Tohma come from half-blood wizard father and a Pureblood mother. Rayne's father is a Pureblood wizard; however, her mother is a half-siren. Thus, it’s not only affecting her blood status, but also her race as a quarter-merperson, and making her not a full human like the others. Relating to blood, it will always come to family, naturally. I’ll cover up more about the kids’ families later on another entry! Hometown and LocationGoing by her family business and that Zreyn is learning at Hogwarts, I think she lives somewhere in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since she has an aristocratic status, I think her residence is some kind of antique manor? Something like that. Zreyn lives with her parents, but they do employ some helpers. The helpers are house-elves, however they are being cast by glamor. So, in the Muggle eyes, they would look like a normal servants, maids, and butler. It’s Zreyn’s mother who maintains the glamour; hence she doesn’t go out much. At first, Rayne was living in a secluded area. However, due to some kind of incident, her parents decided to move out of the area for the sake of her safety. I think Rayne and her family live somewhere in coastal area, like Rhode Island. His father works as a Marine Magizoologist, and her mother surely needs to go to the sea for time to time as a siren. Besides, it's also relatively close with Massachusetts, where Ilvermorny is located. She comes from a lower middle-class family, so I think her home is something that resembles the Shell Cottage. Since Tilla comes from a scholarly family, I always have this kind of image that… His home is somewhere secluded and cozy, which is ideal for building study mood. I think Faiyum in Egypt is somehow suitable for that. It's not a busy city, perfect for an alchemist lair, since his father is an alchemist. The view of night sky there is also said as something fascinating. That’s a plus point and something that I need for Tilla's fondness of Astronomy. Kay was born in Zlatograd, Bulgaria. I chose that because it is an old town and the forest is still abundant there. I think their home is really close to the forest and the river. I always think that she lives somewhere with plenty of nature scenery instead of bustling town, so there. However, she now is already moved to Russia with her family, due to her father's job. Her home is… a traditional one, I think? It’s warm with fireplace, homey, and yeah, not much sophisticated things there. Tohma has two houses. One in Nara, where he actually resided in his childhood; another one is in Tokyo, where he is currently resided. The residence in Nara technically is owned by maternal family, actually, so it’s not his property. However, since he was appointed as its heir, it was going to be his house initially. Being an esteemed clan, I think it’s a big traditional house… or something along that line. Since Tohma has a blood relationship with my friend’s children who are more prominent on that side, honestly, I don’t think much about this residence haha, since he eventually moved out with his mother. His house in Tokyo, however, is just an antithesis of the one in Nara. It is quite modern, along with a lot of electronics, since his father is dabbling a lot in Muggle business. However, it still has some traditional touch in the interior design. Also, I like to imagine his house with sunk-style interior, because it’s cool (laughs). Phillia's parents are Muggles, so she is an exceptional one. They live somewhere in Tiradentes, a small village in Brazil. They come from working class, so I guess they live a humble living. I always imagine that her house is just like Miguel’s house from Coco! Along with the environment. Hm, maybe it’s near a farm, considering that her father is a farmer. Feli's family are considerably wealthy, like Zreyn. However, she's neither an old money, nor a noveau riche. Just people who are considerably fortunate due to the hard work of her parents. I think Feli and her family lived in Verona, one of the largest cities in Italy which is known for its artistic heritage. However, due to the incident, they decided to move to Paris, France. The house in Paris was actually a second house, but they decided to make it their residence. Besides, it is near Beauxbatons, since they are in the same country. Her house is… not as enormous as Zreyn, but I think it’s considerably big. It’s located on the border of the city, though. I think, due to the artistic influence, it has some kind of nice art deco style, courtesy of Feli’s father’s idea. It’s also a bit modern in wizardkind level, although not as sophisticated as Tohma’s. RelationshipAs the one who… takes leader persona, I think Zreyn and Tohma are at least has most connections than any other kids. They are actually connected one to another, however it’s not like everyone knows everyone altogether. I don’t exactly know what is the reason that made me group Zreyn, Kay, and Feli as cousins