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Basically a piece of Zodiac fan art.





His name always intrigued me, so I've placed him in the center of a wheel bearing the glyphs for the signs of the Zodiac, because it seemed a fun visual pun to make. I decided to present this wheel as the Wheel of Fortune from the Rider-Waite tarot. Anubis has been replaced with Randy, because it felt right. Alistair is in the place of the Sphinx because, well, he's a cat. The sphinx's sword has been replaced with a flag topped by a cup, because Alistair seems more likely to belong to the suit of cups than swords. The flag itself is a horrible, horrible pun that [livejournal.com profile] morgan1 makes whenever we listen to the Carmina Burana or when she wants Sushi. The Evangelists have all been replaced by Newshounds cast members who have met Zodiac. Like the evangelists, each is recording the scene. Della illuminates it with a Radio Shack flashlight so that Kevin can film it. Above, Renata writes copy while Rochelle reports.

What Waite might say it means
Upright:
Chance favors the querant. You will break a major story, and possibly mediate peace between warring factions. At the very least, you can look forward to tuna sashimi.

Reversed:
Chance is aligned against the querant. You will be manacled by your followers, alpha-rolled by someone's pet, and banished to the wilderness where you will be intimidated by squirrels. At the very least, the tuna salad at your favorite sandwich shop has been sitting out too long; if you order it you will get botulism.

NOTE: I made that stuff up. Newshounds Fan Art should not be used for divination. In fact divination is a bad idea generally: just look at US Foreign Policy!

The line art is Technical Pen on Bristol. This was scanned and printed on to Copic Marker Paper and then colored with Copic markers.

Date: 2004-03-27 06:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] makovette.livejournal.com
/me boggles! Outstanding Richard, I think Thomas is just going to love it :)

A lot of thought went into that work, very cool indeed! Thanks for posting it here for us to oogle.

CYa!
Mako
Fortunate Zzyzxian

Date: 2004-03-27 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kevinjdog.livejournal.com
Oh.... wow. That's just excellent... I'm speechless. :) Thank you!

(And my Mom's a Tarot reader too, so I have to say it really looks authentic!)

Date: 2004-03-28 09:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kevinjdog.livejournal.com
Well, as always, you are welcome to yoink the JPG for the reader interpretations section ;)

Done and done. :) See next update.

Date: 2004-03-28 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 3catsjackson.livejournal.com
Very nicely done! And it's *so* making me wish I could actually draw worth a damn, because this spawned a wonderfully amusing mental picture of Ferris as the Fool (http://www.newshounds.com/d/20031205.html).

Date: 2004-03-28 09:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timtylor.livejournal.com
That's great. :D Of course, being Alistair, it would have to be dolphin-friendly tuna.

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