Hi Daphne!
No, I do not mind your comments. Though to me she is pretty bright, so maybe the scan has not translated well to the monitor. Or maybe, lol, you just pictured the Woman Clothed with the Sun as being more dazzling. Understandable, lol!
You do realize I am working with a limited color palette on each of these? It is because I am sticking for the most part with the GD color scales for each card, which means a palette of four colors for each card - with a little wiggle room for artistic license as sometimes the four colors are not enough for the subject matter. And sometimes I mix them.
So for Strength, the colors are Yellow (greenish), Deep Purple, Grey, and Reddish Amber. Not very bright to start with, though I try to work the complements where possible.
While I could have, say, made her wings/feathered robe in technicolor using the complements of Yellow/Green and Deep Purple, I was thinking about Inanna/Ishtar and her association with both lions and owls, and so used the Grey and Reddish Amber to try to get an owl-like look to the feathers. More muted yes, but ties in the symbolism better. To me at least.
I'm not sure how I could have made her any brighter, except made her a blonde, lol, which definitely could have worked for the trump of Leo. But I also was thinking a lot about Durga the invincible goddess of India who rides the lion, and for whatever reason also the Queen of Sheba, Mata Hari, and some other exotic historical personages came up who are usually dark haired.
Anyway when you look at each card keep in mind that I am keeping to a majority of four colors, which can be a challenge. I always get to a point in each card where choosing colors is agony, because I am trying not to deviate too much but have painted myself into a corner, so to speak.
edited to say hi to Tarot Heart and say, my goal is to have it done during this year *fingers crossed* but who knows