I chose Candra purely because their art was very bright, vivid and detailed, which is exactly what I wanted to capture for a Gallente family portrait, as opposed to something :grimdark: as always. They also specialize in busty and voluptous women, and since female Gallenteans are supposedly the Hottest Women in the Galaxy™, I thought it would be fitting for Rhea.
The uniform I think is spectacular, it contrasts directly with a
concept Caldari uniform here. While an equivalent dress uniform may not carry over into Incarna (if any uniforms are made at all), that can easily be explained by the FDU updating their uniforms by that point. The six service ribbons are from Seriphyn's GFMC days, while the red braid I figured may recognize him as either a CEO or having a senior position in the FDU (at least in the sense of the occupancy war at any rate). The sash I never really thought about, I figured it just added more character. In retrospect, it could perhaps be a "caste identifier" as a nod to his Jin-Mei heritage (though, I imagine the Jin-Mei have their own Federal uniforms altogether).
Rhea's outfit is based off of
this. It is in respect of Seriphyn's [half-]racial heritage and the very diluted blood of the children (1/2 ethnic Gallente, 1/4 Jin-Mei, 1/4 Deteis). The
kuashi is another element that adds to this design while maintaining the mainstream styles of Gallente/Mannar in the sense of flesh exposure and so on.
Anette was always described as 'exotic' looking, and I think Candra captured this fantastically. I always wondered how she got blue eyes, however, but Seriphyn's father has blue eyes, and so does Rhea, so I'm sure :genetics: explains it fine. If I ever get another ludicrous amount of money to spend again, I may see if Candra could develop a "poster pin up" of Anette in her 20s, as a famous Gallentean actress/activist...donned in skimpy/broken armour and carrying a weapon or two (that sorta stuff is the artist's speciality).
Anyway, I hope you think it's as awesome as I do. Feel free to show some support for the artist as well, their deviant page is there.
[spoiler]I also embarassed myself in front of the artist by being overthinking and constantly fickle...I still need to get over the trauma of shame...[/spoiler]
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Topic: Presenting "Family portrait" by Candra (Read 5662 times)