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This will be the last Tarot update, unless I manage to find a way to sell these (in which case there will be a Part 4 that says something like, "Canterlot Trading Card Company proudly presents...", etc.).
I just want to say that I'm hugely grateful for the wonderful feedback. The lovely comments, the visitors who want to purchase a deck of their own, the artist who wants to turn one of these images into sculptures, THE PERSON WHO WAS FINALLY CONVINCED TO START WATCHING MLP:FiM BECAUSE OF MY TAROT (!!!). I'm simply floored by just this response, all the more because, somehow, you all found me over here. My Modern Art series brought in a tremendous number of visitors, but I had managed to get each of them up on Equestria Daily, so I expected some traffic (so far, EqD has declined to say anything about what I'm doing here). So, thanks everypony.
I am actively trying to get the word out. I have a Tumblr set up (link below), I'm looking into bulk specialty printers, and I ask everyone who's interested in purchasing a deck to just HELP SPREAD THE WORD. A Kickstarter project might be the eventual end result, but I'm wary of drawing the attention of Hasbro with something officially mercantile like that. A C&D will ruin everything.
That said, I'm immensely proud of the deck so far. It was a project born of the silly idea to push myself artistically as hard as I could for a marathon duration, combining one thing that I really wanted to understand (the Tarot) and another thing that truly brings me joy (MLP), and it has turned out better than my wildest imaginings. I sometimes will open up the MLP Tarot Gallery page and just look at them all, both as a reminder that I CAN DO THIS and to revel in how good they look as a set (and they look EVEN BETTER as cards - printing tends to darken colors and the results are absolutely lush).
Anyhow. Please stick around, we've got a whole lot more Tarot to go.
equestriatarot.tumblr.com/
I just want to say that I'm hugely grateful for the wonderful feedback. The lovely comments, the visitors who want to purchase a deck of their own, the artist who wants to turn one of these images into sculptures, THE PERSON WHO WAS FINALLY CONVINCED TO START WATCHING MLP:FiM BECAUSE OF MY TAROT (!!!). I'm simply floored by just this response, all the more because, somehow, you all found me over here. My Modern Art series brought in a tremendous number of visitors, but I had managed to get each of them up on Equestria Daily, so I expected some traffic (so far, EqD has declined to say anything about what I'm doing here). So, thanks everypony.
I am actively trying to get the word out. I have a Tumblr set up (link below), I'm looking into bulk specialty printers, and I ask everyone who's interested in purchasing a deck to just HELP SPREAD THE WORD. A Kickstarter project might be the eventual end result, but I'm wary of drawing the attention of Hasbro with something officially mercantile like that. A C&D will ruin everything.
That said, I'm immensely proud of the deck so far. It was a project born of the silly idea to push myself artistically as hard as I could for a marathon duration, combining one thing that I really wanted to understand (the Tarot) and another thing that truly brings me joy (MLP), and it has turned out better than my wildest imaginings. I sometimes will open up the MLP Tarot Gallery page and just look at them all, both as a reminder that I CAN DO THIS and to revel in how good they look as a set (and they look EVEN BETTER as cards - printing tends to darken colors and the results are absolutely lush).
Anyhow. Please stick around, we've got a whole lot more Tarot to go.
equestriatarot.tumblr.com/
Not an art update.
TLDR: I had my players defeat Trump in effigy this weekend in a tabletop RPG.
So, this Saturday we finished up a two-part adventure in the D&D campaign that I'm running. Long story short the group (on the trail of counterfeit gold coins, a smuggled artifact, and a, literally, noble woman being held prisoner in her own home by a controlling authoritarian husband) faced off against a gold golem and an albino duergar (a dwarf race from the Underdark... er, underground dominions) who was using a machine to cast lightning bolts at people.
At the time I described the golem as looking like a giant screaming cyclopean baby, which was true, but in
Hiatus Haiku
Sorry, there's no art;
Been busy with my new job,
But paychecks are nice.
I got hired as a Network Support Engineer at a pretty big company over here. I [will] basically work a call center helping harried system admins with broken networks that our products can magically fix (and it is kind of magical). It's been a whole lot of fun to sit in a room with other people who can do hexadecimal calculations in their heads (haven't had that since my first undergraduate degree).
Intellectual elitism aside, I am doing well. I have a couple big illustrations that I'm working on for a friend's wedding gift, and an art collab with another friend (she
2014: A good year
So, I haven't done a heck of a lot of art, but looking for a place to live in a new city is surprisingly emotionally and temporally draining. I have been spending my free time recharging the old batteries with a supply of new games (currently enjoying "Shadowrun: Dragonfall" with "Fire Emblem: Awakening" in the queue - I love me a good tactics game), and slogging through the anime offerings at Crunchyroll.
I have, however, made a List of all the viable project ideas that fell by the wayside while that other thing consumed my life. Once I settle into Seattle, 2015 will be a busy year. And yes, there will be ponies - as well as... well...
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October update
I have been enjoying my much needed break from all the things. To catch up briefly:
* I found an eminently acceptable online printing service for the card deck. I just need to determine the best method to get them out to people.
* Dealing with plans to move to a different city by the end of October, and all the farewells I have to make before I go.
I have some pony-related illustrations on my plate (including another extended series - because I'm an idiot), and some really fun not pony-related illustrations that I hope, at least, a few of you can enjoy. And then there's the Move which looms ever larger. I really need to get on that... if o
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Whoops. Didn't see this before. lol