Deaux
As promised elsewhere— here’s a thread about the Tarot deck I’ve started work on!
Background: For a while now, I’ve been developing these odd little characters called “Qwirks”, who reflect our own very human quirks. They Qwirks are like little totems of weirdness, and they’ve come into our world with a mission: They're here to teach us the value of our oddities, to show us the positive impact that our our kinks and twitches and strangenesses can make in the world.
Of course, the Qwirks have their *own* quirks, and one of their quirks is that they love to play dress-up. A few months ago, they announced they wanted to cosplay the Tarot cards.
Yeah. I know. That led to actually creating a deck.
Each card is totally a work in progress. My current goal is to get the ideas, drawings and composition down for at least the Majors - I've just finished the Emperor. After the core ideas are down, I'll do some experimental refinements — playing around with the card layouts a bit more, playing with card sizes, and experimenting with my own watercolor backgrounds instead of the digital images currently in place. Once that’s done, I’ll start in on the pips and court cards.
Oh, and the whole thing is being funded as part of a larger Patreon campaign, where the cards I create are part of the monthly perks for supporters. (Patreon is a crowdfunding site, sort of like Kickstarter, but it’s meant for supporting ongoing creative projects. Supporters pledge smaller amounts on a recurring basis.) You can check the campaign out, and see some more of my work with the Qwirks, here: Http://www.patreon.com/qwirks
But enough words, right? ON WITH THE IMAGES!
(This is scary. be gentle?)
Background: For a while now, I’ve been developing these odd little characters called “Qwirks”, who reflect our own very human quirks. They Qwirks are like little totems of weirdness, and they’ve come into our world with a mission: They're here to teach us the value of our oddities, to show us the positive impact that our our kinks and twitches and strangenesses can make in the world.
Of course, the Qwirks have their *own* quirks, and one of their quirks is that they love to play dress-up. A few months ago, they announced they wanted to cosplay the Tarot cards.
Yeah. I know. That led to actually creating a deck.
Each card is totally a work in progress. My current goal is to get the ideas, drawings and composition down for at least the Majors - I've just finished the Emperor. After the core ideas are down, I'll do some experimental refinements — playing around with the card layouts a bit more, playing with card sizes, and experimenting with my own watercolor backgrounds instead of the digital images currently in place. Once that’s done, I’ll start in on the pips and court cards.
Oh, and the whole thing is being funded as part of a larger Patreon campaign, where the cards I create are part of the monthly perks for supporters. (Patreon is a crowdfunding site, sort of like Kickstarter, but it’s meant for supporting ongoing creative projects. Supporters pledge smaller amounts on a recurring basis.) You can check the campaign out, and see some more of my work with the Qwirks, here: Http://www.patreon.com/qwirks
But enough words, right? ON WITH THE IMAGES!
(This is scary. be gentle?)