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Hiiiii! 👋 I have a question about your OC because the art is so gorgeous! Is the art on their arm inspired by henna? And what was your original inspiration for their creation? Once again! Love it all! (feel free to ignore if you want to ♥)

Hello!! Thank you so much, first of all! I'm thankful for your words♥️ as well as your question, it's more than welcome! But now, to answer the question- yes, the arm and face tattoos are henna!

-My original inspiration for henna tattoos mainly comes from my own love for henna, as well as the 'hidden' meanings you can incorporate into them. But also from the Dothraki(a nation from Game of Thrones). In the show(and books I believe) the paint and tattoos themselves doesn't hold too much meaning as much as their hair, but seeing it I added my own meaning to the Sen-Ryoko henna tattoos. I also took some inspiration from Naruto clans like the Inuzuka.

Henna tattoos in the Sen-Ryokō were mainly worn by the people who had a dragon as their summon, in such fashion as my OC Kaliyah wears. Hair and tattoos are important to the clan. Although I definitely take my liberty when drawing her tattoos they are meant to be more simplistic; other people of the clan would wear the tattoos in a style of serpents, dragons or dragon scales, although they could choose not to. It was their way of showing respect and pride of their clan. And it would be easy for them to tell apart a dragon-rider and another Sen-Ryoko clan member. Healers of the clan drew a different style to show that their profession. Since the Sen-Ryoko were often travellers, rangers and loners, if they ever met on the field they would recognize each other immediately.