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| Julia Cross - 'Herakles' Avengers Tarot card |
A curious take on the Avengers family of superheroes.
Amid the ruins of another beaten villain's empire,
Captain America strips naked to befriend a baby lion.
He's painted as Vulnerable, soft and cuddly,
but I just wonder, why?
Likewise Herakles (Hercules)?
Likewise Herakles (Hercules)?
The allusion to Tarot Cards seems to invoke fateand the workings of destiny
which seems a contradiction for a character so clearly in control of himself.
which seems a contradiction for a character so clearly in control of himself.
It's a nice image though. with attractive flesh tones
The technique is also quite interesting,
The design borrowed from from the early 1900's
predates Captain America, methinks.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
The other images in the Tarot series of Julia Cross
are rather less interesting from a mitchmen point of view.
The other images in the Tarot series of Julia Cross
are rather less interesting from a mitchmen point of view.
