THE FOOL - commonly meaning new beginnings and foolish actions both; the perfect card to represent the reckless and foolish iterator that started it all.


this card is very pre-game -- pebbles had just recieved the Golden Pearl (<- this will be a recurring object) and started pulling more water than he needed. the fool himself is the main feature, reaching for the metaphorical cliff (the pearl) (a cliff to fall from like in the original fool card) as the consequences start to flicker into being under his feet, the sheer possibility writhing into reality as he barrels on without care to the consequences he will bring down to both himself and his sister. the start of it all, and the start of the end.
other design notes include:
-the rot (this is the first time i've drawn it and i am very proud of it) (also proud at how it almost looks like a hologram, not quite real just yet) the fact that pebbles' arm comes from the same direction as the rot (the consequences. the cliff.)
-the gold pearl shining like a star (i swear the original fool card was looking at a star but i guess it's not? something something the brilliance and beauty of the star blinds the fool to the consequences and danger)
-the halo (if you look at the speedpaint i will upload (have uploaded? [found on my tumblr]) you'll see that i wrote fool in morse over and over) (also the halo is meant to be split into five parts with the circles being the marker for where its split. cause yknow. five pebbles.)
-and the outfit design (my own headcanon, its inspired by traditional filipino dress. in specific the top is a barong tagalog and the skirt was inspired by something i saw in the fabric part of the ayala museum. the sash was one, so there'd be something that trails cause that always looks nice in illustrations and two, to tie pebbles to moon (moon is wearing a filipiniana pre-collapse and those sometimes have sashes))



[originally posted on niftukkun.tumblr.com]