Nendil's Procrastination Outlet

Wow, long time. I have quite a few past-due journal entries to write/post, but I set myself a deadline for this one and barely made it so here it is, first.

( 10. Wheel of Fortune (final) )

This hung around unfinished for longer than necessary. I am just not enthused about drawing horse-men, it seems. Even if they're supposed to be ~*dreamy*~*. (Even though I think centaurs are more interesting if there are more hybridized/animalistic features rather than stacking a bishie guy on top of a bishie horse.)

( 09. The Hermit (final) )

I start my new job tomorrow so I better get this done!

( 08. Strength (final) )

This card started out uncooperative and fighting me at every step, but now (after making a bunch of changes) I think it's become one of the best so far. I've spent some time studying on art forums and blogs, can you tell?

Now if I could put that knowledge to use on something other than fanart...

( 06. The Lovers )

Two sketches at once! These two cards aren't strictly related (or even necessarily neighbors) in the usual tarot deck, but in this deck I feel like they're complementary opposites, so wanted to do them together.

( 07. The Chariot + 08. Strength (values sketch) )

Using a more concept art (read: painterly) style to develop these because they're more about the feeling of the scene than the lines of the subject... if that makes any sense to you guys. I may keep working in this method for future sketches, but it will most likely depend on the card.

I had a lot of trouble trying to nail down the sketch for this one. (Seriously you don't want to see the previous attempts.) Turns out that I needed to just zoom in and draw a face, instead of working the overall composition as a whole as is generally good practice. I suppose that's to be expected with an emotional-centric piece...

( 06. The Lovers (prelim sketch) )

I don't ship it, myself, buuuut I suppose this warrants the "rampant shipping" tag in of itself. :P

PERSPECTIVE: easy to look cool, hard to look right. How's this looking?

( 05. The Hierophant (values sketch) )

Gotta run now!

A bit overdue.

( 03. The Empress (final) )

Wanna go home and play Rock Band...

While you guys pick apart this one, I'll start working on the sketch for The Emperor :)

( 03. The Empress (values sketch) )

Telling myself that I can get this one done before Thanksgiving, appropriately :> No rush though!

Hey y'all with different monitor settings. ::coughboggybcough:: ( Is this too dark for you, or is it okay? )

Also I'm starting to wonder if this is maybe looking a little not-particularly-Harry Potter-esque. Any issue there?