Nordic Deck

So, I decided to do my deck based on Norse mythology. Instead of doing the regular Symbol +number/letter like on regular decks, I'm planning on doing the symbol and the Nordic rune, if they are letters, or a rune...ish looking number. I'm planning on having a border around the image where I'll write a little and see if I can't write it out in Nordic rune (i have the alphabet sitting around). Maybe. Either way, they'll probably have a border of sorts. They're going to be painted in gouache, leaning toward a single color (similar to how I did the onomotopoeia barfight that leaned towards red).


One of the Valkyrie (doesn't matter which one, really), descending on a battlefield. This is the Queen of Hearts. She's going to be in reds.

Thor clobbering some frost giants. Ace of clubs. My boy's going to be in blues.

This is the design so far for the back of the card. Yggdrasil, the World Tree, around which the entirety of the universe is structured. This will probably be in full color.
The eight of spades is Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse. This will probably be in blue-greens with some purple.


Odin being eaten by Fenrisulfr during Ragnarok. This is the king of spades. It will probably be done in purply-reds or oranges.

Loki being punished for killing Balder. Basically he's tethered to three rocks while snake venom drips into his eyes. His wife is there to catch it in a wooden bowl, but she has to pour it out when it's full, so he's back in agony when that happens. Oh, his bindings are made from the innards of one of his sons, who was killed by his other son who was turned into a wolf to punish Loki. Man, so awesome. He'll probably be done in greens.

I haven't had a chance to do the Joker yet, but that will probably be Loki cutting the hair off of Thor's wife Sif.