ৎ୭☼chelsea☼ৎ୭

Alright i'm going to talk a bit about them. Obviously they're very pretty but i love how there are little easter eggs in them.

I'm going to start with the prologue illustration. I love how bree is framed by that gothic window and surrounded by flowers. The flower pattern on her sleeves is also a nice touch. And i'm not sure but is that from the crown/diadem she is wearing supposed to be flower shaped or not? Also are those ivy leaves?

Next the illustrations for part 1 and 2 are definitely meant to recall the boys: the owl and the devils plus the moon for sel and the stag with the swords and sun for nick. I love how the stag's antlers resemble tree branches. Now i'm curious about those flowers on the upper and bottom margins. They might not mean anything but i kinda thought of forget me nots when i saw them. They're a very standard way to draw flowers tho. Another thing that caught my attention is the acorn and oak tree leaves (?) on the corners. Anyway the celestial vs nature/earth of the two illustrations is interesting. (i'm reading way too much into this i know).

Now the next two. I love the faces among the branches and roots of the tree. There are also the jars and vials and the flames for rootcraft and the vera's line power (also is that in the corner supposed to be a dragon claw? (it reminds me more of a griffin claw tbf) and i'm unsure what those flowers are. is it linden?). Then the dragons one reminds of the story of the red and white dragons from welsh myth. I have no idea if it was drawn with that story in mind but that's what i first thought of when i saw it.