One must occasionally commit . . . artwork?

Well, more accurately, concept sketch.

For a while I've been pondering designing an Egyptian-concept tarot deck, one that satisfies me with its imagery. (I'm picky.) This was given a bit of a boot recently when thastygliax was doing various characters as tarot cards.

The image I have so far goes with the High Priestess. For those people who aren't familiar with common imagery for the High Priestess (those are three links, by the bye), she's very commonly portrayed between two pillars, a black one and a white one, and represents in part the magical intuitive journey (oddly enough, I associate the card most strongly with one of the Inanna myths, the one where she gives up all her treasures to go into the underworld and then comes back with the secrets of lots of stuff).

The image in my head didn't have the woman in the center, just the pillars. . . .
( Concept sketch, image cut. )

In other news: turned in my take-home test at the hospital, had blood drawn for the rest of it, and don't have to worry about my kidneys for the next couple of weeks. Finally managed to finish part 15 last night, may try to get 16 done today if I can figure out what it is.