shadowdancer
well, the artist has a facebook page, and I have snuck a peak at the album he has shown.
I have to say - he is very, very talented and some wonderful work there. I was wondering if a few of the images were from the deck. (Maybe a handful were- I had tarot card titles come to mind)
If the art is consistant (and being from one artist it should be) it could be a good deck. However, it could also be one of those decks that is owned for the artwork alone, and not a regularly used deck if that makes sense??
With regards its appeal and likely audience, I guess it depends on how much of DV's influence is on it. Fans of her decks will lap it up. Although they may find it difficult to use if a) it does not have her usual fluffy sentences/paragraphs on the bottom or b) they are new to tarot. Who knows though - it may lead to some purchasers being interested in learning more about the tarot, which can't be a bad thing.
I did cringe at the description on the Amazon site, but that could be down to rather inane comments being spouted by someone in the marketing department.
WIll I buy it? I think nothing has changed for me there. Oh heck, I am conscious I have become more grouchy over the last year or so, aqnd have become horribly judgemental at times.Am working on it honest I blame it on the earthquakes we have had since September last year - 29 of them have been magnitude 5 and over, and I think I am only now starting to react in ways out of character.
I have to say - he is very, very talented and some wonderful work there. I was wondering if a few of the images were from the deck. (Maybe a handful were- I had tarot card titles come to mind)
If the art is consistant (and being from one artist it should be) it could be a good deck. However, it could also be one of those decks that is owned for the artwork alone, and not a regularly used deck if that makes sense??
With regards its appeal and likely audience, I guess it depends on how much of DV's influence is on it. Fans of her decks will lap it up. Although they may find it difficult to use if a) it does not have her usual fluffy sentences/paragraphs on the bottom or b) they are new to tarot. Who knows though - it may lead to some purchasers being interested in learning more about the tarot, which can't be a bad thing.
I did cringe at the description on the Amazon site, but that could be down to rather inane comments being spouted by someone in the marketing department.
WIll I buy it? I think nothing has changed for me there. Oh heck, I am conscious I have become more grouchy over the last year or so, aqnd have become horribly judgemental at times.Am working on it honest I blame it on the earthquakes we have had since September last year - 29 of them have been magnitude 5 and over, and I think I am only now starting to react in ways out of character.