#conclave tarot

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FINALLY!!! I have the art for Bellini's judgement tarot card done. It's going to be a total bitch to transfer to lino, and an even worse one to carve, yay!

He're's the process of turning the sketch into the digital. For this card, I am recording every step of the way and making a full video, includine printing.

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Bellini's card, the Judgement - test print

It's grungy as usual, but there's no large edits to be done and I'm pleased! It'll be a banger at the printing studio. If you want to watch me speed run through that test print, click here.

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Tedesco's King of Wands

Finally did proper prints! Though my phone camera is terrible and makes them seem blurry and makes the dark ink show through the red one much more than in the real deal.

Sadly didn't have time to finish the Adeyemi lino, so a single print to show for my work today!

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Test print for Shanumi's 6 of Swords!! I'm an idiot and chose realism, so there are extra swords (it's an iron fence, get it?) But I can't stomach redoing the whole card x'D

Will finesse her dress, and the stars will look better in a real press.

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Conclave Tarot Deck - Minor and Major Arcana

I will try and do basic sketches for all of them, but most likely will only do a few linocuts. I'll start working on designs tomorrow.

Benitez - The Star

Hope, faith, promise, renewal after darkness. A new direction and changes for the better.

The Star "symbolizes the breakthrough of cosmic consciousness, the oneness with all." But also the survival of terrible life challenges.

No aspects of the reverse reading apply to Benitez.

Lawrence - Ace of Cups

First Reversed: cold emptiness, feeling unloved, creative block (Has God forsaken him? Inability to pray..)

to Upright: emotional awakening, new feelings, great love. Symbolises the start of a new relationship. Creativity, intuition, and spirituality.

The card traditionally depicts God's hand holding a chalice, with a white dove holding the host, and five streams of waters pouring forth, for the five senses.

It's the card of self insight, in the Cup series which is concerned with inner states of being.

Bellini - Judgement

Upright: self-evaluation, awakening, renewal, purpose, reflection, reckoning. A card of change. Fulfillment. Inspiration. The call from within.

Reversed: self-doubt, lack of self-awareness, failure to learn lessons, self-loathing

In his case I feel elements of both really apply. He's also the one to stand and call for Tedesco to be ashamed, casting judgement where Thomas wouldn't.

Tedesco - King of Wands

(Depicted reversed!) Arrogance, impussiveness. A manipulative bully, overbearing and dominating. In reversal it's the worst qualities of fire, which the king of wands embodies: selfishness and ruthlessness.

Upright it's an ambitious, attractive, honest, fiery person, busy and full of life (The Tedesco we dream of). Still authoritative, expressing willpower, and going all out for an ideal, even with brute force.

Tremblay - King of Pentacles

(Also reversed!) Instability, gambling, failure, greed. Someone who makes poor financial decisions, is chauvinistic and exploitative.

Upright it's a practical and productive person who works hard. All about Status and Wealth. A provider associated with craftsmanship. Surely the image Tremblay likes to project.

Adeyemi - The Tower

Disaster and sudden change, chaos, trauma. "A great cleansing to body and spirit. Evil destroys itself. Every form of conceit comes to an end. It is a card of difficulties, of change, breakthrough (but to the positive)."

"You must start again", as Thomas says after the truth has come out. Though Adeyemi sinned gravely long ago, he's not cast out like others, gets to call Tremblay Judas. Which goes with this quote about the Tower being "a dramatic experience, but in retrospect a liberating one."

Sabbadin - Knight of Cups

Upright it's a tactful, diplomatic negotiator. Happy, sincere and intelligent. Charming and idealist. An intuitive dreamer who has a sensitive nature.

Reversed it represents tantrums, moodiness, vanity, and avoidance of conflict. Emotions take too much control, inability to take action.

Sister Agnes - Knight of Pentacles

An industrious, practical, reliable, and efficient person. Stoic, hard-working and committed. A teacher, who utilises practical knowledge and skills. Providing order and regularity. Caring.

Reversed it can be a workaholic.

O'Malley - Two of Wands

Discovery. A planner who makes decisions, searches for knowledge and waits for results. But also a card that warns of possible stagnation.

Reversed it's about overanalyzing, avoiding risks and playing it too safe.

Sister Shanumi - Six of Swords

This card can mean "unexpected journey". It's about departures, leaving things behind and circumstances changing for the better. Both an actual journey, or an inner change. An acceptance of lessons, the act of moving on.

Reversed it's about returning to trouble, being stuck in the past, being trapped.

This also seems to work with her arc through the film, though she's trapped and forced to confront her past by Tremblay and/or THL.

Wozniak - The Hermit

A major Arcana for a minor character... The Hermit is about self-reflection, introspection, contemplation, withdrawal, solitude, and search for self.

In reverse it's about loneliness, isolation, being an anti-social recluse, but also returning to society.

As it's about trusting in one's own strength, it parallels well with Wozniak's introspection and self doubts that led him to break his promise and speak up about Tremblay, followed by his walking out of the Vatican as the doors shut behind him, isolating him from the life he'd led at the Pope's side.

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Tarot update post...

I'm happy with this concept for Thomas' card, the Ace of Cups. It'll feature a cup like fountain in the background and 5 streams pouring forth. The pond with lilipads is there too.

No hand of god, and no dove delivering the host, instead one of the turtles caught it in her mouth.

I was hesitant about how to pose Thomas but I'm liking the idea of him dipping his feet in the pond. He needs a break.

And here's some bonus bellesco core sketches that came to nothing, when I was spending crazy amount of time sketching the Judgement card. Bonus sister Shanumi too.

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Let's print with Egor, the back breaking hydraulic press!!

Very lovely and hefty rolls and serious business ink.

So happy with the result!!! Then when I cleaned it I immdiately broke on of the lines on Tedesco's hand, so these became extremely limited exclusive prints lmao.

Printed everything and finally getting the right results. No Adeyemi reprint because the press nearly destroyed it going too hard x'D Ink got into every crease, so it needs a deep clean in vegetable oil.

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Sketches so far to figure out Bellini as the Judgement and Adeyemi as the Tower. Not happy with Bellini but I'm going with the final design for Adeyemi with Shanumi dropping her tray standing in for the crumbling tower.