um....

last semester for illustration one, we had this project that went all year, to fill our sketchbooks with doodles from an imaginary land. mine had these half animal half people in it, so i filled my sketchbook with them. come final time, we only did one final to culminate, so i was dissappointed. i decided to continue with them over into this project. soooooo, thats my theme.

btw, the font used here is temporary. i havent decided on one yet.

king of spades:

this is a chinchillaman. i used more exotic animals than the usual ones heh. so if you dont know what a chinchilla is, you should look them up! anyway, i used the represented birthchart meaning of all the suits in relation to the characters (cool chart). spades on the negative- concerned with power, too focused, and can lose sight of meaning. chinchillaman here has overcome his enclosed habitat to rule, however, he's sort of killed all his subjects in the process. oops!

for the queen of hearts:

peacockqueen is vain,holds grudges, and is emotionally manipulative (hearts suit) and so, in order to remain the most beautiful, she has murdered all the peacocks in the land.
for the jack of diamonds:

diamonds are resourceful. im not sure whether i want to have him in that tree, but if i do im going to zoom in a bit more i think, and shrink that tree.

for the ace of clubs:

i know we were aiming for ace of spades, but the clubs suit fit this better, and he terrifies me the most so i wanted him to be the ace. anyway, clubs are manipulative, and very good at lying.

and for the number card (havent decided the suit yet):


yes, he really does have eight tentacles. i just put my general idea for this card, i think im going to move him around a little and play with it some more.

and for the joker:

molerat man is blind as a bat, so not so ironically he has a fascination with eyes, though more like an obsession really, he likes to collect them. dont ask how he got them. all the eyes are gonna be different types of eyes, like from different animals and stuff, not just normal eyes.

anyway, sorry for posting so late. i had to go home and do the family easter thing.

-ashley