Halp - King of Cups

[AstralPasta]

My partner was doing this at a beach, kinda spontaneously I think, but then the tide started coming in so he had to stop. He took a photo first though. I think that was the story anyhow.

So he hasn't much features in his upper body. Aside from the crown.

I had offered to do something goofy as a collab with him before he came out with this, but this is so cool. I kinda don't just wanna draw something goofy on top with it. His creativity astounds me sometimes.

Any advice on how to proceed? The pic looks a bit blurry here in the preview but it isn't....I think.

He agreed to make something else too if I couldn't figure something out. I think he'd figured I would do something silly haha.

[Diana]

As the tide was coming in, it's a reminder that Kings and Emperors and such like are vulnerable like all rulers. I think it's a lovely idea, that tide coming to wash the whole thing away. What is left after the water is washed away ? It there an essence left or does it all vanish ? Sea and tides - that's very fitting for the suit of cups.

OZYMANDIAS - Percy Bysshe Shelley (what kind of name is that Bysshe ?? - most unusual.)

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[Joan Marie]

He agreed to make something else too if I couldn't figure something out. I think he'd figured I would do something silly haha.

I have to admit, when I first saw this I didn't think it would come across in the card, but here it is:

Not bad at all. It's really a fun card!
I really love the idea of a beach sculpture (for anything really) but for the King of Cups it's just a perfect idea.

I will leave it to you to decide if we should go with this one. i think it works.
But if your partner would like to have another go at it and add some stones or seaweed or just experiment a little more with the idea, just let me know!

To be really honest, this one looks like the beginning of an idea for a really great King of Cups. My guess is the next one will really pop.

Thanks for this.

[Joan Marie]

Any advice on how to proceed? The pic looks a bit blurry here in the preview but it isn't....I think.

BTW- in case this helps at all, here is the queen... def a beach theme here...

[AstralPasta]

Thanks y'all! I let him know and showed him your feedback. He was happy and I think he'll be trying to figure something out but he's also not at the beach anymore. Unless he goes on a trip. He is by a waterfall though. I'll show him that card too.