I can finally post my big piece of the year! Ive wanted to do a drawing that was an homage to the classic Barbie movies I grew up with for a while now, and this year was finally the right time, I hope you like it!
(Sorry for the reupload, I noticed I had posted the wrong version before so I had to take it down)
Lia Fairisles is a first year in Schwanen Schloss. She grew up on an island far from other humans with her scientist parents. Her father, a marine biologist, passed away while at sea during a storm when she was a child. Her mother, a zoologist, raised her alone on the island and she grew up with the animals on the island as her friends.
Lia has met a few humans before, like her parent's research friends and the crewmates of the ship that brings them supplies every month, but she has never interacted with anyone her own age. Her mother, Marcella, contacted her old classmate, Alessandra Prim, to see if Lia could be enrolled in her alma mater, PHA.
When Lia first learned about this, she was very upset, and spent days in the island's jungles. When Headmistress Prim came to pick her up, her animal friends, Ravi, Toko, and Blue, all came with her to keep her company. She is a quick learner and can naturally talk to animals.
Profile
Twisted from: Ro from The Island Princess
Gender: Female
Age: 15-16
Birthday: December 1
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'5"
Hair Color: Copper Auburn
Eye Color: Sea Blue
Race: Human
Homeland: Parent's research island, Land of Pyroxene (birthplace)
Family: Marcella Fairisles (Mother), Edward Fairisles (Father, deceased), Ravi the Red Panda, Blue the Peacock, Toko the Elephant
Nickname(s): Island Girl, Wild Girl
School and Fun Facts
Dorm: Schwanen Schloss
School Year: 1st Year
Class: 1-C
Occupation: Student
Best Subject: Animal Languages
Worst Subject: Etiquette
Club: Magishift/Spelldrive
Favorite Food: Berries
Least Favorite: Durian
Dislikes: People who hurt animals, Hunters, Shoes
Hobbies: Running through the woods, Climbing
Talents: Talking to animals
Unique Magic: Animal Speak
Let your voices be heard,
Take my voice,
Animal Speak
Allows her to give her voice to any animal in her vicinity. However, it renders her mute and the spell can last for as long as a day in some cases.
(her story is partially inspired by Nim's Island if anyone remembers that movie/book)
Symbology of the constellations in island princess
In the sky of the island it is possible to see the constellations of Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Cepheus and Giraffe, Beyond the Perseus constellation in the ocean sky.
In case you haven't noticed, 4 of these constellations are part of a Greek myth, The Myth of Andromeda. Each constellation represents a character. Andromeda is the princess, Rosella. Chepheus is the father, Sagi. Cassiopeia is the mother, Azul. And Perseus the love of the princess, Antonio.
The classifications are what most mark the characters, but not the acts of the myth itself, after all Cepheus and Cassiopeia delivered their daughter to death, what it represents is only the family position. In addition, each constellation has an astrological meaning that matches the personality of our characters.
Rosella - Andromeda: Dedicated and good at warming and captivating people's hearts, she does everything for her love, even abandoning herself.
Sagi - Cepheus: Good leader, great sense of justice, unyielding about what he think is right.It stands out for its curiosity.
Azul - Cassiopeia: Great artistic sense, intuitive, confident and sensual. You can end up relying too much on your intuition and end up missing the logic.
Antonio - Perseus: Courageous and likes to face challenges, at first he seems not to be satisfied with his current situation. Euphoric about his hobbies.
Making symbology to the story of the myth, Andromeda is rescued by Perseus who comes in his Pegasus, in this case, Antonio comes in his boat and rescues Ro from the island. Andromeda would be killed by Poseidon's sea monster, beings bound to water, and Ro nearly drowned twice.
But, what about Tikka? The giraffe has nothing to do with Greek myth, but it has to do with biblical history. How will this make sense? Keep reading.
Tikka- Giraffe: You like things your way, don't like to try hard, She is very restless, and likes to tell and listen to songs that are captivating or captivating.
The constellation of the giraffe comes a biblical episode in which Rebekah rode a "camel" on her way to the city of Canaan to get married. Of course, Tikka wasn't a big fan of Ro and Antonio's relationship. But in the scene where Ro is getting ready for the dance, Tikka shines a bouquet of roses on Ro, emphasizing the wedding. Not to mention that the scene of Ro entering the ball with the bouquet and that dress, was like an affront, like "I'm going to marry him" while it was Luciana's wedding ball with Antonio.
When we first saw her,she was in the island with her trunk full of accessories like jewellery,shoes and clothes
A character who lives in the wild has a lot of potential to have a unique design, and ro literally could've used these fabrics to make an outfit but the trunk's only purpose in the story is to have ro know her name
What happened to the things inside of it was never explained(surely Antonio would've recognised that they could've belonged to a royal person?) The writers had the perfect opportunity to make a cool asf outfit but noo they had to give her a towel