Smith’s Tarot — Three of Lovelace

Praying for miracle after miracle this evening

Ask Charles. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

(The images in this article include scans of the author’s typewritten pages and illustrations. Archived by date and page number in the top-left. Illustrations, when presented, are drawn using Blackwing pencils. All photos, unless indicated, are by the author. All typewriting gets printed on Southworth archive quality paper using a Smith-Corona Silent-Super typewriter from the 1950s. The paper is low-acid, watermarked, and date coded for authentication purposes.)

Channeling Walt Disney. Medium: Blackwing Pearl pencil on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

Landscape. Medium: Blackwing Pearl pencil on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

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#19. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

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Kicking up dust. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

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Full Canvas. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

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The Off Ramp. Part of the same canvas from a different angle. Original illustration by author.

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Suspect. Original illustration by author.

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Guilty As Charged. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

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The Acolytes. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.

The Acolytes (Close Up). Size on canvas — approximately one inch. Original illustration by author.

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Guilty as Charged. Size on canvas — approximately one inch.

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The Lion’s Den. Original illustration by author.

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Initial Sketch. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen.

Three of Lovelace Tarot Card. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Canvas size: 2.75" x 4.75" (70mm x 120mm). Original illustration by author.

Canvas Inverse. Original illustration by author.

Canvas Upright. Standard 8.5 x 11" paper.

Safe Passage. Medium: Blackwing Pearl on Southworth Ivory Linen. Original illustration by author.