GlitterNova
I finally silenced that little urge in the back of my mind and created a personal deck! To start at the beginning: A while ago I had decided that it would be a useful exercise to create a list of card meaning keywords for each of the minor arcana that made sense to me. Some of the RWS images (and therefore meanings) have bugged me for a while, so I wanted to create a system that 'rectified' what I didn't like (I hope that doesn't sound pretentious, it's not meant to be). I decided to go back to basics and study tarot numerology for help understanding the progression of energy through the minors. This ended up being a breakthrough for my personal understanding of the minor arcana. After studying the numerology, I was able to create a list of keywords not only for each card but for each number (5s, 4s, etc) that really made the flow of energy through the minors become much more clear to me. Some of them were very similar to the standard RWS meanings while others weren't, but overall this wasn't a problem because they just seemed so, well, clear.
So, of course I had to make a personal deck Disclaimer: I am an occasional pixel-artist of the most amateur degree, but I knew I couldn't create the art that I would want for this deck. The idea of using public domain fine art was very enticing, but I knew it would be a huge pain to source all of the images online from various sites. Luckily, a Google search led me to the Getty Open Content Program. Basically the Getty Museum has made available HD pictures of thousands of pieces of art it own, all free-use and copyright-free, in one easy-to-search website. One thing lead to another...and before I knew it it was 5 am and I had a list of 82* lucky images (out of literally hundreds I looked at) for a deck! Throw in some simple card formatting and TheGamecrafter and "The Tarot of New Clarity" is on its way to me!
(*I included 0s in the suits so the card total ended up being 82)
The art ranges from Egyptian pottery to medieval manuscripts to baroque portraits to early 20th century photography, but I kept the formatting very simple so I think it all works together.
Some of my favorite cards: (these include 'trim zone', the outside black border will be smaller on the printed cards).
The Lovers http://i.imgur.com/y2AK5YL.jpg
Strength http://i.imgur.com/GeeEMOb.jpg
Judgement http://i.imgur.com/h74MEDT.jpg
0 of Coins http://i.imgur.com/coMTi4e.jpg (that's a 19th century photograph of the moon's surface!)
9 of Coins http://i.imgur.com/CMtRdpg.jpg
5 of Cups http://i.imgur.com/7YOeTUq.jpg
7 of Cups http://i.imgur.com/VRxTVa2.jpg
9 of Swords http://i.imgur.com/6Hb007Q.jpg
Knight of Swords http://i.imgur.com/I0dhRh9.jpg (Nadar!)
Queen of Swords http://i.imgur.com/rmKpF3T.jpg
10 of Wands http://i.imgur.com/Q1XqpTU.jpg
Backs http://i.imgur.com/WQyotCP.png
I haven't ordered a prototype deck or anything so I'm trying to keep my expectations rational about the fact that I still don't have any idea what the actual cards will look like. It's really hard not to be excited though!
Let me know if you'd like to see any specific cards or the website image URL to any specific piece of art on the cards
So, of course I had to make a personal deck Disclaimer: I am an occasional pixel-artist of the most amateur degree, but I knew I couldn't create the art that I would want for this deck. The idea of using public domain fine art was very enticing, but I knew it would be a huge pain to source all of the images online from various sites. Luckily, a Google search led me to the Getty Open Content Program. Basically the Getty Museum has made available HD pictures of thousands of pieces of art it own, all free-use and copyright-free, in one easy-to-search website. One thing lead to another...and before I knew it it was 5 am and I had a list of 82* lucky images (out of literally hundreds I looked at) for a deck! Throw in some simple card formatting and TheGamecrafter and "The Tarot of New Clarity" is on its way to me!
(*I included 0s in the suits so the card total ended up being 82)
The art ranges from Egyptian pottery to medieval manuscripts to baroque portraits to early 20th century photography, but I kept the formatting very simple so I think it all works together.
Some of my favorite cards: (these include 'trim zone', the outside black border will be smaller on the printed cards).
The Lovers http://i.imgur.com/y2AK5YL.jpg
Strength http://i.imgur.com/GeeEMOb.jpg
Judgement http://i.imgur.com/h74MEDT.jpg
0 of Coins http://i.imgur.com/coMTi4e.jpg (that's a 19th century photograph of the moon's surface!)
9 of Coins http://i.imgur.com/CMtRdpg.jpg
5 of Cups http://i.imgur.com/7YOeTUq.jpg
7 of Cups http://i.imgur.com/VRxTVa2.jpg
9 of Swords http://i.imgur.com/6Hb007Q.jpg
Knight of Swords http://i.imgur.com/I0dhRh9.jpg (Nadar!)
Queen of Swords http://i.imgur.com/rmKpF3T.jpg
10 of Wands http://i.imgur.com/Q1XqpTU.jpg
Backs http://i.imgur.com/WQyotCP.png
I haven't ordered a prototype deck or anything so I'm trying to keep my expectations rational about the fact that I still don't have any idea what the actual cards will look like. It's really hard not to be excited though!
Let me know if you'd like to see any specific cards or the website image URL to any specific piece of art on the cards