A warm, fond if somewhat hesitant smile crossing her face, the witch shyly looks away as she holds her only hand out towards you as if in offering, maintaining eye contact still difficult for her even now as her gaze occasionally flickers towards you before swiftly averting. A soft, bright bluish glow radiates from the diamond-shaped runic symbol on her palm, and you watch on in wonder as before your very eyes, small buds, stems, and leaves suddenly begin to sprout out from within. Using her magical talents and her connections with the natural world, Senna incites and encourages life to grow and flourish despite the quiet desolation of this land all around. The bare, leafless trees reaching out to the grey, haze colored skies with gnarled, finger-like branches, the forest empty and silent with barely a sign of any other living thing within miles...

A miracle that seems like it might be otherwise impossible in a place like this is happening right in front of you. All within the palm of her hand, and done so effortlessly too as the plant gradually swells larger and larger before appearing to reach maturity, the buds slowly opening up to reveal a cluster of beautiful, soft hued purple flowers. They still glow clearly and brightly from the magical energy flowing into and throughout them as they rest there, drawing from the reservoir of power that enables them to grow, prosper, and exist. As if they were a sort of hopeful beacon within the dead stillness of the surrounding environment, that perhaps this place wasn't beyond saving just yet, that life still had a chance to return and flourish with enough time, care, and patience...

They're hydrangeas, you recognize. The very deliberate choice of such flowers and their delicate, light purple color wordlessly conveying the witch's heartfelt intentions and message through the symbolism and language associated with them... In a way that she knew very well and understood better than just words alone...

'Thank you for understanding.'

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A super lovely piece featuring my witch-druid monster deer(?) creature Senna, showing her happiness and gratitude in a way that she knows best! I love how this one came out, especially the details like the glow effects around the leaves and flowers in Senna's hand and the beautifully done shading, highlights, and rendering! I thought this would be a bit of a challenging piece to do when I'd first pitched the idea, but I'd say the artist did a super nice job regardless!

As a quick aside, I'll say that flower language is definitely a very interesting subject to delve into. Learning how different species of flowers and their particular colors have certain symbolic meanings to them, and even how combining different ones together can send a certain kind of message whether it's of love, friendship, hatred, etc. It's very fascinating stuff if you'd like to learn more about it! And, of course, having such close connections with the natural world and all of the flora and fauna within it, naturally Senna would have pretty extensive knowledge about the language of flowers and such!

This wonderful art piece was done by the equally wonderful artist  Casty! I'll admit, I wasn't entirely certain of how this would come out when I'd given them the character and the general idea, but Casty did an absolutely superb job of rolling with it and illustrating it in a way that really hit all of the right beats and resonated best with what I had in mind! Thank you so much again for everything and for the great art as always! I absolutely recommend them if you're looking for someone to get some excellent quality art from, they're good at what they do and will work with you to make sure the piece comes out how you like it! They do icons and other types commissions, as well YCHs every so often, so keep an eye out for when they have slots open if you want to get one yourself~ <33

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