Anino Lenormand

Padma said:

I'm madly in love with your art style Dig that beautiful Fox! (and Dog, and Birds, and Stork, and so on and so forth!)

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It may have a tarot version in the future. Here's a bit of a back story: the style organically developed from some particular doodles of mine some years ago. I featured these in ex libris (bookplates) which I gave as freebies alongside my handmade decks (see sample in the attachment which I nicked off my website). Those featured either fanciful reworkings of traditional Filipino clothing or Filipino mythical creatures (hence the mermaid). I have a list of notes for deck ideas and I put down the style as something which has potential for a tarot deck (it had a sweeping name, similar to Tarot Whispers at the House of Dusk lol), but since I was still struggling with the style back then, I put it aside as something to work on on a rainy day. But, well, this Lenormand deck happened and I seem to have more mastery of the style... so who knows what the future may bring.

Padma said:

PS maybe have a chat with Seven Stars here? She ships world-wide but not from the States, where she lives. Her decks are lovely, great card stock, and they ship fairly promptly and cheaply. She may have some suggestions for you?

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Good suggestion! I should ask her! Does her deck come with a printed box? Because I used to think she had her stuff printed via PS - which didn't do boxes on a per-deck basis, but which had affordable shipping rates. They've raised printing costs though. I wanted to price the deck at $30 for the early bird and $35 for the normal version - this is feasible with The Game Crafter, except that US international shipping rates are rather expensive. I am warming up to the idea of crowdfunding the deck so it can still be offered at the price range I want but will still also have affordable shipping. I'm just also a bit scared since it will be my first experience crowdfunding a deck if ever.

Padma said:

PS maybe have a chat with Seven Stars here? She ships world-wide but not from the States, where she lives. Her decks are lovely, great card stock, and they ship fairly promptly and cheaply. She may have some suggestions for you?

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I own one o Seven Stars decks. Her card stock is excellent. Another author with great card stock is JeriTottenDesigns on etsy.com.

Both authors decks come in a plastic looks-like-glass box that fits together loosely. The lids fall off and are not good for carrying the decks. I keep a rubber band around the boxes. I don't like having to do that.

Village Witch beat me to the punch - I was going to say the same thing.

Being an artist myself, I can attest to the fact that the organic style is usually the best one to run with as it expresses itself easily, and with grace and flow.

I think you have the perfect match for the style with a Lenormand deck.

Village Witch said:

I own one o Seven Stars decks. Her card stock is excellent. Another author with great card stock is JeriTottenDesigns on etsy.com.

Both authors decks come in a plastic looks-like-glass box that fits together loosely. The lids fall off and are not good for carrying the decks. I keep a rubber band around the boxes. I don't like having to do that.

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I think I know their printer. Interestingly, said printer also offers a one piece hinged plastic box (much less problematic than the plastic box with a lid)...

Padma said:

Village Witch beat me to the punch - I was going to say the same thing.

Being an artist myself, I can attest to the fact that the organic style is usually the best one to run with as it expresses itself easily, and with grace and flow.

I think you have the perfect match for the style with a Lenormand deck.

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Oh wow. Would love yo see your works. Have you considered making your own deck? It's a great experience. It's like creating an entire mini exhibit

I'm attaching two of my paintings for you, Blue Fusion One of them (the lion) is 5 feet high by 3 wide. The dog is 16 x 20". The lion is my organic flow, and the dog is part of the portraiture portfolio I have. I do portraiture for a living.

I'm only posting two here just for you! This is *your* thread, about *your* wonderful art!

I am still formulating the deck in my mind. Letting it burble away on the back burner! Not yet ready for prime time

Holy Cannoli,Padma! You are sooooooooooo talented! You MUST create a tarot [or even Lenormand]
Deck!

Thanks, MG! Maybe some day.

Now, Blue Fusion - I must say what really strikes me is the lovely flow and energy contained in your small (almost wood-cut like!) images. You convey so very much in the small doodles!



And you know, normally I don't love borders, but yours are an intricate part of the art, and very much go with it. They'd look like shorn lambs without the amazing border work!

Padma said:

Thanks, MG! Maybe some day.

Now, Blue Fusion - I must say what really strikes me is the lovely flow and energy contained in your small (almost wood-cut like!) images. You convey so very much in the small doodles!



And you know, normally I don't love borders, but yours are an intricate part of the art, and very much go with it. They'd look like shorn lambs without the amazing border work!

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Yours look amazing! What medium do you use? Acrylic? They look so life-like! I thought the dog's was actually a pic! Interestingly, i got a Lennie vibe with the dog and a Tarot one with the Lion. I think that lion image could be a nice starting point for a deck. It has this non-literal, symbolic feel to it (I am not good at expressing my ideas! Lol).

When doing portraiture for clients, they want it to look just like their photo

I can see the lion being the Magician or the World card in a tarot deck, yes.

My problem is I love to paint on massive canvasses, and that would be hugely impractical for scanning the work to be used as cards.

I use acrylic paints and texturizing mediums.

Glad you liked my paintings!

Let's get back to talking about your work This is, after all, your thread!

Padma said:

When doing portraiture for clients, they want it to look just like their photo

I can see the lion being the Magician or the World card in a tarot deck, yes.

My problem is I love to paint on massive canvasses, and that would be hugely impractical for scanning the work to be used as cards.

I use acrylic paints and texturizing mediums.

Glad you liked my paintings!

Let's get back to talking about your work

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Okies. But one last thing (because I really think a deck done by you would be awesome): I have read in the past that an alternative to scanning large canvas paintings would be photographing them at high resolutions. You can maybe have a local carpenter have an adjustable scheme made for your canvas and camera so the photo centers nicely and flatly (I have a scheme in mind I can PM you if you want).

In other news, feedback has generally been positive for a crowdfunding campaign. I am warming up even more to the idea. I just have to do a bit more research - still really torn between which printer to use...