wooden-eye
9 of swords
Thanks so much Debra. I'm so glad you think they hold together. I really like that for reversals. I have yet to fully absorb the neutrality of the cards and there mightn't be a right and wrong. I hear it and understand it and still fear doing it wrong. I guess it is too many years of conditioning and it will be a while before I can trust my intuition fully.
Chronata thank you so much for your whole-hearted appreciation.
I have been collecting up those minors for about three months ( it could be longer- I lose track) The majors kind of miandered along and had quite a break in the middle. I started the deck in around Christmas as a set of major arcana paintings. I moved to a knackered house in March and had a couple of months on very untarot tasks making the place livable. So by the time I finished them it was like Sept... I was very pleased to have them done and I don't know if you would agree, but I think most first time deck artists think they will just tackle the majors. When you are used to (as I was) just painting one picture after another 22 seems huge. I remember saying stuff like "I've done 8 and have blah blah to go".
By the time the majors were done I had concluded that, though I liked the set of paintings what use really were they? Like reading The Hobbit and never considering the Rings, so off I went.
Well anyway, here is Tuesday/Wednesdays efforts. The 9 of Swords, I went for a bit of a departure on this one and the image, very personal to my own dark nights feels absolutely right to me.
Thanks so much Debra. I'm so glad you think they hold together. I really like that for reversals. I have yet to fully absorb the neutrality of the cards and there mightn't be a right and wrong. I hear it and understand it and still fear doing it wrong. I guess it is too many years of conditioning and it will be a while before I can trust my intuition fully.
Chronata thank you so much for your whole-hearted appreciation.
I have been collecting up those minors for about three months ( it could be longer- I lose track) The majors kind of miandered along and had quite a break in the middle. I started the deck in around Christmas as a set of major arcana paintings. I moved to a knackered house in March and had a couple of months on very untarot tasks making the place livable. So by the time I finished them it was like Sept... I was very pleased to have them done and I don't know if you would agree, but I think most first time deck artists think they will just tackle the majors. When you are used to (as I was) just painting one picture after another 22 seems huge. I remember saying stuff like "I've done 8 and have blah blah to go".
By the time the majors were done I had concluded that, though I liked the set of paintings what use really were they? Like reading The Hobbit and never considering the Rings, so off I went.
Well anyway, here is Tuesday/Wednesdays efforts. The 9 of Swords, I went for a bit of a departure on this one and the image, very personal to my own dark nights feels absolutely right to me.