Babalon Jones
re: the Chariot
Hi Frac_ture!
Well your psychic powers are nothing to sneeze at based on your comments
Because the odd thind was, I had several reference photos for the water that I was looking at, and to me, in one of them (but not the one I used most) it looked like the wave was a sea serpent or dragon. Not a doctored photo or anything, I just saw that with my imagination in the wave. And I really wanted to include it in the picture. But consciously I figured it would be too much to pull off with all of the other detail of the wave that I was worried about getting to look right, so I put it in the back of my mind and forgot about it.
But apparently my subconscious really wanted it there, because I see it too, even though I was not aware of putting it in!
Also you are correct about the horses. Originally I wanted them to be hippocampi, and I think they still are, but I was not able to include the tails and have it look right proportionally in the space I had so I eliminated the tails. So good call on that too!
Third thing is that the liquid in the chalice is swirling red blood & white gluten, but also a forming galaxy. (a recurring theme that I carried forward from Rosetta, as it insisted on being there). So you are three for three!
One thing that I was unsure of about the wave was just that as water, it has a lot of blue color. For the most part I am sticking with the color scales, and blue was not really in the scheme for this card, but I still managed to work in all of the colors that are: amber, maroon, rich russet, and brownish green, so I was satisfied with that.
I had a good day today too, alternating between moving the sprinkler around the garden and painting one of the minors. Wish every day was like this, but work calls tomorrow...
Thanks everyone for your encouragement and I mean it! Even Tibor, who worries for the horses drowning, lol! I assure you that while the surf is rough (I had Jim Morrison's poetry in my head while drawing them: "legs furiously pumping their stiff, green gallop; poised, delicate...in mute nostril agony") that since they are hippocampi that they are equipped ;-)
Hi Frac_ture!
Well your psychic powers are nothing to sneeze at based on your comments
Because the odd thind was, I had several reference photos for the water that I was looking at, and to me, in one of them (but not the one I used most) it looked like the wave was a sea serpent or dragon. Not a doctored photo or anything, I just saw that with my imagination in the wave. And I really wanted to include it in the picture. But consciously I figured it would be too much to pull off with all of the other detail of the wave that I was worried about getting to look right, so I put it in the back of my mind and forgot about it.
But apparently my subconscious really wanted it there, because I see it too, even though I was not aware of putting it in!
Also you are correct about the horses. Originally I wanted them to be hippocampi, and I think they still are, but I was not able to include the tails and have it look right proportionally in the space I had so I eliminated the tails. So good call on that too!
Third thing is that the liquid in the chalice is swirling red blood & white gluten, but also a forming galaxy. (a recurring theme that I carried forward from Rosetta, as it insisted on being there). So you are three for three!
One thing that I was unsure of about the wave was just that as water, it has a lot of blue color. For the most part I am sticking with the color scales, and blue was not really in the scheme for this card, but I still managed to work in all of the colors that are: amber, maroon, rich russet, and brownish green, so I was satisfied with that.
I had a good day today too, alternating between moving the sprinkler around the garden and painting one of the minors. Wish every day was like this, but work calls tomorrow...
Thanks everyone for your encouragement and I mean it! Even Tibor, who worries for the horses drowning, lol! I assure you that while the surf is rough (I had Jim Morrison's poetry in my head while drawing them: "legs furiously pumping their stiff, green gallop; poised, delicate...in mute nostril agony") that since they are hippocampi that they are equipped ;-)