🎴XVI - the Tower: Shuttle Explosion (TLT Tarot) // WIP (Patreon)

General Note: All cards will be cleaned & finished up once the concept for all of the major arcana is established and I've found a comfy routine in CSP . The font and banner/decoration are also placeholders for now.

And card number four is here! Or the final concept so far

The Tower represents change in the most radical and momentous sense. It is for this reason that the card itself visually looks so unnerving. But it doesn't necessarily have to be truly frightening or ominous. Because at the heart of this card, its message is foundational, groundbreaking change. (Labyrinthos)

The Tower was a card where I quickly had an idea of what to represent.

There is obviously the tower mentioned in Nona, but I didn't think that it fit the meaning of the card, as no sudden change is related to it in my opinion. Drearburgh felt much better to represent the card. And while Drearburgh was never attacked, it fit together quite nicely with the exploding shuttle of Ortus and his mother. I'll probably add in some shuttle debris later on and maybe even their bodies to resemble the Rider-Waite card better.

Some inspiration and references:A lot lot lot of tarot cards haha - and then different churches, explosions in space, shuttles and some skulls. Hopefully i can make the final Drearburgh more spooky with many more skeletons in there.

Thumbnails: Various tests of the church in relation to the explosion. I knew early on what kinda perspective I wanted, so these are just subtle changes. I also thought about including Crux somewhere watching the explosion. I still like that idea and might insert it in the final piece.

Enjoy! Next up will be the World since it was a tie with the Tower!

Also feel free to suggest what cards you'd love to see up next and I'll include them in the poll :)