The Empress

Finished up this card.  I'd had her inked for a while, but I had my watercolors out for another project and just decided to go all in and finish her.  

Still slowly working on this tarot deck in my spare time.

Behold!  The Empress.

The Lovers

Here we are!  The finished Lovers card.  One third done with the major arcana.

Lovers

More Tarot!

Initially, I had another layout for this card, but the more I researched it, I wanted to rearrange a bit.

The whole gist of the card is leaving the metaphorical garden of Eden and being unable to return.   I liked the apple imagery, symbolizing knowledge, and I wanted to show the garden and gate fading off into the distance. It takes temptation to lure us out from the comforts and securities of our own gardens, be it for love of a person, or desire to explore elsewhere.

Initial draft:

 Resketch:

Heirophant

And here we are, another tarot card.  I've started on the Lovers, but I'm not thrilled with that card, so I think I'll redo it.  So for now, enjoy this guy!

I do have to keep in mind that I'll lose about 1/4" all the way around these cards, so while it may look like a large margin, I will be losing some of the image.

The Emperor

A handsome fellow to pair with the Empress card.  BEHOLD!

The Empress

A pretty doe for the Empress card.  All of these are gel pen on Strathmore's toned journal paper.

 I'm really hoping I can finish all 22 cards AND my spirit board (not a big deal there, just need to do the planchet), continue to work on art cards, and keep up with commissions. 

I CAN DO IT ALL.

New Project!

I'm sure many of you can figure out what this will be, but here's a preview.  Just going to do the Major Arcana, maybe do a limited edition printing of it.

All gel pen on colored paper, but happy with the results so far.  Will be a nice pair with the Ouija board I'm working on.  Can you tell that I'm ready for Autumn yet?