Giulia's art

Time to show the Emperor, inspired by King Arthur!

In the Emperor tarot card, a stoic ruler figure can be seen on his throne, which is adorned with the heads of four rams, representing his astrological sign - Aries. In one hand, he carries a scepter, representing his reign and his right to rule, and in the other an orb, a symbol of the kingdom that he watches over. The long beard of the emperor represents his vast experience; over time he has learned much about what it takes to rule, to establish power, authority and complete order for the benefit of his people.

Behind him, the barren mountains shows his determination, his ambition for greater heights and his leadership capability. Contrast this with his complement, the Empress, whose flowing fields are filled with nurturing kindness. The Emperor instead rules with grit, strength and force.

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The Empress depicts a woman sitting on a throne. From the abundant nature that surrounds her, we can assume that this woman represents the Earth Mother archetype, a goddess of fertility. Her world is ruled by venus which means that there is complete love, harmony, fertility and luxury by the grace of this goddess. The woman herself has blonde hair crowned with stars, signaling her divine connection with the mystical realm. She is dressed in a pomegranate-patterned robe that represents fertility, and she is seated on cushions embroidered with a venus sign. She is surrounded by an enchanting green forest with a river streaming through it. The Empress brings abundance and blessings in the readings of those she meets.

For the Empress I choose Ginevra represented as a warrior queen. The most painful part was the composition and to create the details.

Mordred or Modred (/ˈmɔːrdrɛd/ or /ˈmoʊdrɛd/; Welsh: Medraut or Medrawt) is a major figure in the legend of King Arthur. The earliest known mention of a possibly historical Medraut is in the Welsh chronicle Annales Cambriae, wherein he and Arthur are ambiguously associated with the Battle of Camlann in a brief entry for the year 537. Medraut's figure seemed to have been regarded positively in the early Welsh tradition and may have been related to that of Arthur's son. As Modredus, Mordred was depicted as Arthur's traitorous nephew and a legitimate son of King Lot in the pseudo-historical work Historia Regum Britanniae, which then served as the basis for the subsequent evolution of the legend from the 12th century.

As Morrigan, he has a greenish color that I decided to associate with magic. His red tiers are connected to King Arthur bloodline.

So here you're my recap in a nutshell

1. More watercolors less digital (fuckai) 2. More character design less toxic jobs 3. More nice project with knights, folk story and the Patreon 4. Stonemachia with a lot watercolors, illustrations and concept 5. A lot of love, friends and support.

Last year I made two piece for a Frieren Zine, happy to have tha chance and finally post them!

Check out the zine's leftover sales and grab yourself a digital copy and some pretty merchs!

🪻Leftover sales are open until January 10th!🪻

First post for the year with the Tarot Knight Project with The Magician inspired by Merlin ♡ The Magician is one tarot card that is filled with symbolism. The central figure depicts someone with one hand pointed to the sky, while the other hand points to the ground, as if to say "as above, so below". More sketch and full card on Patreon!

Little close-up for the @stonemachia Zerafim Card! This is a special card because I can work both on its character design and the card illustration. It appears in the Demo as the protagonist of an important bossfight. Done in watercolor and Ink! And full post on Patreon, link in bio!

From this Christmas season, I will post a special collection of illustrations as a preview for the Squire Tier: a Travel Diary made from illustrations, photos, and, of course, folktales inspired by Naples and its region.

I will also create a special layout for these illustrations, where you will also see some of the photographs taken by me and the places that inspired the collection.

Also, thanks to the folktale week, I think that I'll continue drawing fables from Italy, and I really love to integrate some from Campania too, without the urgency of an art challenge and with this layout!

Which folktales will I choose for the Campania region?

Right now, I'm sure about Partenope tales and Virgilio with Castel dell'Ovo one.This means that you will also follow my research on Neapolitan tales.

Which means that I will stop drawing tarots and knights?Of course not! This is a perk for people who want to support my work!

Will you ever post this publicly?I'll post some sneak peek obviously on social and portfolio, but I'd like to publish it full as a little artbook .pdf that you can print by yourself in the future.

Little series of discarded design for some statues in the later game!You can find the full post on Patreon!Have you played the new Demo yet? We added a new beginning for the story!

Dawn: Il Cavaliere del Lago for @folktaleweek

Storm: I giorni della Merla for @folktaleweek This prompt was pretty simple as an idea, but I wanted to avoid the classic bird covered in ash. I decided to represent Winter as a Knight with a profile similar to a bird, and choose one of the versions of Giorni della Merla tales, diffuse in all of Italy.

One version tells of the pranks the month of January played on a blackbird with splendid white plumage, unleashing rain. January was originally 28 days long, so the blackbird, to avoid suffering the cold of the month that played pranks on her, decided to stock up on supplies and not leave the nest for those days.

So January extended its duration by another three days (29, 30, and 31), the "blackbird days," to unleash its wrath on the blackbird with rain, snow, and freezing winds that would bring down the temperatures. So the blackbird sought refuge in a chimney for three days.