Tarot Artist's Handbook

Like many here on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum I've considered trying to create my own Tarot Deck. I've seen lots of tips and information on creating artwork here on the Forum so I decided to try and put together a reference or index of sorts. I'm going to try and stick to "practical" information as much as possible. I'll be updating it in this post whenever possible. Any suggestions for improvements, just pm me or add your reply below.


Aeclectic "Tarot Deck Creation" Board Guidelines
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27335
What you should know about posting images here
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23293


Aeclectic Tarot Digital Art Threads

1. Questions about starting a deck on the computer
   http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29653
2. Tips on starting the work on computer
   http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24153
3. Size of original art?
   http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8482

Aeclectic Tarot Self Publishing Threads

1. for you self publishers - I have a question
   http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29557

Aeclectic Community Tarot Decks
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/project/index.html

1. First Aeclectic Community Tarot
   http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/project/1/
2. Second Aeclectic Community Tarot
   http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/project/2/
3. Third Aeclectic Community Tarot
   http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/project/3/
4. Aeclectic Community Tarot III Forum Threads
   http://www.tarotforum.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=81

Online Image Libraries
( Note: This is not intended for copying of Art but for reference and/or determination of copyright status. )

1. Google Image Search
   http://images.google.com/

Tutorials on Tarot Deck Creation

1. Arnell Ando: Useful notes on making and publishing your own Tarot deck
   http://www.arnellart.com/makenpub.htm

Publisher Tarot Deck Submission Guidelines

1. Llewellyn
   http://www.llewellyn.com/tarot_sub.htm
2. US Games
   http://www.usgamesinc.com/Info/info3.cfm

Card Printers and Other Companies

1. Playing Cards Publishers and Manufacturers
   http://www.guntheranderson.com/cards/manuf.htm

Creative Suggestion

Make Your Own Deck Essay
http://www.pooklaroux.com/make.html

Create Your Own Tarot Collage Deck Suggestions
http://www.tarotpassages.com/create.htm


Make Your Own Hollywood Tarot Deck
http://www.hollywoodtarot.com/makeyourown.html

Color Your Own Tarot Cards
http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa082003a.htm


Sarah Ovenall's Book Suggestions To Make Your Own Deck:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...-/2WIRW6HQH5ZT/002-8939479-6605635/aeclectic/

Neuro Tarot: Making Your Own Cards:
http://tarot.m31.de/neurotarot.html

Hope this is a good start.

What a great thread! Thanks!

Cerulean

this is rather old, but there used to be a deck creators' website thing. the original plan was to have a webring or have links to different websites of ongoing deck projects.

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7274&highlight=deck+coalition

I think this may be fairly similar to the link that Cerulean posted, but worth adding all the same. It's Sarah Ovenall's very useful piece on Copyright for Collage Artists:

http://www.funnystrange.com/copyright/index.html

The Self-publishing group on yahoogroups is also useful in many ways - very little information about cards, but lots about general aspects of self-publishing, such as pricing, finding distribution, trade fairs and so on.

blue_fusion said:

this is rather old, but there used to be a deck creators' website thing. the original plan was to have a webring or have links to different websites of ongoing deck projects.

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This is a good idea but it looks like it was hard to maintain.

In keeping with the idea I started another thread at:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30329

called "Tarot Artist's Project Directory". Maybe people can post a listing about their project on that thread if the forum moderators don't have a problem with that?