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HP Tarot thumbnails - Death
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"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." - Albus Dumbledore
"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." - Albus Dumbledore
This card represents not literal but metaphorical death, as a transformation where one stage ends and a new one begins. Harry goes through a necessary and cleansing death in both senses, and comes out renewed and fully a master over death.
Notable art bits:
1. The traditional Death card depicts Death riding calmly from the unconscious left toward consciousness on the right. I guess here it is sort of Dumbledore acting as Harry's guide to give him direction in the afterlife limbo place thing. But he's not Death, of course.
2. Death bears a banner decorated with the Mystic Rose, signifying life. I figured I might as well give Dumbledore a
3. In the background, a ship sails on what may be the River Styx, ferrying souls towards the dawn of a new day. As Dumbledore says, "We are in King's Cross, you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to... let's say... board a train."
4. I had planned to include the flayed-baby-soul as an equivalent to the different aspects of humanity at Death's mercy, but it looked too macabre and attention-grabbing. I like the card better as a peaceful one.
5. I originally envisioned the color scheme as white, but obviously that's pretty boring to draw on. So it became gold because
6. Definitely watercolor style for this one :) Perhaps solid "oil" painting for the characters, and wispy "watercolor" for the malleable environment.
(Does this even look like a Death card at all...?)
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2. Not enough detail to make out (which is probably the laptop screen's fault - while it's perfectly usable in sunlight, it's definetely not a photo-quality screen with the sun on it), but I like the idea of the phoenix.
3. I was just thinking that it should be a train, and then I read the rest of your comment.
4. I like the peacefulness of this card. It makes a nice change from the others you've posted recently, which have a rather dark/depressing feel to them.
5. Possibly slightly sepia rather than gold... I'm thinking of the Travel wallpaper from Microsoft Plus (thought actually that might have been B/W - I'll have to dig it out and check).
6. Hmm... my preference would be for something more detailed, though given the usual heavy thumbnailing I'll have to wait for the real one to decide. Possibly detail the train and the archwork nearby, but let the rest go indistinct - presumably since this is all in Harry's mind, only the bits he's concentrating on will have any real detail.
The card doesn't really look like Death, but when you spot that they're in King's Cross you realise that it is in the sorta afterlife/waiting room place (as IIRC that's the only time Dumbledore is in King's Cross in the books).
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1. I think that it's meant to be Death as one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, not that I know whether they wear armor or not.
4. B'aww, even The Empress (http://nendil.livejournal.com/153820.html)? :P
6. Yes, there will be some detail - the background won't be completely a blur. Hey Brit dude, got any pics of King's Cross for me to reference? ;)
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6. No, sorry. It's the far side of London from me, so I've only been there a couple of times when heading up north.
I'm on a different computer now, and the thumbnail now looks slightly green rather than gold. (it also looks darker too, but the laptop screen *was* in direct sunlight which washes out everything). Weird.
Oh, and I've uploaded the wallpaper I was talking about to http://thomasmccorkell.me.uk/lj/nendil-travel.jpg . That's *not* King's Cross in it (I don't actually know which station it is), as the roof of King's Cross only has two arches and has brick walls.
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