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- Cover 6 - Truths

dragonsong12

on May 6, 2007

This was inspired by one statement in this chapter, and - since it is a very overused line - you may be able to figure it out. Tarot tends to get a bit overused, but I like the symbolism, so I decided to use it for this. I will say though that I did my homework, I looked up what the cards actually symbolize and chose the ones I chose for a reason. I thought about posting the defenitions I used, but it's more fun/mysterious to let you wonder. :) I've never had tarot read for me though, and I've never read it for anyone else, so I don't know much about how placement effects the meanings, so in order to avoid this issue, I just made the cards raining around him. My favorite is the eight of swords…I think it's the most fitting to current situation, which is why it got such prominent positioning. I tried to stick closely to classical descriptions of what was on each card and resisted the urge to make them TM-related. They're more iconic that way, I think.
This is the first in a series of character covers. Each one will represent the character in some way. Since Nareth is the "villain" he gets symbolism representing everything, because he's causing it all. I have already planned out ones for Jaith, Tai, and Bradley as well, still need to think of ones for Ralla and Ser-den. Not sure if I'll do one for Tren because he's gotten so many already anyway. (though it'll prolly end up that he's featured in the one directly after all these so it'll work out well anyway…XD)
EDIT: I did post the meanings behind these tarot cards here. Make of them what you will ;)

I wish I didn't have such a tendancy towards bright colors. This would have looked much better with more muted tones, but hindsight is 20/20. I used the purple lighting partially because I almost never use purple lighting, and partially because purple adds an air of mystery to things.

I hope you like it! Thanks for checking this out and I will see you next week for the comic's start!