#beina

Princess Beina, by the amazing @Glas_draws. Beina actually has quite dark hair, but Glas came up with this light colour in the first draft and I think it's gorgeous?? So I might use it on one of the other girls, maybe Beina's sister 👀👀

I mostly just did this to experiment with skin tone, I know I’m terrible at drawing wavy hair and people I general lol.

But… Vloa is Beina’s mother, a wife of Taka who unfortunately died giving birth to Beina’s younger sister.

Honestly when I first pictured Beina all those years ago I imagined her with pale skin and straight hair, possibly dark… that’s pretty much how I imagined all the sisters, I didn’t put much thought into their design back then 😅 But while I’ve been working on Beina over the last couple of years I’ve decided Vloa is dark skinned from South Heikato and Beina and her sister are mixed race, as are the majority of 2nd and 3rd gen characters in Regal actually.

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned on here before, but at my son’s birthday party in May we invited one of the little girls from his school who is mixed race and she has that lovely wavy afro hair. She normally has it tied in tight bunches but for the party she had it in more loose pigtails and in the summer she just had it loose and long… and it looked gorgeous! So I decided I wanted that for Beina 😂 Taka’s hair is straight through, so I sort of had to give Vloa the wavy hair to explain how Beina got it, previously I always picture Vloa with straight hair.

I’m not sure about the colour… I wanted to give Beina dark brown hair to make her a bit different to her mother, but it was only after I did this that I remembered Taka’s hair is black as well… But I suppose there would be someone in the family with lighter hair, so let’s say Beina inherited it from them lol.

Also the eyes… so I decided a bit ago that I wanted Beina to have different coloured eyes. Her sister Lanka has dark blue eyes so I decided that blue could be from Taka’s side of the family, which means the green would come from Vloa… so that’s why Vloa has green eyes. Essentially Vloa’s design was done as a means of explaining Beina’s lol.

I don’t have the design of Beina’s sister Keisata set in stone yet, but I’ve got the loose idea that she looks more like her father. Straight dark hair, brown eyes and lighter skin tone. I might give her dark green eyes just for a bit of variety, but she does look more like Taka.

Anyway… so, this is Beina and her mother. I hope you like them!

Eye colours are usually associated with certain members of the Gaiamira, as each member of the Gaiamira has a colour (taken from the rainbow) that is associated with them.

Green - Tangun. People with green eyes are believed to have many children. Brown - Taka or Gonta. Taka is associated with the colour purple, but as dark eyes are also associated with him and the Hive, he is often assigned to people with brown eyes. Pale brown eyes are sometimes attributed to Gonta, as his colour is orange.

Blue - Lanka or Tomakoto. Lanka’s colour is blue whereas Tomakoto’s is indigo, so depending on how dark the eyes are they could be associated with either member. If someone has pale blue eyes they are thought to be a bringer of death, and will therefore make a powerful Hiveakan, but their lives may be lonely and some believe that females will struggle to conceive or have a successful pregnancy. If the eyes are dark blue they are typically associated with Tomakoto, and they are expected to be high achievers, both Hiveakans and Outsiders alike.

Red - Kala. It is very rare for someone to have red eyes, but this colour is associated with Kala. People with red eyes are expected to find love and happiness, and will have long and happy marriages. 

Dark eyes in general are associated with Taka and with the Hive, so even if someone is born with green or blue eyes, if they are a dark shade they could be associated with Taka, as well as or instead of the other members of the Gaiamira. Most Hiveakans have dark eyes, because dark eyes are believed to be a sign that they have been blessed by Taka and should be put in the Hive.