Illustration Style Study - Tarot Card

I’ve recently been practicing an odd style of illustration and coloring. The very specific look I was inspired by was from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. The game itself took forever for me to get through, because I’m easily distracted by looking into small corners and out of the way spots in games. But each mission, codex entry, and character had a special “Tarot Card” illustration. Tarot cards originated as a kind of card game, like solitaire, and soon became a tool for fortune telling. While the style of Dragon Age did not resemble the medieval cards, it was an interesting study of flat color, accent color lines, and geometric shapes. The illustrations are the work of Nick Thornborrow, and I particularly appreciate the use of texture instead of heavy detail. Other artists involved in Dragon Age are Matt Rhodes, and Casper Konefal, among others linked in these blogs. Below are pieces from Nick and Casper.