Polyhymnia:
There is something amiss with The Ring, IMHO. Perhaps it is the ring itself, have you thought about using an older setting? To me this is a little glitzy, modern.
The ring that Napoleon gave to Josephine is described as "an oval solitaire diamond surrounded by smaller diamonds in a lightly blackened setting... (to further accentuate the diamonds)". And that
did look too glitzy for this card, so I gave the ring just one round diamond. However, here's an alternate with a smaller diamond in a plainer setting. Shame really, I would have preferred the historical one for this deck....
Tarot heart:
Love the Ring, seems perfect.
As for the bear, he's very nicely done, although I would have preferred an upright bear myself. It's very well done, Bee
Thank you TH
Re the Bear: The older decks seem to have the bear ambling on all fours. Apparently they're more dangerous that way, less threatening if they're standing up (Although I think I'd feel more threatened if it were standing). Not sure how Mm Lenormand visualised it, so after some dithering I made the Bear in a sort of half-way position where he might suddenly rear upright, or lurch forward and rush on all fours down the slope. Has the standing bear now become more popular?
Hi
Moonbow, good you're still around
Many thanks for your feedback, other eyes see the bits that mine don't.
Here's the Stork.
Bee.