53 minutes ago, Pen said:

Joy - the pic took a second or two to appear, so for an instant I thought your post was empty - such a surprise when it popped up!! Thank you! 😊

Yep standing ovation! You got great comments and I totally and fully agreed with all of them and I felt I could not add anything with words ❤️

8 hours ago, joy said:

 

Amazing!!! The red and blue eye reminds me a lot of the red and blue pill. Is this intentional?

thank you for your kind words and curiosity! The red and blue eyes are referencing masculine and feminine energies balanced in the Tree of Life in the Kabbalah. Sometimes these energies are referred to as "red" and "blue" energies rather than "masculine" and "feminine", so as not to make people think that only men have one and women have the other.

I also have sent the card in now so I'll post the finished piece here! Great work so far everyone!
 

Simply stunning, zedekiel! 

Yep beautiful @zedekiel and thanks for the explanation re the blue/red!

@Pen and @joy Thank you so much for your kind words! it means a lot coming from other artists such as yourselves! everyone's work here is so stellar and full of life and love, i cannot WAIT to see it all come together!

Don't know where to go to say this, just wanted to preface this with the news that my mom passed away last night. 

 

Having said that, my card is finished and . now needs cropping to the right size (getting help with that). When I'm up to it I'm going to go through the wip thread and check out everyone's work, haven't really had a chance to do so.

 

OK going to try another shot, the one I thought I had isn't there haha.

14 minutes ago, Perenelle said:

Don't know where to go to say this, just wanted to preface this with the news that my mom passed away last night. 

 

Having said that, my card is finished and . now needs cropping to the right size (getting help with that). When I'm up to it I'm going to go through the wip thread and check out everyone's work, haven't really had a chance to do so.

 

OK going to try another shot, the one I thought I had isn't there haha.

I am very sorry for your loss! If you want to, you can send me the unedited (full size) file and I will try and crop and prep it for you. I would be happy to do that for you. 

27 minutes ago, Perenelle said:

Don't know where to go to say this, just wanted to preface this with the news that my mom passed away last night. 

 

Having said that, my card is finished and . now needs cropping to the right size (getting help with that). When I'm up to it I'm going to go through the wip thread and check out everyone's work, haven't really had a chance to do so.

 

OK going to try another shot, the one I thought I had isn't there haha.

 

26 minutes ago, Perenelle said:

. . . my mom passed away last night. 

Oh, Perenelle!  My condolences to you.

So sorry about your mom, Perenelle. 🌺

@Perenelle So sorry for your loss. 😞 It's amazing that you were able to finish the card despite what you're going through. It seems a few people have experienced loss these last few weeks, and taking care of ourselves does come first, but it's greatly appreciated I'm sure and really wonderful that you took yourself to task on this project.

Hope this doesn't feel inappropriate, I didn't want to double post. I've completed the figure sketch for the 5 of Fire~

 


 

@zedekiel What a unique depiction! Can't wait to see it finished. Please tell us more about your concept!

@Perenelle sorry for your loss! Giving you a huge virtual hug.

 

Don't want anyone to miss this clarification regarding the usage of public domain imagery, so please read! 

@Perenelle I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother.  

1 hour ago, Raggydoll said:

Don't want anyone to miss this clarification regarding the usage of public domain imagery, so please read!

Okay I will rework the Two of Air!

Thank you so much everyone, I deeply appreciate the condolences. And Raggy Doll, sending you the image would hugely appreciated. I'll email it sometime tomorrow. Thanks again!

15 hours ago, zedekiel said:

Hope this doesn't feel inappropriate, I didn't want to double post. I've completed the figure sketch for the 5 of Fire~

 


 

You know - yes, they are both manga  - but in combination with your Justice, this  begins to look slightly like hentai.... Is it supposed to ?

12 hours ago, Grandma said:

Okay I will rework the Two of Air!

Sorry for the inconvenience 💗

22 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

I am very sorry for your loss! If you want to, you can send me the unedited (full size) file and I will try and crop and prep it for you. I would be happy to do that for you. 

Hi, just need an email address to send it to. Everyone has seen pretty much what it looks like, thanks to whoever said they liked the kissing fishes, didn't get to saying that. I'll go through the whole wip thread asap.

22 hours ago, Pen said:

 

Whoops hit reply accidentally here!

weareone@thetarotforum.com

7 hours ago, gregory said:

You know - yes, they are both manga  - but in combination with your Justice, this  begins to look slightly like hentai.... Is it supposed to ?

Definitely not! My art often uses nude imagery, and sometimes sexual imagery, but these two cards are not anywhere close to attempting sexual titillation. This card especially has no sexual connotation. Nudity doesn't equate to sex, and for this card the figure had to be naked to show the split body parts distinctly. I'll show this update of my process on the colours so you can see what I mean

21 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

@zedekiel What a unique depiction! Can't wait to see it finished. Please tell us more about your concept!

The Five of Wands to me is a card less about conflict between people (although that can be a result/side effect) but more about conflict between what the internal wants/thinks/feels, and what the external reality really is. Sometimes this external reality is what others want/think/feel, and sometimes it's greater than the individual. Either way, there is a breakdown here between the internal and the external, the reality of ourselves and the reality of the world, and we struggle in the conflict of it. That feeling is what brought me to draw the figure in the card this way.

43 minutes ago, zedekiel said:

Nudity doesn't equate to sex, and for this card the figure had to be naked to show the split body parts distinctly.

But why the dismemberment theme on both cards?