Two

It’s my take on the traditional representation of a 3 of Spades. I have been quite literal in the content but abstract and personal in the execution.

The karma for the 4 of diamonds is overcoming of self. We are 4 people at Foreal at the moment and everyone has their own approach and style on design and illustration. We are constantly aiming towards overcoming our egos and work together as a whole rather than individuals towards a common goal. As the reflection of the objects complete each other they become a diamond shape. It’s a symbol on how we reflect on each other ideas and thoughts to make them complete and a whole.

I’ve been playing with stripes a lot recently, using undulating movements to create 3D shapes, based on an isometric grid. I wanted the type to be both bold, and sort of subtle/recessive. The red stripe was a last minute (1am) addition.

I have based my artwork on 6 number layout, I have choose to used only red and black colours, it’s a combo I used in my personal works actually who match perfect with the classic playing cards tones.

We liked the idea of a wolf standing guard at a mega vintage synthesizer, a synthesizer that no one has ever played. Only the wolf knows the sound of the synthesizer. An image of a little dream that inspires us a lot.

Perched high on the Dublin mountains lies The Hellfire Club, an 18th century hunting lodge with an infamous history of outrageous behaviour and depravity. Accounts of the club’s meetings claim that members drank “scaltheen”, a mixture of whiskey and hot butter, and that they left a chair vacant at each gathering for the Devil. One of these accounts tells of a stranger who arrived at the club on a stormy night. Invited in, he joined the members in a card game. As one player dropped his card on the floor he bent under the table to retrieve it and noticed that the stranger had a cloven hoof. At this point the visitor disappeared in a ball of flames ;)

My card was the queen of clubs. I just wanted to draw a woman who would be like a timeless queen in a forgotten city.