Vanessa Study Group proposal thread

[Hemera]

I´m ready, and the bottle of bubbly is in the fridge

(AND I got my Vanessa on Friday)

 

[faunabay]

I´m ready, and the bottle of bubbly is in the fridge

(AND I got my Vanessa on Friday)

Perfect timing!!!

Time to party now!!

 

[blue_fusion]

Is Wands really Air and Swords Fire? (ouch.. *that* would be tough..)

Actually, no. That's for a different deck i did. For the Vanessa, wands=fire, swords-air.

(And I just discovered this thread! Thanks so much guys, I didn't know the Vanessa has its own study group now! [and oh noes! you've managed to dig up those horrible pics of my immaturity])

 

[Hemera]

Hi blue_fusion!!
Wonderful to see you here!
I like Vanessa more and more each day. Great work! Thank you!

 

[blue_fusion]

Thanks again. I haven't been online much in the forums lately, but I'll try to contribute to the study group whenever I can, and, well, if you want to know the inspirations behind some of the cards, you can ask whenever (though, hmmm. I'm not sure if I can remember all of them since I did the deck ages ago!)

 

[Grip Dellabonte]

That would be fantastic, blue_fusion, if you would like to contribute, and even give us some insights into your inspiration of the deck.

It's not often we get to hear the artist's point of view, so that would be a nice treat.

Thanks for popping in today!

 

[tarot4fun]

Hi blue_fusion~
I just love my Vanessa! Thankyou for such a fun and insightful deck~

Glad you stopped by~

Suz

 

[Hemera]

(Oh where is Keavy when we need her..)
So, here goes..

1) Did you have real women/celebrities in mind when drawing the cards? Many cards look like the picture represents someone (Samantha Stevens, Annie Hall..?), and some don´t ?

2) The Universe is so hilarious. Could you please tell us more about it

3) Did you have 9/11 in your mind when drawing the Tower? It is a really scary card and always makes me think of 9/11..

 

[blue_fusion]

(Oh where is Keavy when we need her..!)
So, here goes..

1) Did you have real women/celebrities in mind when drawing the cards? Many cards look like the picture represents someone (Samantha Stevens, Annie Hall..?), and some don´t ?

Yup, except they weren't supposed to be too obvious lest I get sued. lol

2) The Universe is so hilarious. Could you please tell us more about it

She just won the Miss Universe title! So the completion and resolution angle of the World card's hopefully mirrored here. Plus, due to lack of space, I figured I'd use the limbs of the 4 creatures in the original World card (instead of them in their whole bodies), so that they seem to be applauding her.

3) Did you have 9/11 in your mind when drawing the Tower? It is a really scary card and always makes me think of 9/11..

You got it again. But, I used "Kitty" to lighten things up a bit (since something as jarring as that event might be too "strong" for the mood of the deck).

 

[Hemera]

Yup, except they weren't supposed to be too obvious lest I get sued. lol

Oooh, now you got me *SOoooo* curious !!

of space, I figured I'd use the limbs of the 4 creatures in the original World card (instead of them in their whole bodies), so that they seem to be applauding her.

I really like this idea a lot!

You got it again. But, I used "Kitty" to lighten things up a bit (since something as jarring as that event might be too "strong" for the mood of the deck).

I think this card is brilliant.. well done!
(However awful the 9/11 was we will never forget.. I know I don´t want to forget..)