Death card WIP. I did not want to make the typical skeletal reaper, so I drew this instead. I need to work on the composition a bit, but this is the basic concept. Death has turned away from the dead tree toward the sapling. The Death card is supposed to symbolize change. One thing has ended and something else is beginning. I'd like to make her cloak black, and her dress fade from black to blue like a blue morpho butterfly.
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The Poison Cage Tarot deck is so inspiring. I love how it integrates so much symbolic imagery with color and form to set the tone of the card. I did some research, and there are apparently thousands of tarot decks out there, with all sorts of themes, like: steampunk, vampires, cats, rabbits, etc. One of the cutest I saw was the DNAxCat major arcana deck from Taiwan. It has adorable chibi cats representing the characters. All of this diversity got me to thinking what kind of visual theme I would choose if I were making a tarot deck. My theme would be people wearing animal masks. I honestly think that making a whole deck is too ambitious for me to finish, but my goal is to make one card. So I started sketching out The Fool. Here is his face. I want to keep to the usual imagery of him about to walk off a cliff, because he is unaware of the danger he is in. In my mind, the fool is naive, and ignorant, because he has not experienced the hardships of life. He is optimistic and without fear, because he doesn't know that he should be afraid, not because he is brave. Even though the fool is about to walk into danger, I feel like he would not be harmed. I wonder if there is some way to symbolize this?
The 2nd deck came today! This is a Tarot deck of the major arcana created by Rann Poison Cage. Now I have both sets, and they are so pretty! Oooh, and I dressed up today. Since I can't really wear this to work, Saturday is my 'dress up' day... but more often than not it is my pajama day. I love this vest, and I really like how it looks with the red shirt. You can find some of the coolest clothes at thrift stores.
I just got these two packages in the mail, and you just have to see the lovely art. I love both of these artists so much. This is a collection of 12 postcards by Hannah Alexander. She designed Art Nouveau dresses for Disney heroines. They all look so beautiful, its hard to pick a favorite. Could you imagine if someone created these gowns to wear. They would be stunning. My other package contained this deck of Tarot cards designed by Rann Poison Cage. This is the minor arcana deck, but the major arcana will be arriving in my mail box soon. These cards are even more beautiful in person. The colors are so vibrant. Each card has a detailed painting filled with imagery related to the meaning of the card. There are 56 minor arcana cards, 4 cards listing the meanings of each card, and 1 special thank you card.
Also, these cards are much larger than standard playing cards. You can compare them in the image below. I met up with the WNC Lolita group at a tasty little coffee shop in Asheville. It was nice to meet other women interested in Lolita fashion. All of their outfits were so pretty! My sister Lori went with me, she is wearing the pink cardigan and I'm wearing the black dress and pants... yes I am wearing pants with a dress. It was cold and raining. If it had been a little colder it would have been snowing!
I shared a table with Bailey Nickerson and Tivoli Nickerson of Candy Capsule at the Asheville Comic Expo. Bailey and Tivoli design and sew their own plushies. Their stuff is very well done. They also sew adorable little pouches, and make stickers. Bailey has the pink hair and Tivoli has the blue hair. We had one of the most popular tables at ACE. I brought stickers, bookmarks, and polymer clay jewelry to sell. I sold out of most of my sticker designs. I bought one of their super cute Narwhal plushies.
Starting a blog is so hard. Have you faced down the emptiness and thought... eh maybe I'll start this later.
Well, its later. My name is Mallory. You can call me Mal. I love making art and I hope that I can pass on all of the cool things I've learned to kids who love art too. It seems about every year I pick up a new art form to learn. Last year it was miniature sculpting with polymer clay. The year before it was paper cutting. This year I'm learning Tsumami Kanzashi... though I am also learning some new techniques in paper cutting as well. I have two adorable cats that like to follow me around everywhere. I always appreciate the cuddle-able company. Their names are Custard and Carmello. Custard is a tan cat with orange eyes, she's super chubby and social, and likes to hoard her treasure under my bed, like a dragon. Carmello is a calico with green eyes, who can be super affectionate or incredibly devilish. I hope that through this blog you will be able to enjoy my artwork, and get to know me a bit better. |
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