Eight of Wands- peregrine falcon Upright: Swiftness an problem solving, an urge to take action, rapid change, flight Reverse: Failure to act, frustration and delays, resistance The original Rider-Waite design shows 8 wands being launched through the air symbolising flight, naturally this card should lend itself to a bird themed deck comfortably but I found … Continue reading Tarot Tuesday- 8 of wands
Occult Ornithology Tarot- now available to pre-order!This week's card spotlight is the 16th card in the major arcana, The Tower When it finally came to the time of designing the card for The Tower, I didn't have a specific bird in mind, I just knew it should be a sea bird or bird that nests … Continue reading Card Spotlight: The Tower
Occult Ornithology- Now on Kickstarter! The next card featured in the spotlight is the tenth card in the major arcana, The Wheel of Fortune. Deciding what should portray the Wheel of Fortune in my deck wasn't immediately apparent, I knew it needed to have a circular motif and the idea of the nest seemed fairly … Continue reading Card spotlight: The Wheel of Fortune
As some of you know from my previous post I have been working on a bird tarot deck, Occult Ornithology, which is now on Kickstarter. I have decided to do a spotlight every few days for cards! I will be shuffling a deck and pulling a card from random for each one, this morning I … Continue reading Card spotlight- Judgement
I’ve started (for fun) designing a bird inspired tarot deck, I only plan to do the major arcana at the moment and I’m making a heavily inspired by the Raider-Waite tarot deck, with my own interpretations in addition. The Fool- white stork The fool is the first card in the major arcana, often unnumbered but … Continue reading The Fool- bird tarot deck
Did a revamp of my deep sea shark Inktober from 2015 in Risograph I'm really happy with how the Risograph added colour and style to this old piece! I'm loving Risograph as a medium at the moment as I feel it gives my work a lot of texture and depth and also forces me to … Continue reading Deep Sea Sharks
I will potentially make these into wooden pins at a later date
While on a ferry to Ireland a couple of months ago I was inspired by the waves and landscape to digitally paint this image, featuring this quote by Alfred Lord TennysonBelow the thunders of the upper deep,Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleepThe Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights fleeAbout his shadowy sides; … Continue reading Octopus
I've been thinking a lot about the ocean. I've always loved aquatic life, I've always loved drawing it. I keep thinking about jellyfish, so I decided to draw one after seeing so many lovely paintings of jellyfish everywhere...I drew this in photoshop, actually from the top of my head, I downloaded some lovely photoshop brushes … Continue reading Jellyfish
I'm going to try to do one post or one picture a day at least on this blog. This image is a very rough very quick sketch of my dungeons and dragons character. Her name is Soheila, she has an Arabic complexion and a scar and specialises I'm duel daggers and is a neutral evil … Continue reading Odds ‘n’ sods
The Art of Katie Whittle 