egypturnash | 9 of Wands (Reply)

Material gain. Compounding of interest. Power begets power.

I was going to have arcane symbols like the formula for compound interest written on the sticks in the pond, but I couldn't think of anything besides that. Maybe when I revise this for the final deck I'll do that. This one changed a lot from the original sketch; my intent was for this to be inside, and I didn't mean for her to look like Laurie Anderson, either!

In general, the Wands have been the hardest suit for me to do - this is why they're the only number cards that are left. The themes of material gain just don't really click with me. And green is a tough color to work with, monochromatically. I've only got three of them left to do for the show and I'm really not looking forwards to them.

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