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Lillie said:The magician has far too many fingers.
Whats with that then?
He has more fingers, not too many, there's a difference.
Lillie said:The magician has far too many fingers.
Whats with that then?
frelkins said:i like all your ideas so far for the deck -- and i'd love big, borderless extra-large cards on acid-free stock!
cirom said:Very often the body positions I sketch out first as it would be difficult to find the poses I have in my minds eye(attached fool sketch). But for the nuances of facial expression I look through magazines untill I find what fits the mood I'm looking for. This may not necessarily be the overal face, in fact I avoid a true likeness for legal and other reasons, instead its the subtlety that may come from say just the eyes, or lips etc. I personally would find that beyond me to create, but when I see it I know it and feel it would work for a given card's character, and then try to capture it. Or as in the case of the Queen of Wands posted earlier in this thread, I saw this magic expression in the eyes of a real person (a dancer at a Wiccan festival) and asked her to pose. (see attached photo) and used that as my reference point and developed it further, inventing costume hair style etc.
Is THIS post the big clue/giveaway? Edited to add, not that I can make out anything, I don't have the eagle eyes that some of these members have.cirom said:Oh dear !!! Well at least you haven't found them all then...
Yes I do consider the expression of a face, the postion of the hands etc can lend a lot to the meaning and mood of a particular card. But this deck won't be a selection of portraits by any means and even the close ups when used, won't be main theme throughout, as the attached example demonstrates. In this case the Tower is quite a tradition depiction of this card, but the architectural style is important as its a key element that will make more sense within the context of the companion book story I'm writing.whipsilk said:I might be thinking you were preparing a tarot deck in which faces and their expressions completely portray the essence, the meaning you intend, for each particular card.
whipsilk said:You made a foray into a similar attempt with your erstwhile "famous faces" deck, in which the associations in the well-known faces would help define the meaning of the card.