Mark Stephen Meadows - meadovian - pighed

~ Three of Cups ~
Three women, cups raised. Harvest at their feet.
Celebration you built with others.
Hand-illustrated over 3 years. AI summoned, hand illustrated.
🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/cups-3
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot
🎵 Mus

~ Ace of Cups ~
Hand from the clouds. Cup overflowing. Dove descending.
Abundance offered. But you still have to reach.
Hand-illustrated over 3 years. AI summoned, hand illustrated.
🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/cups-1
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints

And that’s always been what Art is about: singing’ in a cage!

Artists (and writers and all of us) have to use AI tools to build a foundation, and get over the asymptotic curve to higher altitudes, higher quality work

These tarot cards are more illustrated than generated.

King of Wands. Fire that built an empire. He doesn't chase — he decides. Vision backed by action.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-king
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #kingofwands #handillustrated

Queen of Wands. Warm throne, sunflower in hand. She draws people in without reaching. Confidence ain't loud.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-queen
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #queenofwands #handillustrated

Knight of Wands. Full gallop, no brakes. Passion that doesn't ask permission. Aim before you charge.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-knight
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #knightofwands #handillustrated

Page of Wands. Young fire, big ideas, no plan. Enthusiasm before experience. Start anyway.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-page
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #pageofwands #handillustrated

Ten of Wands. All the sticks, all the weight. You picked them up. You can also put them down.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-10
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #10ofwands #handillustrated

Nine of Wands. Battered, bandaged, still standing. One more round. You've come too far to quit now.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-9
#tarot #illustration #aiart #9ofwands #handillustrated

Eight of Wands. Everything in flight, nothing landed yet. Speed without direction. Point them somewhere.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-8
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #eightofwands #wands

Seven of Wands. Higher ground, attackers below. You're defending something. Make sure it's still worth it.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-7
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #sevenofwands #wands

Six of Wands. Victory lap. The crowd cheers, the wreath sits high. Enjoy it — this moment doesn't last.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-6
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #sixofwands #wands

Three of Wands. Ships on the horizon. You sent them out, now you wait. Vision without patience is just daydreaming.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-3
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #illustration #aiart #3ofwands #GIMP

Two of Wands. He holds the world in one hand, the staff in the other. Already won, already bored. The question isn't whether you can — it's if you want to.
3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-2
🎵 @its.ffiiaa
#tarot #paints

Ace of Wands. Hand offers fire. Don't ask where it came from. This is the spark before the project, the idea before the plan. Raw want. Take it or watch it pass.

3 years, human hands, AI kindling. Each piece takes 10+ hrs
🎴 https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2024/wands-1
🎵 @its.ffiiaa

#tarot #illus

- 20. Judgement —
The trumpet sounds. The dead rise from waiting. The ruins in the distance don't move. Everything else does. This card's about finally answering what's been calling you.
🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-20-judgement

- 19. The Sun —
The smilin' baby rides on a white horse. No saddle needed. The sunflowers turn toward what's obvious. Everything is bright enough to see and warm enough to grow. The clarity that costs nothing to receive.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 18. The Moon —
The path is there but nothing looks right. The moon lights with shadows, making the familiar strange. Note the dragon, everything shifts. Trusting what you sense when you can't trust what you see. Hand-illustrated.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 17. The Star —
After the Tower, this. Naked and calm, pouring water onto land and back into the pool. Nothing hoarded. Nothing gained because nothing's needed. The stars aren't distant, rather they're listening.
🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-17-star

- 16. The Tower —
Lightning hits. I picked two towers thanks to NY. Anyway bodies fall. This isn't punishment. It's revelation. The tower's built on what can't hold. Now everyone knows. The fire isn't the tragedy. The lie was.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 15. The Devil —
The chains are loose. Look closer. They could lift them off anytime. The mouthed-beast on the throne isn't holding anyone there. It's addiction. Flesh winning.
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 12. The Hanged Man —
The rope is around his ankle, not his neck. His face isn't panicked. It's patient. The halo means something clicked. But he's stripped and cleaned. Hand-illustrated over 3 years.
🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-12-hanged-man

- 9. The Hermit —
Alone on the mountain. The lantern holds a star. He's not lost. He left. This isn't exile. It's research.🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-9-hermit
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 8. Strength —
Normally a lion I put in a shark. No chains, no weapons, no armor. Just hands and hot air whatever is passing between them. This card is about the kind of strength that doesn't need to prove anything.
Hand-illustrated over 3 years.

- 7. The Chariot —
Two steeds, one black, one white. They want different things. The driver knows force won't work here. The land is behind. He's already left. 🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-7-chariot
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 6. The Lovers —
Two figures. One angel. A choice that looks like love but isn't only that. It's about the choices that split your life into before and after. 🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-6-lovers
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 5. The Hierophant —
Two fingers up, two down (I had a hard time with this one). Pillars behind enshrine something, but he's not welcoming you in for tea. 🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-5-hierophant
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot

- 4. The Emperor —
Stone throne. Stone face. The rams on his armrests aren't decoration. They're a warning. The Emperor built the walls that keep things out. 🎴 See the full card: https://markmeadows.com/paints/#2023/majarc-4-emperor
🃏 Full deck preview: https://markmeadows.com/paints/2023/tarot