{"id":4121,"date":"2018-07-04T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2018-07-04T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T18:22:37","slug":"moon-goddess-oracle-begins-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/moon-goddess-oracle-begins-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Goddess Oracle begins growing with thumbnail ideas on Patreon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moon Goddess Oracle begins growing with thumbnails of all 48 cards in the deck. That&#8217;s a LOT of ideas to come up with before I get to the fun parts of making the cards.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to wait until I had all 48 cards sketched in my sketchbook pages. However, all things being equal, I only managed to get the first 12 done last month. I&#8217;m still working out how to be a full-time employee and make art. It&#8217;s a bit of culture shock and adjustment.<\/p>\n<p>Moon Goddess Oracle begins growing with an idea I sparked back in 2017. Looking back at that plan and look now at my sketches, I find myself off the mark.<\/p>\n<h4>Move forward or start over?<\/h4>\n<p>In my original idea, the cards were supposed to be more like the face cards in a playing deck with no right way up. But once I got to sketching, the cards most definitely have a directionality to them. That&#8217;s because I made them into &#8216;suits.&#8217; With each 4 cards fitting together like a puzzle piece with a center medallion in each four if that are laid out in a square.<\/p>\n<p>At this point I can keep moving forward or scrap what I&#8217;ve done and start over.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"4123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/moon-goddess-oracle-begins-growing\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moon Goddess Oracle begins growing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-239x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-816x1024.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-60x75.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-1200x1506.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr-400x502.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/goddessoraclethumbs1-lr.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moon Goddess Oracle begins growing with thumbnails of all 48 cards in the deck. 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