If you come upon a casino, don't deal with the devil!
Celestia Ludenberg "Greedy" (OR3O) songboard, raffle prize for @kingofheartss・★
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Yo yo yo!! It’s me again! Can I have a Melissa shield ‘casino theme’ with a magenta/dark pink color theme moodboard pls?
Love you!! :))
melissa shield board with casino, pink and magenta themes
hiii :D im sorry this took so long!
also youre getting your own tag 👍
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Bonus: All In Chip
This is part 6 of a multi-post reveal of the research that went into creating "The Draw: Simply Meant To Be". Start at the beginning here.
These posts have so far revealed meanings and histories behind the cards shown in my work. This is a poker scene though, and there's a crucial part differentiating the scene from other card displays - the poker chips.
Poker chips, or casino tokens, came about through betting chips from older games like Ombre. Many gambling games use chips as a sub-in for money, but the association with poker is so strong that one usually assumes a scene with cards and chips = poker. These tokens maintain a standard size and valuation set, and somewhat standard color schemes for the cheap plastic home use, though casinos tend to use their own color sets and designs with compression molded "clay" chips. The All In chip, however, seems to be a fairly new addition to poker chips, with few style examples available, and rare to find with any sets. (No NMBC themed chips, though I can think of at least two people who would jump for this) With this, you simply toss your “All In” chip into the pot instead of pushing all your chips to the middle of the table.
Going “all in” is one helluva flex. I watched some poker tournament highlights, and a player only used this move when they had an incredibly lucky hand and only one opponent. They would communicate confidence in certain victory with their hand by going “all in”, to convince the opponent to fold. It would be an extraordinary match if both players threw down their “All In” chips. And that is the exact intent for this art piece.
I say with the Ace of Diamonds how Zero symbolizes Jack and Sally’s eventual connection. But it is Oogie Boogie’s antagonizing actions that bring the two together. They each rise to their peak selves to face Oogie Boogie, and this makes him the perfect subject as the crux for the artwork’s entire scene to happen. Had both players not confidently stuck with their decision to go “all in”, we would not witness the miraculous hand played. I chose matching chips for the players, as if from a set. Oogie’s opening appearance as the shadow of the moon at night covers the chip face, mid disappearance into a cascade of bats to fill your dreams with fright.
As a side note, Oogie Boogie embodied this voodoo casino aesthetic that would be a shame not to remark upon in a Nightmare Before Christmas poker scene. Had he been a reformed character, I would hope to see these cards, chips and speedcloth at his casino lair.
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That's all for now! Thanks for sitting through the deep dives. There's more inspiration I've drawn from for this piece, but I'll share that as we get nearer to Halloween. For now, Happy Summerween!
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