#anyway I;m a little late because the scope kept increasing and all

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Dannymay day one: Different Style

OKAY okay this is one of those things that I started working on and I kept increasing it’s scope because I got excited about it, but I think it turned out well! It was gonna be a one to one of the card but obviously that didn’t happen haha.

Some symbolism  stuff under the cut 👀

It started out with the pillars in the background, their carvings follow a similar basic pattern but are inverse of one another. One of course follows more of the ghost zone designs with a full skull, and strange polygonal shapes with a few softer ones thrown in. The second is more organic to be like life, flowing and softer, but a few polygonal shapes to mirror back to the other side.

The original Heirophant card I was referencing, from the Rider-Waite deck, shows the priest in a three-tiered crown. Danny got three “tiers” of crowns as well!

Of course there’s Danny pointing to the heavens and to earth, classic “As above so below” imagery. This is an exaggeration of something already present in the original card, of course, but it’s fun  when Danny is a balance of life and death

Sam has her back turned to the viewer, slightly looking up. She’s more closed off to other people, but she’s receptive to change and often instigates it. She’s usually the one seeing the consequences of actions before the boys, looking forward to see what could happen next. The flower she’s holding was originally inspired by Dahlias--which can symbolize new beginnings, diversity from the mundane, enduring kindness, and devotion to good. While all these qualities sound good for Danny and Team Phantom in general, I also chose this one because of the association with Black Dahlias, making it still reference death as well.

Tucker is facing the viewer, looking down at his PDA-phone hybrid. He’s more receptive to others, and actually has a few references to friends outside of the trio! He also seems to be more anchored in the world, often distracted by his tech. He sees a lot of what affects the now, and worries more about that instead of what the future might bring.

And Danny himself is fully facing the viewer, seeing the scope of things often and trying to encapsulate both sides of it all. He’s relaxed, maybe bored, in his posture, but still upholds “as above, so below” with firm gestures. He might not be fully comfortable here, but he’s devoted to it regardless. This ties more into the Heirophant’s actual meanings, generally divinity and goodness but specifically  alliance, servitude, mercy, inspiration. Reversed it can be society, concord, overly kind or even sacrificial, and weakness.

but these all tie back into the constant message of duality and balance that is shown in The Heirophant’s card and how Danny really is in the middle of it all.