It’s Road Trip Wednesday! This week, the folks over at YA Highway are
asking: What images inspire/represent your WIP or favorite book?
My WIP “Mosaic: Tessera” (don’t get too attached to that name, I think it will change) takes place on three different planets but on all three, a common factor is the characters are out in the woods often. So lush, green trees (much like the ones in my blog header), streams, and undergrowth are all what put me in the right frame of mind to be “there.”
My main character – Tess – has a “Mosaic” eye (at least that’s what I’m calling it). It is a pupil that is split into two colors. At left is an example – this is a picture of my daughter’s eye. Guess where I got the idea? I LOVE this funky eye. I just knew that I would work it into a story somehow, some day. For purposes of this story, it is one of the ways that my other main character, Trevin, knows that he has found the right person when he locates her.
Trevin’s major feature – and one that is called upon as a descriptor of his mood often throughout the book – is his astonishing green eyes. (Hm, I’m noticing a pattern here!) I love playing around with the description of Trevin’s green eyes. They can melt into emeralds, become forest green, hold the sunlight and become light green… the possiblities are endless. And gorgeous!
Play along! What images inspire your WIP or a favorite novel?
UPDATE! Success! I found the color picture of my daughter’s “mosaic eye.” A couple people wondered what the colors looked like. The difference is pretty subtle unless you are looking closely.
I love eyes! Great pictures. I’d love to see a picture of your daughter’s eye in color. What are the different colors of her iris? I have a couple up on my blog too at lizparkerwrites.com
Aghh! Iris – not pupil (like I wrote in my post… shame on me!). Anyhow – the color difference is very subtle and you have to be looking closely. It is a solid brown on one side and a hazel brown on the other. So, very similar, but just different enough to be noticed if one is paying attention! And for the life of me, I can’t find the original of that photo. I had been playing around with the photo to be used on a cover for the book. Or maybe for the blog banner. But my daughters both informed me that the up-close eye shot was “creepy.”
I find eyes fascinating. They are one of the few parts of the human body that are both amazingly complex and almost universally aesthetically pleasing. Sure, some eye colors are prettier than others, but really, just about any eye color is nice to look at compared to, say, the nose, or the toe nail.
And you can tell so much about what a person is really thinking from watching their eyes.
And I’m with Liz–I’d love to see a picture of your daughter’s eye in color. That’s really cool!
Yes, definitely eyes over toenails.
The eyes can tell so much – sometimes I can even figure out what my dog is trying to say with his eyes! O’ course, it’s usually just begging for a treat or a walk, so that’s not that hard to figure out! lol!
The eyes do have it!
Those pictures look amazing! and your WiP sounds quite intriguing 
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Elodie! One of these days I’ll get around to sharing more of my WiP. Maybe after I’m done with this (fifth) revision.
The first thing I notice in a person is the eyes
RPatz does look great in that pic LOL
Doesn’t he, though?! Now I have to go do some searching to see what his eyes look like un-enhanced. That will be a difficult search, but I guess I can put myself through it!
I love eyes and always tend to go overboard describing them in works. But it’s so hard not to swoon over beautiful boys with stunning eyes!
I particularly love when a boy has beautiful, long lashes to go with them. Long lashes to go with bright green eyes… yowza!
I’m into eyes too- I think its the first thing I notice on someone and so I can’t help but have my characters notice them too (maybe I should stop that sometime). I also have a crazy weakness for green eyes. My love interest in my first MS has emerald green eyes. Swoon.
Yes, what is it about green eyes? The eyes are definitely the first thing I notice, too.
I’ve never heard of or seen mosaic eyes before! Very cool.
Funny thing is, I could swear that’s what the doctor called it when she was born but I can’t ever find a reference to it anywhere else. I thought I remembered him saying it was called a polychromatic eye, but some people called it a mosaic eye. But perhaps I was still on too many drugs following the birth!!
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