eldritchgreene
Hola Amigos! My name is Eldritch, I'm quite new around here but I already love this deck creation community, it's fantastic!
I've decided to jump aboard the deck creation ship and wanted to share my first (proper) attempts with you.
I work as a costume designer and very often dabble with graphic design. I do a lot of repurposing, modifications, alterations, etc. for my costuming work and I tend to apply that DIY spirit to other things as well, so I've made my own “versions” of Tarot decks for personal use in the past. Gilding, aging, changing colour palettes, redesigning, resizing. I've experimented.
Recently I went about making my “ideal” Lenormand. I realized I didn't have a go-to deck and I basically admired different qualities from all the decks I use for my readings, so I went ahead and started assembling my ultimate deck. I wanted a classic, traditional Lenormand with a modern twist, eventually I came up with my very own creature and decided to call it the Wanderwust Lenormand.
I took my favorite antique cards, a C.L. Wüst Lenormand from the 1890s, and remixed them. I started with a clean modern layout and then did all sorts of modifications, including changing the colour palette by leaving the card symbols in full-colour and setting the backgrounds to monochrome (achieving a sort of pop-out effect.) I also made new Man and Woman cards to use for same-sex readings, and added in playing card inserts and card backs from other antique decks I love.
You can read more about how this Franken-Lenormand creature came alive on my blog: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/introducing-the-wanderwust-lenormand-deck/
I liked the result so much I decided to put it out there for others to use so if you like it you can get your own copy! I made it available to purchase for a limited time at the beginning of the month. I've done this as a pre-order so I can ship out all decks at the same time (on August 31) Copies are only available for six more days (until August 25) I'm looking for ways to maybe have the Wanderwust as a print-on-demand offering in the future, but for now it's only available this way as a Limited Edition, check it out here: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/product/wanderwust-lenormand/
I would love to know what you think!
I also designed a free print-at-home Lenormand for download on my blog. I created this with the classic and simple illustrations found on a few antique French and American decks from the early 1900s, the idea behind it is to be able to customize the cards to your liking. The design is a cute square-ish layout with simple line-work, so colours, notes, markings (metallic paint?) can be added in freely to the final product. (Ideally printed on card-stock paper). The deck can also be printed on regular paper and used for learning, exercises, journalling, and other imaginative endeavours (stickers?).
The free DIY Lenormand is available to download here: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/product/free-lenormand-deck-diy/
My ultimate goal is (baby-steps) to create a Lenormand fully designed by me, I've developed concept art and started “illustrating” it by teaming up with my best friend who is actually (ahem) talented as an illustrator, so I hope to be able to share some of our work on that with you soon as well.
The other Lenormand I would most like to own/buy/create (my true ultimate) would be a Halloween-themed deck, I'm into a nostalgia/vintage/americana approach has anyone tried this before?
I'm only acquainted with the Samhain deck by sevenstars (so pretty) and I recall seeing another one with grey backgrounds somewhere. October is just around the corner so if anyone makes or finds one make sure to let me know! Otherwise I'll have to convince my brother (another talented artist) to draw one for me for use during the holidays.
Thank you for reading, I look forward to contributing on this board and checking out all your Lenormand creations!
(wink) Eldritch
I've decided to jump aboard the deck creation ship and wanted to share my first (proper) attempts with you.
I work as a costume designer and very often dabble with graphic design. I do a lot of repurposing, modifications, alterations, etc. for my costuming work and I tend to apply that DIY spirit to other things as well, so I've made my own “versions” of Tarot decks for personal use in the past. Gilding, aging, changing colour palettes, redesigning, resizing. I've experimented.
Recently I went about making my “ideal” Lenormand. I realized I didn't have a go-to deck and I basically admired different qualities from all the decks I use for my readings, so I went ahead and started assembling my ultimate deck. I wanted a classic, traditional Lenormand with a modern twist, eventually I came up with my very own creature and decided to call it the Wanderwust Lenormand.
I took my favorite antique cards, a C.L. Wüst Lenormand from the 1890s, and remixed them. I started with a clean modern layout and then did all sorts of modifications, including changing the colour palette by leaving the card symbols in full-colour and setting the backgrounds to monochrome (achieving a sort of pop-out effect.) I also made new Man and Woman cards to use for same-sex readings, and added in playing card inserts and card backs from other antique decks I love.
You can read more about how this Franken-Lenormand creature came alive on my blog: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/introducing-the-wanderwust-lenormand-deck/
I liked the result so much I decided to put it out there for others to use so if you like it you can get your own copy! I made it available to purchase for a limited time at the beginning of the month. I've done this as a pre-order so I can ship out all decks at the same time (on August 31) Copies are only available for six more days (until August 25) I'm looking for ways to maybe have the Wanderwust as a print-on-demand offering in the future, but for now it's only available this way as a Limited Edition, check it out here: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/product/wanderwust-lenormand/
I would love to know what you think!
I also designed a free print-at-home Lenormand for download on my blog. I created this with the classic and simple illustrations found on a few antique French and American decks from the early 1900s, the idea behind it is to be able to customize the cards to your liking. The design is a cute square-ish layout with simple line-work, so colours, notes, markings (metallic paint?) can be added in freely to the final product. (Ideally printed on card-stock paper). The deck can also be printed on regular paper and used for learning, exercises, journalling, and other imaginative endeavours (stickers?).
The free DIY Lenormand is available to download here: http://www.wanderingoracle.com/product/free-lenormand-deck-diy/
My ultimate goal is (baby-steps) to create a Lenormand fully designed by me, I've developed concept art and started “illustrating” it by teaming up with my best friend who is actually (ahem) talented as an illustrator, so I hope to be able to share some of our work on that with you soon as well.
The other Lenormand I would most like to own/buy/create (my true ultimate) would be a Halloween-themed deck, I'm into a nostalgia/vintage/americana approach has anyone tried this before?
I'm only acquainted with the Samhain deck by sevenstars (so pretty) and I recall seeing another one with grey backgrounds somewhere. October is just around the corner so if anyone makes or finds one make sure to let me know! Otherwise I'll have to convince my brother (another talented artist) to draw one for me for use during the holidays.
Thank you for reading, I look forward to contributing on this board and checking out all your Lenormand creations!
(wink) Eldritch
