Thursday, July 16, 2015

Avatar: The Cups Suit

Well, here it is. I'm done. I just cranked out two decks pretty quickly. The cups suit went pretty easily. I love my couples artwork. And do you see how good I was? I only included canon couples and my love of Zuko and Katara as a couple is nowhere reflected in this deck. I love that pairing, so very very much, but it didn't happen and I didn't include any of my shipping artwork. And I have some pretty ones too. Sigh. Oh well. I have some good ones of Aang and Katara too. Although it was tough to find Zuko and Mai. I guess the fandom doesn't like her much. Oh, I never mentioned what I learned yesterday when I made my wands card. I learned that the Avatar fandom doesn't give a fuck about Ty Lee unless she's having sex with Azula. Fanart of Tylee just by herself almost doesn't exist. But I can find all the porn in the world of Tylee and Azula. That was not what I was looking for however. At least I managed to find something.

Also, check out that nine of cups. Oh my god, I was so excited when I made that decision. That may be the most perfect choice I've ever made for the wishes granted card. God, that one makes me so happy.

Now, to make some box designs and send it all to print!














Sources

ace.http://stasysolitude.deviantart.com/art/Kataang-week-Friday-268318927
2.http://viria13.deviantart.com/art/Enjoy-the-silence-304054426
3.http://bambz-art.deviantart.com/art/Esteemed-Congrats-Party-332701655
4.unknown
5.unknown, possible an edited screenshot?
6.http://nekokonut2.tumblr.com/post/105345139592/youre-really-pretty-i-am-yeah-you-are
7.http://penbee-of-treewood.deviantart.com/art/Alternate-Heaven-and-Earth-40945989
8.http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=20720826
9.http://hawkeyewong.deviantart.com/art/Sokka-121276976
10.http://queenofthecute.deviantart.com/art/In-The-Family-Way-Colored-167833801
page. http://garlicableningen.tumblr.com/post/22670076649/bolin-in-suit-appreciation-post-i-know-everyone
knight.http://ctchrysler.tumblr.com/post/62115602468/my-legend-of-korra-returns-set-is-finished-it
queen. http://nymre.tumblr.com/ -post deleted
king. http://marcelperez.deviantart.com/art/AVATAR-COLLECTION-03-Tenzin-512009056

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Avatar:The Wands Suit

All right, well, I guess I am making pretty decent time on these. Wands seemed to go a little easier than the other suits. I'm pretty pleased with this suit, although I did have to rearrange my royalty for a bit. For some reason I had planned to make Zuko the king of cups. Ummm... what? He's clearly the king of wands. So then Ozai got demoted from royalty altogether, he was originally my king of wands. And Tenzin will be the king of cups. I don't know why I did that, maybe I just wrote it down wrong? It makes not sense. But I have been trying very hard to get this done, because I'm sending this and the pinup deck to print at the same time, no reason to pay shipping twice. I just need to finish this. One more suit to go, and I already have artwork picked out for a few of the cups cards, and ideas for some of the others. So hopefully it won't take too long.















Sources
ace. http://kianart.tumblr.com/post/48989870761/aangs-first-sweet-tats
2.http://nymre.tumblr.com/ - post deleted
3.http://metaa.deviantart.com/art/The-Avatar-s-Granddaughter-403143796
4.http://illictic.deviantart.com/art/I-d-Love-To-501323111
5.http://genzoman.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-Ozai-298732048
6.screenshot
7.Flow Like Water by ~EonForgery on deviantART- removed
8.unknown
9.http://seventypercentethanol.tumblr.com/post/46391514929/last-stand-and-the-iron-sky-watched-all-of
10.http://sbel02.deviantart.com/art/Commission-End-of-the-cliff-479106950
page. http://polarbeardog.tumblr.com/post/27615015822/pinkelastic-discogirlcomingthrough-do-you
knight.http://scotty9359.deviantart.com/art/I-AM-MELON-LORD-307194711
queen. http://artgerm.deviantart.com/art/Korra-311214718
king. http://ninjatic.deviantart.com/art/Prince-Zuko-117214484

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Avatar: The Pentacles Suit

okay, so I realize this may make it look like I got through this suit really fast, but in the interest of total honesty, I had everything but the ten and the royalty done before I got distracted by the pinups. So it didn't really take me long to finish it up. But I feel like this suit turned out pretty well. My biggest concern is that my picture of Uncle Iroh is too aggressive for the king, but upon further study, I don't think so. The king of pentacles does have power and discipline in his personality, which I would say is definitely part of Iroh. And I think it makes sense to show his less gentle side for this position. Plus, that is my all time favorite view of Iroh. I mean, good god, man, he is going to wreck some shit.

I was also worried that Ursa wasn't an important enough character to be in the royalty, but she makes such a good queen of pentacles. And after discussing it with Amanda I decided that her impact on her children was strong enough to justify it. Plus she's so pretty!















sources:
ace.http://ry-spirit.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-The-Last-Toy-Vendor-473575816
2. http://anghuiqing.deviantart.com/art/Firebender-504092094
3.http://quirkilicious.deviantart.com/art/Fire-Trio-131816712
4.http://falballa.deviantart.com/art/Spark-318369451
5.http://minuiko.deviantart.com/art/Korra-be-a-good-boy-301211868
6.Mordaunt on deviantART-deleted
7.http://society6.com/product/avatar-spirit-of-the-moon_print#1=45
8.http://kelly1412.deviantart.com/art/Bitter-Work-Toph-trains-Lin-331178314
9.http://kendaoh.tumblr.com/post/106882578510/d-triying-to-draw-asami
10.http://awatertribegirl.tumblr.com/post/73041253808/so-beautiful
page. http://lilsuika.deviantart.com/art/The-Hawk-and-His-Boy-161080275
knight. http://foolishspoon.tumblr.com/post/101938540504/little-sketch-commission-i-did-for-a-friend-a-few
queen. http://lady-voldything.deviantart.com/art/09-Ursa-282046405
king. screenshot

Monday, July 13, 2015

The Suit of Wands- Pin Ups

I don't know why, but I had a hell of a time with the royalty for this suit. All the other royalties have a theme of some kind, and I just couldn't come up with a good one for wands. Originally it was girls in costumes, but that seemed to blend in to pentacles too much with the girls with jobs. Pinup girls in work uniforms look like they're wearing costumes half the time, because real workers don't dress like pinup girls. So you will notice that I have two different sets of royalty posted here. I'm putting them both up so that Amanda can see them and give her opinion on which she likes. My preference is leaning towards the gambling girls, just because gambling seems to go along with wands to me, passionate and risk taking. I don't know, just my thought process. The witches go back to the original costume idea, but this time definitely not blending with pentacles. And something about witches implies passion to me. Maybe I'm just crazy. Anyways, this is what I did.









































***EDIT***
Upon further discussion, Amanda and I have decided we like the gambling girls for the royalty, so those are the ones that will be printed.