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Since I love designing character aesthetics for my books, I came up with some for Wilting Roses | N. Hastings. This story focuses on Neal's life (who was the main OC from my most favorite fanfic up till now) and lately, I have been setting its storyline that motivated me to design the aesthetics.
There are five main characters featured in this book, each with a part dedicated to them, namely Neal, Amara, Rose, Dianne and Barbara. Those who have read Sugarcoated Chillies | B. Gordon already know the story focusing on Neal and Barbara but this book takes into account all the different stages of his life and all the different friends he made in his short time.
Each aesthetic is designed specific to the respective character and a different colored rose is assigned to each of them that represents their personality. The color theme for all the aesthetics is kept red and black to collaborate with the cover of the book and also because these are Neal's favorite colors.
So let's dive into the little details of each aesthetic one by one.
1. Neal Hastings
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Neal is the only one who has two roses to symbolize him; one black and the other white. The symbolism conveyed by the two contrasting roses can be taken in different ways. One way can be that the white and black roses symbolize the duality of his character; how he appears to be versus how he truly is.
Another symbolism can be that it reflects the light and dark sides of his personality. Like I said earlier, Neal's personality is a mix of contrasting traits and the opposing colors of the roses can depict that. It can also symbolize that he used to be a white rose but transitioned into a black one due to everything that impacted him in his life.
The other two pictures are that of burning candles and a man playing the guitar. The guitar one is really simple to understand because it is indeed a huge part of Neal's life as it started off as a hobby but then became a source of livelihood. The candles' picture, however, comes with another layer of symbolism.
If you guys have read Sugarcoated Chillies, you know that Neal thinks of life as a burning flame. He associates all the people around him with a plethora of candle flames that would go out as they die. But he doesn't want to go out like a mere candle flame, the light of which isn't missed due to the presence of all others. He wants to go out like an explosion and wishes to be remembered by all. That concept is summed up in the picture frame containing the burning candles lighting up the dark.
2. Amara Wright
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