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nendil ([personal profile] nendil) wrote2009-08-13 11:41 am

HP Tarot thumbnails - The Hierophant

Work has been deadly hectic lately so it might take me a few extra days to build up the reserve of thumbnails again. Nonetheless I still have this one left:

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"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please," - Hogwarts alma mater



The Hierophant represents the structured institution of learning, religion, and societal moores. This is the whole of Hogwarts instead of any individual character because it's such a defining standard to the wizarding student's education through their whole adolescence.

Notable art bits:
1. Hey look at that, I managed to fit Ron and Hermione into the Majors after all. :D The traditional Hierophant has two acolytes kneeling at his feet to receive his knowledge, one dressed in the red roses of instinct, and one in the white lilies of intellect. I was originally going to just put some generic students in there, but realized those two fit great because Ron is all hot-headed and rash while Hermione is all about reason and learning.

2. Originally I planned to basically just do this scene, but I figured I had enough dark-colored cards as is, and it doesn't really show the academic aspect of Hogwarts. Plus, this way I can include the...

3. Two pillars bracket the Hierophant, because they just like those pillars so much inner balance and so forth. I'm glad to have a chance to draw Hogwarts' winged boars! :D


11/22 cards posted, 2/22 in progress. Halfway done!
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[personal profile] summercomfort 2009-08-13 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool! I really like the matching of Ron/Hermione :D

[identity profile] nendil.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too! I'm glad I got them in there :D

(Hermione is slightly ahead of Ron because learning > passion for path to enlightenment zomg)

[identity profile] ctrl-a.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
*thumbs up*