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HP Tarot thumbnails - The Magician
Yeah, that last one was huge, but relax, most tarot cards aren't QUITE as packed-to-the-gills full of symbolism as the High Priestess card. This one is, though.
The Magician is a card representing the masculine, outward creative force. Albus Dumbledore best embodies the resourcefulness and capability shown in this card.
Notable art bits:
1. The traditional Magician has one arm stretched towards the heavens and one arm pointed towards the earth, to show the descent of divine inspiration. Dumbledore is slightly less ostentatious about it.
2. The Magician has the four suits of the Minor Arcana before him - Wand, Cup, Sword, and Pentacle - to show his mastery over each of the elements. I have here the crest of Hogwarts featuring each of the four Houses, as well as the artifacts that you can't really make out from the four Hogwarts founders on the table. He is headmaster, after all.
3. There are red roses and white lilies in the foreground symbolizing... passion and purity or something like that I don't really care. I thought I'd put them on a plush rug, because Dumbledore is the kind to enjoy a cozy, super-luxurious office rather than bare wood (stone?) floor. However I'm not sure about how it looks (I'm no interior decorator despite hours of HGTV), maybe I'll take it out and put one or two of those silver gizmos that are always making sound and smoke in the foreground... but I think that would shift the attention off Dumbledore.
4. The Sorting Hat is also behind himbecause that's how his office was described in the book because it represents the choices in life or something like that blah blah blah
5. The silver inkwell on his desk represents NOTHING but I have to put it in there because having a phoenix feather quill is so badass.
* I also considered using this set of quotes:
"You are omniscient as ever, Dumbledore." - Voldemort
"Oh no, merely friendly with the local barmen." - Albus Dumbledore
But the other one was more wise and summed up the card too well, even as sarcasm. :P
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"And you feel that you have exerted your very best efforts in this matter, do you? That you have exercised all of your considerable ingenuity?" - Albus Dumbledore *
"And you feel that you have exerted your very best efforts in this matter, do you? That you have exercised all of your considerable ingenuity?" - Albus Dumbledore *
The Magician is a card representing the masculine, outward creative force. Albus Dumbledore best embodies the resourcefulness and capability shown in this card.
Notable art bits:
1. The traditional Magician has one arm stretched towards the heavens and one arm pointed towards the earth, to show the descent of divine inspiration. Dumbledore is slightly less ostentatious about it.
2. The Magician has the four suits of the Minor Arcana before him - Wand, Cup, Sword, and Pentacle - to show his mastery over each of the elements. I have here the crest of Hogwarts featuring each of the four Houses, as well as the artifacts that you can't really make out from the four Hogwarts founders on the table. He is headmaster, after all.
3. There are red roses and white lilies in the foreground symbolizing... passion and purity or something like that I don't really care. I thought I'd put them on a plush rug, because Dumbledore is the kind to enjoy a cozy, super-luxurious office rather than bare wood (stone?) floor. However I'm not sure about how it looks (I'm no interior decorator despite hours of HGTV), maybe I'll take it out and put one or two of those silver gizmos that are always making sound and smoke in the foreground... but I think that would shift the attention off Dumbledore.
4. The Sorting Hat is also behind him
5. The silver inkwell on his desk represents NOTHING but I have to put it in there because having a phoenix feather quill is so badass.
* I also considered using this set of quotes:
"You are omniscient as ever, Dumbledore." - Voldemort
"Oh no, merely friendly with the local barmen." - Albus Dumbledore
But the other one was more wise and summed up the card too well, even as sarcasm. :P
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Maybe it's just the sketch, but the inkwell looks like one of the 4 items. I know it's not, but it *looks* like it.
The bookshelf can has books?
Dumbledore is sho perfect ::squee::
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Agree on the inkwell thing. I'll be repositioning it when I'm working bigger.
Bookshelf can has books! Another thing I wanted to do at one point but forgot about. Dumbledore just has too much details in his office.
Sho perfect? But you can't even see his face :3 Will endeavour to make him all-around perfect (and every other character too).