Flower Children of the Philippines

Ink and markers, 2020

Instead of just illustrating flowers by themselves, I added personas and a concept to present a few of the flora we have in the country in a creative way. Hence, the Flower Children! They were given special capabilities to grow certain kinds of flowers when they were born! To know who a flower child is, you’d just have to check the hairstyle. 

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Isaac, with his thick black hair, is the illuminator of the ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala).

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Felicia, the fighter for the fire trees, ties her hair in bundles inspired by the tree’s (Delonix regia) flowers

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Judy, the jill-of-all-trades regarding the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), keeps her hair in one long ponytail

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Sam, the savior of sampaguitas (Jasminum sambac), has hair that sticks in all directions like the petals

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The budding enthusiastic environmental scientist, Ella, has hair that curls like that of the ilang-ilang (Cananga odorata).

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Raffy, the ranger for rafflesias (Rafflesia arnoldii), has the ends of her hair curl inward, making them look like rounded petals

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Sinag, the supporter of santans (Ixora coccinea), has two pigtails that remind you of the red petals of the santan

Do you think you could be a flower child too? Check your hair! ;-)

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