at first, actually. Probably because they are exactly the first, the middle, and the last on the list, haha. Physically speaking, Kay and Zreyn shares tall and slender stature, as well as red eyes. On the other hand, Kay and Feli shares blonde hair and loud vocal register HAHA. Personality-wise, stubborn, ambitious, and brash traits run in Zreyn and Kay. However, Zreyn downplays it and more refined than Kay. For Kay and Feli, it’s their airy, nonchalant, and exuberant personality that is quite prominent. Zreyn and Kay has a vitriolic relationship, since they are contrasted in every aspect and doesn't like to be compared one to another. Sure, they do have friendly and heartwarming cousins’ episodes, but most of time, it’s just a petty bratty cat fight hahaha. Kay really, really likes to tease Zreyn for fun and giggles, while Zreyn finds it disapproving, haha. Feli, on the other hand, is the closest one to Kay, and thinks of her as cool big sister (while Zreyn as the elegant one). They used to play a lot on their childhood together. I'd also like to think that they like to joke and fool around by calling each other darling hahaha, since "Kay, you're so cool!! I want to be your bride in future, your blushing bride!!" and "Hoho sure, I thousand times prefer to marry you than nagging, prissy Zreyn or man like Mish!!" are something that they would probably say. However, Feli has no interest whatsoever with anything romantic, as she doesn't understand it yet, while Kay... Let's just say she's an oblivious Quidditch-sexual. Rayne is someone that likes to communicate indirectly, so I think she has a lot of pen pals. She's gullible, she likes stories as well, so having people share stories with her is something she appreciate. I always think she reads letters from Zreyn with an awe, though hahaha. So does Tilla and Phillia. These three bonds over cute and simple interests like flora and fauna, so I thought, why not, being forum friends. Phillia and Rayne might meet at some point since their location is relatively close. They... Probably will give one another awkward silence at first hahaha but I thought in the end, I think they are able to communicate properly. Tohma and Tilla has a very similar interest in Astronomy. Being the boys, I think they easily became bro haha. They never meet in person, but they are quite close due to the regular correspondence. They mainly talk about sky observation, though, because, what else. On the other hand, I also like to think that Tohma and Kay has met each other several times because of Quidditch. Both are the school players, and their schools are close to each other, so I think they meet regularly in friendlies. They also join an international quidditch forum, so they are quite close from that. Phillia met Tohma and Feli once during their short-term visit, since Castelobruxo provides for one. I think Tohma met yet another little sister(s) figure while Feli and Phillia sees him as responsible big brother figure. Feli most likely the one who initiate conversation to Phillia and I think they bond quite quickly due to their quirky way of thinking, hahahaa. Phillia is indeed still doing correspondence with both Tohma and Feli. Though maybe Feli responds to her letters at random times, since she is distracted a lot. Zreyn... Aside from her cousins, she is acquainted with Tilla, Rayne, and Tohma from the penpal programs. She hasn’t meet them yet, except for Tohma, as they met in person once, when he was visiting Hogwarts for friendlies. From this point, Tohma is already has some kind of crush to her, but keeps being lowkey about that. However, though, their relationship goes deeper from that, since they are being in a courtship and all, yep. Like Feli and Zreyn who know each other from their parent connection, I think this applies for Tohma and Zreyn, too. Going by the arranged marriage tradition that they have, Zreyn parents wants a suitor with certain significant criteria for their daughter, but mainly from clear lineage and blood status. Zreyn's father also has ambition to expand his business to the Eastern side. As from Tohma side, while accepting the business offer, his parents also think sure, why not, to have their son married to a daughter of parents that they already acknowledge both from influence and lineage. Hence, there it is, the arranged courtship from both families. Whew. It’s lengthy but I think I already cover the basic. Also, I said this on the last journal, but I'll said it again. Yes, since there are eleven wizarding schools, I have each kids in each school. Which means, yes, I'll already have in mind what will the last remaining four kids be. And… yes, there is one kid form Durmstrang and he is Kay's older brother. There!
As for the remaining three (along with this Durmstrang dude), I'll eventually make a separate post especially for them later! [Last updated on April 2020] Comments are closed.
|
LinksCategories
All
Archives
August 2023
|