New Art Project! Avengers Tarot
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sophiapI've been thinking about this and doing sketches for the past few weeks, and I've finally created my first card.
Card #0 - The Fool
Steve Rogers
This isn’t meant as a slight on poor Steve, really it isn’t. The Fool is a card of dreamers, of new beginnings, of optimism, and of possibilities. That’s why I feel it fits Steve’s situation at the beginning of “Captain America” quite nicely. Also, while the Fool is starting out on his journey, he doesn’t know quite where he’s going, and could get himself into big (and possibly wonderful) trouble if he’s not careful.
Steve has an idea of his purpose, but he hasn’t quite found the way there yet. While pure-hearted, he’s also overly optimistic and perhaps more than a little naive in his attempts to join the Army. The soldier on the poster behind him is pointing in the opposite direction to which he’s walking. Ahead of him is a steep cliff, but there’s also a hint of what’s to come in the trash can lid “shield” around the corner. The stray dog (traditional to this card) is sniffing at the shield, as if trying to draw Steve’s attention to it.
Done in colored pencil, and I may re-do this card later, as I'm thinking watercolor will look better, and I'm not 100% happy with it. Anyhow, it'll stay up for now. Also, the army poster behind Steve is based on an actual WWII recruiting poster. One other thing I found while drawing this card was that it was very difficult to get realistic proportions on Steve. It took me some time to figure out that the CGI they used to make Chris Evans look like a 98-lb weakling also did some very funny things to his head/body ratio.
Steve Rogers
This isn’t meant as a slight on poor Steve, really it isn’t. The Fool is a card of dreamers, of new beginnings, of optimism, and of possibilities. That’s why I feel it fits Steve’s situation at the beginning of “Captain America” quite nicely. Also, while the Fool is starting out on his journey, he doesn’t know quite where he’s going, and could get himself into big (and possibly wonderful) trouble if he’s not careful.
Steve has an idea of his purpose, but he hasn’t quite found the way there yet. While pure-hearted, he’s also overly optimistic and perhaps more than a little naive in his attempts to join the Army. The soldier on the poster behind him is pointing in the opposite direction to which he’s walking. Ahead of him is a steep cliff, but there’s also a hint of what’s to come in the trash can lid “shield” around the corner. The stray dog (traditional to this card) is sniffing at the shield, as if trying to draw Steve’s attention to it.
Done in colored pencil, and I may re-do this card later, as I'm thinking watercolor will look better, and I'm not 100% happy with it. Anyhow, it'll stay up for now. Also, the army poster behind Steve is based on an actual WWII recruiting poster. One other thing I found while drawing this card was that it was very difficult to get realistic proportions on Steve. It took me some time to figure out that the CGI they used to make Chris Evans look like a 98-lb weakling also did some very funny things to his head/body ratio.
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Date: 2012-09-11 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-12 12:26 am (UTC)Ooh. I hadn't thought of Tony for the Devil, but I could see that. Anyhow, I've got plans for Tony's cards, oh yes I do...
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Date: 2012-09-24 12:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-25 04:18 pm (UTC)