Guest Posted May 15, 2018 Posted May 15, 2018 You know - I think it's perhaps a bit fussy. But I am a clean-nik - what do others think ? what level of detail do you feel is excessive?
gregory Posted May 16, 2018 Posted May 16, 2018 It's hard to pick one thing - that's just it - there's a LOT there ! Ignore me and wait to see who agrees with whom ! No-one ever likes everything about any deck ;) For ONE thing - maybe a single column instead of four ? but as I say - we all have our own views.
Guest Posted May 18, 2018 Posted May 18, 2018 It's hard to pick one thing - that's just it - there's a LOT there ! Ignore me and wait to see who agrees with whom ! No-one ever likes everything about any deck ;) For ONE thing - maybe a single column instead of four ? but as I say - we all have our own views. each border will become a part of the image in a way that will become more apparent as I progress... ironically i have yet to make a border that goes with it's card..I really just paint what my studies bring me to contemplate or time dictates. The borders are elaborate,I think fussy implies "ornate for no reason" or "making much a do about nothing," there is nothing on the border that does not correspond to the card. in the end even the small shadows will have s specific reason for being there. There is more information to put into each card's border that I have not juggled around yet as well. In the end depending on the minor or court card the border will tell you about the cards correspondence with: sign - best and worst qualities house planet - best and worst qualities quality triplicity emanationnumerological meaningastrological meaning here is 9 of water. I only have about 30 cards left to lay out. Then i can just take it easy and have fun coloring pictures, and see if I am feeling like hand painting every word... the tale of Cassiopeia is so old and yet so familiar. Her vain words will spell the doom of her daughter and her people. Cassiopeia is typically shown holding a branch reclining in a chair, here we have Cassioppeie blocking the way to the tree of life which was hidden here opposite the tree of knowledge that is in the sign of Virgo in the Garden of Eden. She offers the king's scepter all desires of life and power, that we may be distracted from renewal of life offered behind her if we can surmount these distractions
Guest Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 welp it has been forever and a day it seems since I have shown my progress..... I have about twenty cards left that are not all fleshed out with solid designs. Someone at work asked me to draw them a dragon tattoo :o so i allowed her to choose a card rather than wasting a bunch of time designing her something new. This was fun I drew a dragon a day for a week allowing her to peak at each day until i had it. this is Draco the second decanate of Libra the marriage sign. I have drawn this serpent more akin to the modern view of Draco and the evil beast of the book of revelations that falls to earth, the dragon St. George slew, the dragon Lord Krishna destroys. A long snake like serpent that may very likely represent some historic accounts of cosmic events. This spiraling snake wraps itself around the pole star almost always rising as it sets, but the stories typically allegorically warn of the dangers of marriage and unions for false reasons. The original Draco was a much larger image, with wings, that was centered upon the pole star and would have taken up the entire northern sky. It would have appeared as a huge winged dragon spinning over head. This dragon did not have a the negative canotations the newer would have, but they surprisingly appear to have expressed the same concepts. Of a healthy union and watchfulness of ones desires and actions and the effects those things have on others. draco reminds us to retain our independence no matter the relationship. independence is created by work and effort on our own part, with out those key ingredients we are going to find ourselves reliant.
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