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The final avatar card was not exactly my most thought out work ever, but it sat comfortably within the briefs limitations as far as I can see. The result is something that is quite simple visually, yet I hope is ambiguous enough to read the same way an actual tarot card is meant to.

The colours for the final scheme were picked in quite a simple way, cyan was not picked by any other member of the class, and I figured that this was an acceptable colour as despite not being directly associated with creativity (like orange or bright green) the calm aspect of blue could create a more interesting interpretation of a sword and a book.

I think I should describe my thinking behind the sword and the book here, as it may not be as obvious as I hoped. by themselves they could be interpreted as something like 'defense of knowledge' or 'the sword of knowledge', i.e. the idea that knowledge is something that can be used to aid your cause, perhaps being used in conjunction with force. Adding the muse idea to this adds another dimension. It basically puts the above ideas in the context of creativity. To provide some imagery for this, Da Vinci applied his knowledge with some considerable force to advancing human knowledge, his muse probably had quite a big ass sword to go along with his tome.

Finally there is the quite obvious point, The lighting combined with the book squarely behind the sword would create a symbol not unlike a cross if viewed head on. I deliberately changed the view so that this was not obvious, but it is not totally lost on the final either. I do not wish for a religious context to this card, but the idea that it subversively infers religious connotations while not actually being such is not such a bad notion.

In conclusion while I do not feel that this project pushed me to go further than I have previously been, it was an opportunity to create something with a level of 'polish' that I have not previously achieved. Maybe the next project will be an opportunity to once more take large risks and end up with something surprising!