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(2007) 5 1/2" x 10 1/2" Pencil on Paper. Processed and framed in Photoshop.Here's Rowena Ravenclaw with her Eagle as the Ace of Swords. Swords are traditionally aligned with Air and the quality of reason, and Rowena with her blue and silver house colors, the eagle as her animal, and the common room atop a tower that can only be accessed if the person has the knowledge to answer a question right was the perfect choice.
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Thank you! I loved to draw her!
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I'm a huge fan of your HP tarot series and love how you portrayed the Founders of Hogwarts. Β Thanks for remembering that the eagle is the Ravenclaw symbol--too many people think that it is the raven (the movies did not help). Β Also, just a small correction--Ravenclaw House is blue and bronze (the colors were blue and silver in the films). Β Gorgeous work!
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Thank you so much! And yes, you are quite right on your reminder!
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I just love how you drew the eagle, and Rowena Ravenclaw looks beautiful!
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Thanks so much! She was really fun to draw, as were all the Ace cards.
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Well, Rowena's my favourite 
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Thanks so much! I had a wonderful model for her.
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do you do all your work based on live models? it would be great to know more about your process and if you make a livin on or art..? maybe you write about this in yur journals, I should have look..
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That's okay. For me art is just a hobby, not a livelihood which I like, because it is never a chore, and I hate it also, because I'd just love an excuse to work on it all the time... As for drawings I use photos for reference or occasionally a mirror on myself...
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Thank you for sharing!
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Rowena is so beautiful! She has a majestic look. + the Eagle, wow. That one really came out great.
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Thank you! I really enjoyed drawing her. Elandria was just the perfect model for her with her clear and stern beauty!
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oh my gosh she looks exactly like how i would have imagined her
well done indeed!!
ive been looking at this whole series and i am completely blown away.
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Thank you so much! I am glad she's a good Rowena for you!
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Thank you. I loved drawing her with her eagle.
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I can see it, I can feel it.
Your joy radiates from the paper.
Great art.
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Another great Founder! And of the house I identify with, too. (NOT bragging, though I have been accused of such when I say that, just saying... I'm an epic geek, ok?)
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Thank you! Elandria is such an amazing beauty, she was a joy to draw.
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Thank you very much! Glad you like her.
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always beautiful work here and always a pleasure to keep coming by here looking at new works
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Thank you so much for all your support!
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Thank you! I really love this card...
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A perfect choise for the Ace of Swords! The swords represent the Air element and thus the mind, the intellect, communication, and strife. You'll find some of the more discouraging cards among the swords because it is our thoughts and words that typically get us into the most trouble. But it is also our thoughts and words that get us out, so even the worst clouds in this suit have a silver lining.
I simply love the way you have captured Rowena's likeness with the eagle. Their eyes almost seem similar. The whole feeling of the picture is also one of great serinity and almost otherworldly excistence.
Rowena Ravenclaw was best remembered for her intelligence and creativity. She was the most brilliant witch of her time, who, according to legend, died of a broken heart (cause inknown).
The eagle represents spiritual protection, carries prayers and brings strength, courage and wisdom, illumination of spirit, healing, creation and a knowledge of magic. The eagle has an ability to see hidden spiritual truths, rising above the material to see the spiritual. The eagle also represents great power and balance, dignity with grace, a connection with higher truths, intuition and a creative spirit grace achieved through knowledge and hard work.
Rowena Ravenclaw fits the symbolism of the eagle perfectly. She was the brightest with of her age and possesed great knowledge and wisdom. She was also very beautiful and possesed a special dignity and creativity. I am sure her intelligence also made her a natural leader and a person to trust in times of difficulty.
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Thanks so much! I really wanted to emphasize the similarity between the animals and the wizards and witches as much as possible. That really guided me when I picked the models. I think in the case of Rowena and Godric that's really worked out. To me they seem like human versions of their totem animals.
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Well, you have managed to make the founders of Hogwarts look a lot like their animals. But I also admire how you have managed to portray the individual cards (the Aces) and their meanings into your portraits of the founders. They seem to match perfectly with the Elements of the cards. And although the iconage of the original cards have been a little reversed in the way of the founders personal objects (Godric/Sword, Rowena/Diadem, Helga/Cup, Salazar/Gold Locket) you have still managed to keep the original meanings of the cards intact. As a long-time student of tarot cards and their meanings I really appreciate when an artist shows real interest in the complexity of this ancient system.
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Yeah, that whole alignment card was a bit of a tizzy... to go with the symbols I think Sword-Fire is a possible alignment, as older elementary systems had Swords paired up with Fire and Wands/Staves with Air, so Godric is no problem, nor is Rowena, as the tiara worn on the head is a direct link to the head, rationality and therefor Air. However, going by the symbols of a medallion and a cup Salazar should be Earth and Helga Water. However the whole rest of the symbology like the badger (definitely Earth) and the snake (manifestation of scorpio and definitely Water) the colors yellow (Earth) and green (Water) and the location of the common rooms under the lake and by the kitchens point to the aligment of Helga with Earth and Salazar with Water. Still it's a bit of a pull, and it does put a strain on the traditional deck meaning and symbolism.
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Well, I think you have managed to represent the symbols of the cards beautifully, in spite of the few problems it has also caused. As you have said, at least the founder's animals make up for the little troubles concerning the artifacts of each of the founders.
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The angle on the eagle is amazing, his eyes are so piercing, he just pops out.
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Thank you! The foreshortening in the beak had be worried a little at first but it turned out all right.
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Wonderful composition. I like the style you've adopted in these.
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Thanks so much! I was quite influenced by art nouveau images, especially the heavy outlines.
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Aww the details.. you honestly musn't sleep- so much beautiful art, so little time
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Thank you so much! I really loved drawing her, she's so beautiful, dn the eagle had so much detail.
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Wow this is the best I've ever seen from you.
In other news, dA system removed my watch from you. It's been doing that a bit lately.
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Thanks so much. And you know I had that kind of situation a couple of times were I could have sworn I was watching someone but they actually weren't on my list. I attributed it to old age... Maybe I should have blamed DA!
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I love how you drew this. It has amazing detail. I wish that I had even an ounce of the drawing ability that you show here. Absolutely fantastic!
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Thanks so much! I've really made a lot of progress since I took drawing up again about three years ago. Every hour you put into it practicing will make you better, I promise. And the encouragement here on DA is a fabulous motivation.
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Thanks so much! She was a lot of fun to draw.
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Great work, the details are lovely. I'm enjoying the whole of your HP tarot series
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