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DarkElectric
04-09-2002, 07:14
Hey Everybody!
Has anyone drawn their Faerie guide card yet? I have been holding off on this so as to make sure I know who my guide is. What have other people done?
mooncat2
04-09-2002, 13:37
Hi DE,
I've drawn mine - I didn't want to because , believe me, I am no artist but he insisted. I had to do the meditation twice before I met him - the first time I had expectations - I imagined this lovely dainty faery in a beautiful dress but he's not like that at all. More one of the skinny ones - and sort of catlike features (what else). Lovely green eyes.
What I really noticed was the difference in the energy of the deck once he joined the others - it fair zings. So i would recommend doing the meditation and seeing what turns up.
Love
I have not drawn mine but am about to start practicing drawing her ... like MoonCat I am no artist either so I am fearful of ruining my deck by doing this, but lately she is insisting in being incorporated. I imagined her sort of pixie like with dragon fly wings but in effect she is a mermaid *LOL* ... she is the one that has had me collecting mermaid post cards so I can get varied ideas in how to possibly draw her, all I know is she refuses to have a mirror and comb *LOL*. My fiance can draw really well so if I cannot make a go of it I am going to ask him to draw her (per her specifications) and then I will color her. I think it will take me a while to get her drawn because she is just now starting to speak up (persistently I might add). One iteresting message she shared with me when I was a bit shocked (with pleasure) that she was a mermaid was "why did you think we insisted on living in the blue velvet mermaid bag? and why did you think we told you mermaids were faeries too? that was your first clue as to what kind of faery I am." She is quite direct, but very friendly! She started communicating with me through half messages and not letting me see her at all ... now that she has finally revealed her form, I believe she wants to be protrayed like the mermaid on the bag they live in. I will try that and see what she has to say. If she does not like it I am sure she will speak right up.
Good luck in meeting your Faery Guide :)
MysticRose
05-09-2002, 00:09
Hi,
I was at the Froud website last night, was kind of sleepy and remembered about this. So... I asked one of the one card questions about this and got Ekstasis. This happens to be one of my power cards! I also suspect the Frog Queen (Losgunna) as my cards wanted her kind of bag or maybe the Dark Lady who keeps peeking in on me. As I cannot draw at all I may just end up leaving the Guide card blank.
DarkElectric
05-09-2002, 02:55
Yeah, this is a sort of dilemma for me.
I can't draw too well either, and don't want it to come out looking like some silly stick figure!
DE and MoonCat, do you guys know anyone you can trust that can draw? that is probably the approach I am going to have to take in the end, although I do plan to try on paper for a while before making that decision ...
DarkElectric
05-09-2002, 06:20
Unfortunately...No! My friends are infinately creative musically, or with needle point and stuff, but they draw as poorly as I do! I think I'm going to practise for a while as well, and see what comes of it. Maybe my faeiry guide will teach me how to draw, beginning with themself???
mooncat2
05-09-2002, 07:35
Do you remember when you were a kid and you drew pictures and were so proud of your creation?
My grandaughter loves to draw and we draw faeries all the time - she thinks she's a brilliant artist and best of all she thinks I am too.
This is how the faeries want us to feel now.
This is the message I got loud and clear when I didn't want to draw my faerie. Why are you all so worried about not being able to draw - who cares ? Look at what you create with the eyes of your inner child and get rid of all that adult critic stuff.
If someone else draws your faery guide he/she will be very sad and disappointed.
Mine doesn't look quite like he's supposed to but it doesn't matter - I see him through my minds eye when I look at the card.
Just do it!!!
Faery Hugs
Mooncat2 you are absolutly correct! thank you so much for your advice. When I am ready "I" will draw my own Faerie Guide!.
DE, lets trust our Faerie Guides let them draw through our hands ... like you said ~giggles~ we might even learn to draw in the process *LOL*.
emily2otters
08-09-2002, 08:34
i played around with it a little, and came up with a drawing i liked well enough. i wish i could trace it onto the card, but alas the card is opaque... ! maybe i'll end up doing some sort of ink transfer or something...
as for our fear of drawing, i can't judge anyone's reticence, because i have a fear of dancing. ;) my best advice is to get some blank 3 inch x 5 inch notecards and go wild with them... i'll let y'all know if i come up with a way to transfer a finished drawing onto the card.
so do you all think that our faerie guide is constant?
i think that it would change as to our needs........so drawing it in, wouldn't that make our deck less timeless?
confused,
jade
DarkElectric
09-09-2002, 04:35
EEEEEEK!
