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Now, you can never say I’m not one to finish what I set out to do. Here’s my final piece for Borderline Project’s La Loteria exhibition, the last chapter in the trilogy, the one where everybody inevitably says, “Eh, it’s alright, but the first two were better.”

I departed more from the source material with this one than any of the others. La Luna traditionally features a blue background, but having already used that for La Mano, I wanted to do something different so each card still remained distinct when placed together. I heavily pilfered my color palette from the original El Catrin card, since I liked all the greens hues and thought they’d be appropriate given the greenery present in the drawing.

In Spanish “El Catrin” translates to “The Dandy,” a man who reveres above all else his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies. Now, our moon in question doesn’t seem all that concerned with his appearance or language, but leisurely hobbies, well, I’d say he’s revering those a whole lot. Dandy away, La Luna, dandy away.

Anyway, here’s the whole gang together, along with their counterparts from the actual Loteria Mexicana deck of card for the sake of comparison.

Old and busted…

New hotness…

I think we’re done here. *drops the mic*