Some backstory for those not initiated:  On a PBP, I'm playing a girl with an elaborate Chinese dragon tattoo - only the way I initially described it, it doesn't really look very traditionally Chinese.  The dragon's torso has to be too narrow, and its limbs have to be too long.  This is not a huge issue, since describing the tattoo has happened about twice in the history of the game.  But it still bugs me a little.

So last night I sketched out a new design, and today I did some more sketches.

There's the basic idea (with boobies and a butt, as Steve pointed out)

Four dragons coil on her limbs, with the upper two "holding" a yin-yang with their tails.  Chinese characters run down her spine.  (There has to be writing, since that's one of the few things that matter game-wise)

Here are some slightly more detailed sketches.







The limbs on the dragon should probably actually be a little bit shorter than I drew them here, but it's close enough to get the general idea.

One of these days, I've got to get around to scanning the rest of that tarot deck.  But for now, here's a picture.

And another.



And one last one


And one more.

Time for some more tarot cards.  It's past time, really, but it's not like I'm punching a clock here.

These are rough sketches.  They're not as bad as the Badly Doodled Tarot, but they're not remotely finished work.  I'm just trying to get some ideas down for how the pack of werewolves my MC character is allied with look for better sketches later.

Mike gave me a lot of trouble, and I'm still not completely happy.  From his (brief) description, he strikes me as a huge, aryan type.  I'm not sure he looks big enough here.  (Sure, it's just a head shot, but it needs to convey his size.)




Theresa's description didn't give me a lot of details about her body type.  Her wavy hair might not look wavy enough here, either.  (And I just noticed I only inked half the cord on her little talon)




I'm not completely sure this is actually Jack.  The last two members of the pack didn't identify themselves, and there might be more that weren't at the meeting with Li.  His nose didn't quite come out right, either.  I was going for a somewhat beak-like nose.  I have another sketch somewhere that does a better job.




And here's "the other guy."  I have names for three members of the Heart Rippers, and I have descriptions for four.  One guy was supposed to be a tall, thin black guy who looked a little on the unhealthy side.  I went for prominent bone structure and a kind of shaded look to the eyes.

I missed last night, so today's update will be extra big.

There's the entire suit of Cups.  And here's the card back.




We'll start on Wands next time.  I'll probably try to space the updates out a little more evenly this time.

Here's some more.

This odd little idea struck me yesterday while I was doodling on the back of a card catalog card.  (We don't actually use them anymore, but our leased book vendors keep sending them, so we use them as scratch paper.)  I was also somewhat inspired by The Stick Figure Tarot.

I present the first few cards of The Badly Doodled Tarot.

This is an adaptation of the Rider Waite Tarot, executed entirely on index cards with sharpie markers.  I know, I know, I should have done it on the backs of card catalog cards, but those wouldn't have scanned as well, and the one little hole on the side would get in my way.

Anyway, without further ado:

Here's a slightly naughty, very sloppy sketch of two more MC characters.  Tracks is an NPC associated with Brigid (a PC), so I thought it'd be fun to have her feature in his portrait.  I'm not sure I like the idea enough to do the full sketch that way, because then I'd feel obligated to do it for all the other NPC portraits.