Now I don't know what to do! I'm confused too! I think I'm going to get out the coloured pencils, and goof around with ideas on separate sheets of paper, and play like a little kid again. I'm getting the STRONG urge to make my card...it really wants to be made, and so I'm just going to do the best I can, and ask them to help. They have a great sense of humour, maybe they WANT me to draw a really awesome looking...stick figure!
mooncat2
09-09-2002, 11:01
Jade - that was something to think about!!!
Maybe because this is a special personal faery then he/she has the ability to meet any of our needs - as they change so he/she will have the message we need to hear. ( she said hopefully).
Dark Electric - Thats the spirit - go girl!!!
SherryZoned
09-09-2002, 11:52
Makes sense Mooncat..about Jades question..You could always ask the faeries Jade?
Originally posted by emily2otters
i played around with it a little, and came up with a drawing i liked well enough. i wish i could trace it onto the card, but alas the card is opaque... ! maybe i'll end up doing some sort of ink transfer or something...
Carbon paper would probably work nicely! I use that all the time when transferring images onto wood :)
As for Jade's question, I think my faerie guide is constant. If she feels I need the expertise of another faerie she will guide me to them :)
DarkElectric I cannot wait to hear about the drawing of your faerie guide, I bet it goes beyond anything you have drawn before and you will be really pleased ... call it a hunch or a faerie wispering in my ear ;)
DarkElectric
10-09-2002, 07:28
I confidently take your Faeries' word for it.
I don't have a scanner, but I have a friend who does, and if all turns out as well as the Faeries say it will, I'll try to post it so everyone can see it. (Now, is that brave, or WHAT!)
Originally posted by DarkElectric
I don't have a scanner, but I have a friend who does, and if all turns out as well as the Faeries say it will, I'll try to post it so everyone can see it. (Now, is that brave, or WHAT!)
Yeah! I call that Faerie Power! ~giggles~
emily2otters
11-09-2002, 03:41
jewel: fantastic idea! i think my mom has some carbon paper...
DarkElectric
12-09-2002, 12:04
I made it!
It turns out coloured pencils were almost useless...(Insert faerie giggling here, ) but I had some sparkly pens, and those worked SO well...(more faerie giggling) and the card came out surprisingly good. (Faeries saying, HA! We told you so!) Ok, wise guys, you were right! (teeheeheeheehee...) Now I have to see if my friend can scan it. (Oh, we'll have fun with all THAT!Teeheeheeeheeheeheeheee!)
DarkElectric I am so happy for you!!!! Yesterday I bought a sketching pad so I can start meditating more on my Guide and let her show me what she looks like. Every day she reveals more of herself to me and I have a pretty clear mental picture of her. This morning I was listening to CD inspired by Fairies and I was receiving glimpses of HOW TO draw her! Thanks for the note on colored pencils as this what I would have tried (to get shadings and such). The cards are so small that I am wondering if Acrylics would work ~ponders~ ... if not I was thinking about maybe doing her in my sketchbook then, once I am pleased with the painting, have the page scanned and then printed in reduced size on the card ... wonder if this is feasible ... I hope so because I think I would really like to do an acrylic paining! She wants color and shading and all that good stuff! *LOL*.
I cannot wait to see your scanned card! Your success is really inspiring to me :)
DarkElectric
13-09-2002, 13:11
I think the idea of an acrylic painting scanned and superimposed onto the card is abolutely wonderful! I also think it will be a highly effective way to get the colours and shading your faerie guide wants. I still have to find out if my friend can scan mine. It's not my usual stick figure!
Thanks for your encouragement! I have still not been able to start working on her but plan to this week. I am going to take my time with her, I think it will be an awsome experience.
I hope your friend is able to scan your Guide so we can see her :) ... and that she is not your traditional stick figure ~giggles~ is proof that she is telling you that you have hidden talents I believe ;)
I don't know it this will work, but...you could draw on blank index card, then tape the card down, tape tracing paper over that,and trace. Then take the tracing paper off and make a sandwich with the blank card on the bottom, then carbon paper in the middle and the traced design on the tracing paper. Tape it all down solidly so there's no wiggle room and go over the tracing with a pen or stylus. Use a steady hand and enough pressure so that it will make a clear copy on the actual card. To prevent the carbon paper smudgeing from the pressure of your hand, you could put (yet another layer!)a heavier piece of paper with the center cut out between the carbon paper and the actual card. This works for copying a design onto cloth to embroider. There may be an easier or more modern way to do it...probably a good idea to do this several times before putting the actual card on the bottom. Good Luck ! magpie9