2D September Theme: Spades by titta
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Description
Three image cards for the 2D Forum's September Theme.
Drawn in Adobe Illustrator.
The development of these cards you can see in the 2D Forum through this LINK.
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Akhenaten and Nefertiti ruled ancient Egypt in about 3300 years ago. They were a revolutionary couple in the ancient Egypt's history: They wanted peace, and wanted to concentrate in developing their country as it was - not by expanding it with wars. They supported education, and art; the visual art became far more realistic during their quite a short ruling era. They drastically changed the religion - they lifted one god above all, Aten, the god of the sun. Other gods were denied. The beauty of Nefertiti is though the thing we mostly know about them - the bust of hers (the torso statue) was found in the beginning of the 20th century, and has obviously influenced a lot to our concept of beauty.
Why then choosing Anubis as their Jack? Anubis was the god who guided people in their way to the Valley of Death. In about ten years Akhenaten and Nefertiti ruled they couldn't erase all the beliefs, all the gods from the ancient Egyptian culture. Anubis might have been waiting for them, patiently but by the time angrier and angrier... At last they might have met. And Tutankhamen freed him finally quite shortly after the revolutionary and loving couple died.
You can read a lot about mysterious Nefertiti, and his husband Akhenaten (originally Amenhotep IV) on the Net if you're interested.
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Thanks for viewing! I appreciate a lot of your comments! :-)
Comments (17)
IgnisSerpentus
Now this is my kinda deck of cards... if only they were real. A most excellent job
IceDancer
I reallllllly like this. Great concept. The face cards look so colorful.
bevchiron
Love your concept & design work for these cards Titta, very original & creative & beautifully executed too! Stunning contribution to the theme ; )
blacq_nyght_vampyre
So awesome!!!! Beautifully done!
gunsan
These cards are just awesome, love the colors and design. Really elegant and a treasure for the theme!
tantarus
Excellent work, very nice lookin cards ;)
tibet2004uk
WOW!! Superb work and fascinating infos here Titta!!! This is such a stylish piece of work!! Ur choice of black for the background is brilliant and is what makes this so classy IMHO! Top notch illustration!!
DrmzRmyne
Very nice Titta and creative. I enjoyed seeing the progress. funny thing is that before christmas I'm suppoed to do a drawing of nefertit for my husbands parents. Nice of you to add the brief history as well. Great job.
Digimon
Oh Titta! These are fantastic! What a fabulous design! I love the black cards with your paintings on them!! They glow!! Instant favs!! The gold, green and red color palette is wonderful!
claridad
Titta, your cards are truly elegant. The black background effectively adds to the drama of the colorful figures. Using the light highlighting behind the spade symbol is a stroke of genius. You have a big winner here. Excellent artwork! V
mysnapz
What can I say that has not already been said, just wonderful! I really enjoyed watching the development of these they are great.
cynlee
excellent styling!! what a great theme to have :]
Gregor.Scharff
GREAT FOR THE MONTH THEME a real Masterpiece from a real great Artist thank you sooo much for showing my dear . hugest hugs my dear
mushypea
These should be made into real cards! Without a doubt! I like the Queen best.
EweSaidIt
Very cool! I've been working on my own namesake card, but I'm going to have to start over after looking at these. - Jack
Synapse
Hi Titta! Great to see your work again, this one's particularly sumptuous. Even if this was a fun exercise for the theme, I'm sure it'd be very marketable if you were to do the whole set :-)
DawnStar
I'm glad I remembered to come back to this. I saw it in the forum. It's EXCELLENT. So professional looking! If I was going to buy cards, I would buy these! This is really great work, Titta. :)