the raven arcana

An illustration anthology in celebration of Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Cycle. ✭PROJECT IS NOW OFFICIALLY OVER✭

[mostlyhazel]

I AM 1,000 YEARS LATE, but: my final piece for @trcfanzine. I thought it’d be interesting to show my original sketch and the finished product, side-by-side. 

The card I was assigned to was The Fool, and I chose to draw Gansey, because 1) after researching this card, I felt the ideas behind it fit him and his arc best and 2) I am a fool for Gansey. 

I chose to interpret some of the standard “fool” imagery rather loosely - Gansey’s not wearing a full jester’s costume, but instead his Dick costume. He’s looking up, oblivious of the shadowy figures that surround him. The sun shines brightly outside. 

Enough rambling - if you haven’t, check out the blog for all the finished pieces! It’s so cool! I had a lot of fun doing this and I am so grateful to have been able to participate! 

[byz-antium]

my piece for @trcfanzine‘s Raven Arcana zine! Gansey and over-complicated death symbology for my card, Judgement! 

Thanks for everyone who ordered this zine, to my amazing fellow artist (who you should definitely go and check out via trczine tumblr!) and also to the indomitable and fantastic mods! 

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also here is a process gif: 

[picapicae]

xvi the tower disruption · disaster · dissolution · revelation for @trcfanzine

[courtdraws]

i have a few extra copies of the raven arcana zine available in my shop! if you want a physical copy, grab it quick! see it here @trcfanzine

[trcfanzine]

In case you missed it!

[falloutforest]

Here’s my piece for the The Raven Arcana a trc fanzine! I’m a bit late posting this but I’m so glad I got to participate in this project. My card was the chariot and although it may have been a bit of an obvious interpretation I really wanted to draw the pig, because to me it embodies that ageless feeling of endless summer days. You can check out most of the other artists pieces at @trcfanzine, thanks so much to all the other artists and the organizers for putting together something super cool <3

[may12324]

My pieces for the @trcfanzine. Including my piece of the Tower and the extra piece I was able to do of the Two of Swords, that was an added print (here are my sketch/designs of them also).

I chose Adam, he is my forever favourite and  love him so much.

also I designed this flower thing to be on the back of the print (idk if it is, I don’t have my copy yet). But it’s really cute okay.

[feastevil]

i think i’ve been clear to post these for a few days now, but here are my pieces for @trcfanzine, The Raven Arcana illustration anthology! my cards were the world and the star. 

also, if you missed picking up a copy, i know a couple people (myself included) have some leftovers we’re selling! it’s a really gorgeous zine, and the organizers and artists (and artist-organizers) put in a lot of work to make it that way!

[taratjah]

Here is my piece for the Raven Cycle fanzine​! My card is the Hermit, and I chose to do a drawing of Henry with robobee. The staff that’s usually placed in the Hermit’s hand stands for the subconscious mind, and that really reminded me of the way robobee works, sort of reading his mind. And besides that, the hermit card stands for introspection, which made me think of the part where Henry describes how he can’t express himself out loud as well as he’d like to, and that his native language is thought. It really spoke to me and I like that about his character.

I’m grateful that I got the opportunity to participate in this amazing project! It was so much fun to do. You can find the other final pieces at @trcfanzine, and you can also still get digital copies!

[spacepigeonsstudio]

The Chariot: control, will power, victory, assertion, determination. This is my other card for @trcfanzine, thank you very much for this project. If you want a digital copy click here

[courtdraws]

here’s my final piece for the @trcfanzine! the temperance card deals with patience, balance, and purpose, which made me think of persephone teaching adam about his newfound powers and connection with the ley line.

this was such a cool zine piece to work on and the final book is sooo good! and if you missed out on the main order, i will have a few extra physical copies to sell soon! ;^9

[coldcigarettes]

Here’s my piece for The Raven Arcana, a trc zine. I’m still really happy I was able to participate in this, I got the card ‘The devil’ and it took me ages to decide on a composition but I knew I’d focus on Kavinsky and fire. Sales are closed but most artists have started posting their pieces and they’re all amazing! I can’t wait to receive my copy of the zine, and I hope that the dark parts of my piece won’t be too dark once printed! 

[trcfanzine]

all sales officially closed

We will continue to post artists’ finals of their illustrations as well as any photos you take of your copies as they arrive, but otherwise please consider this project over. Thank you to everyone for your support! 

[ambiguous-eyepatch]

My cards for the Raven Cycle fanzine: III The Empress and XV The Devil

The whole book is beautiful like wow, and you can still get yourself a digital copy here!

[goddamnshinyrock]

At long last, I can post the finished version of my page for @trcfanzine. Honestly I prefer my WIP shots to how it looked in the print version (which was terrible. I really ought to know better than to have done something with a lot of dark areas for print, but I tried it anyway and I regret everything.) so here is how it was meant to look. 

[1012hectare]

the star [x]

[theshardsofmyheart]

“…Both Henry and Gansey were Kings (Emperors ;P) in their respective territories…”

Here´s my card for the @trcfanzine! Again, thank you to all the artists that contributed, to Emilee and Caroline for being freaking amazing,to the trc fandom and yall <333

[hatepotion]

The meaning of the Strength Tarot card is about knowing that you can endure life’s obstacles by drawing upon your inner strength and confidence. 

This is my piece for @trcfanzine!!! This was such a great project to take part in, and the final product looks amazing! If you want to get a copy, there is a digital version still available here.