Not only this is beautiful, but the signification of the card show an interesting part of Galacta. Tarot rambling time !
So, technically, there's no hearts in divination tarot. But the heart of a classic card game are linked with the suit of cups in tarot. Cups talk about the emotions, and are associated with the element of water. On the other hand, the 4 usually mean stability, stagnation or security. Intentionally or not, this is a number that resonate strongly with Galacta's story, especially the stagnation part.
Four of hearts (cups) represent serenity and calm, but also boredom. It can represent daily routine, lack of evolution. Those more negative aspects of the card resonates a lot with Galacta. In my own kirby tarot interpretation, I actually choose (sealed) Void has the four of hearts. The reason was also partially because of the four heart spears, but the symbolism can resonate with this character too.
Anyway, I should really motivate myself to do this kirby tarot. Thanks for the beautiful drawing OP !
four of hearts
Kirbtober day 10 : Mechanical
Kirby's robobot armor was making wierd noises... Hopefully, Plugg is here to help him repair it !
Kirbtober day 7 : Copy ability
Okay, I spent way too much time on this one, but it was really funny to make. All regular copy ability, and some final boss ones are in this picture, minus one. Can you find wich ? And also a shadow kirby because why not.
Kirbtober day 25 : Epilogue
Ok, with this one I went straight up to "How many biblical symbolism can I put in a kirby drawing ?" and the answer is quite a lot. Meanings under the cut, if you're interested
Ok, so first of all, I a not christian, I made recherches for this drawing but I'm not a expert. Don't hesitate to correct me if I'm worng !
I went with the most known figure of a repentant sinner, Mary Magdalene. She is an ancient prostitute who latter became one of the most close friend of Jesus. She have a lot of attributes I couldn't put here without making it look strange (like long hair, a human skull or a ointment jar), but I managed to show some.
For exemple, it is said that Jesus made "7 devils" go out of her. Still, it's unclear if those devils are symbolising deaseses or sins. Anyway, that's the reason I put 7 frut fragments insted of the 5 you have to get in the game.
Also, her two main color are the red and the green. What is interesting with those is that they can represent vitality and rebirth (respectively), but in the same time they are associated with the devil.
The thorns represent sins, with the apples gems to reinforce this idea, and add some red.
The tower represent spiritual elevation, and is inspired by the architectural elements we can see in the hub of magolor epilogue. The color of the sky behind have the same signification. The bottom is dark, while the top is more blue, blue being the color of spiritual enleignmant. And also the purple and gold relief behind magolor is here to mimic an aureole. So he is litteraly rising from the darkness toward the light.
And lastly, during my reserches, I learned that the colors of wears associated with repentence are brown and grey. Yep, I didn't even had to change that. Coincidence ? Who knows ! Hal seems to love putting obscure meanings where you expect it the least
When I say "I can’t beleive Kirby air riders is coming on switch 2", I mean it. I actually didn't watched the nintendo direct, and when i saw the announcement, it was via an account sharing the trailer on insta. I was straight up persuaded that it was a late april’s fool i didn’t saw yesterday. At the middle of the video, i was like "still, it’s really good for a fan-made trailer… maybe it’s true". And then i saw the « directed by Masahiro Sakurai » banner, and my honest reaction was "Ok guys, you had me for a moment here, but you really lost all credibility with this one. There’s no way it’s true !"
Kirbtober day 11 : Favorite character
Me : Hum, what's my favorite character of the kirby universe ? There're so much I like...
Also me : WTF, you spent 100 hours making a morpho cosplay, why are even wondering about that
(still need to do proprers photos of it, by the way)
I made a custom Tarot card for Nightmare
And a Monochrome alt
(Link to the previous card down here)
Kirbtober day 21 : Rival
Of course, the two best frennemies for today ! I tried to use color pencils to achieve a more comic book effect for this one. I like the result, althought I coudn't make the background as smooth as with watercolors. Maybe I sould try to mix the two next time ?
Wanted to try and give Gooey some clothes that suit him better. Really love the concepts at the bottom
Adult Ath from Radiant Historia (Perfect Chronology)
I've finished the game recently, and I really liked it ! I've seen lot of flaws in it too, including the sexualisation of female characters. Like. Come on. Ath is 9 ! Can you just give her a shirt ?
So here's a redesign, imagining her older, more dressed, and with a red scarf that remind her of a certain someone...
Kirbtober day 4 : headcanon
It's a very common trope in the kirby fandom, but those two characters never canonically interacted with each other. I love to imagine them having a sibling relationship