Nine of Swords
Tarot card back from May 2020. Edgar Poe seemed like a good choice for a card about anxieties and nightmares. I feel very deeply for people throughout history who had untreated mental disorders.
This was one of the first pieces where most of the color was traditional rather than digital. I was starting to branch out in the types of colored inks I was purchasing (not that there's a lot of color on this page) and this would be the beginning of starting to explore color more thoroughly. I had always been self conscious of color, thinking I was no good at it; I had ruined many pencil drawings by coloring them, but I'm finally at a place now where I can apply color with abandon. Thank you, Nine of Swords, for being a part of that path forward.
