The Angel of Chains
Right-sideup, this card indicates a loss of innocence. It signifies an awareness of the deceit in others, a loss of trust but a gain in wisdom.
Upside down, this card represents a fall from grace. It signifies yielding to temptation at the cost of personal integrity.
This is for Seventh Sanctum's Tarot contest
[link] The card name I generated to illustrate was - The Angel of Chains.
For the painting, I relied on some self-portrait photos by Ewiku
[link] as references to paint the main figure. I use Corel-photopaint and a tablet as my tools for painting.
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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(No offense meant to the first placer...)