Balsamo
I've posted several cards I designed in the 1980's on my Weblog, here;
http://blackstring.blogspot.com/
http://blackstring.blogspot.com/
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A few old designs;
MeeWah
Balsamo: Struck by their quiet intensity & brooding quality. They also seem expressive of a theme. Were these done with India ink, wash & watercolour?
Like depiction of The Fool as a hitchhiker. Clever use of road sign.
Ditto for The Magician as street musician.
Does one of the cards depict a homeless person?
Like depiction of The Fool as a hitchhiker. Clever use of road sign.
Ditto for The Magician as street musician.
Does one of the cards depict a homeless person?
Balsamo
Thank you.
The 5 of coins is a picture of a 'homeless' man, sleeping in a doorway - the numbers are a poster on the wall by his side.
Thank you for seeing that.
I'm dumbfounded by wonder - but at the time, I was a young man, and homeless.
Should I draw more of these ugly, urban, and violent cards?
The 5 of coins is a picture of a 'homeless' man, sleeping in a doorway - the numbers are a poster on the wall by his side.
Thank you for seeing that.
I'm dumbfounded by wonder - but at the time, I was a young man, and homeless.
Should I draw more of these ugly, urban, and violent cards?
Balsamo
I drew them with China Black, and a nice brush. The
The drawings look better than I remembered them; I'm making new pictures using the old pens, on new pAper.
The drawings look better than I remembered them; I'm making new pictures using the old pens, on new pAper.
Balsamo
And the fool is a portrait.
The day I went chasing snakes.
The day I went chasing snakes.
MeeWah
Urban Tarot
So they are an 'Urban Tarot'. I wondered if they were autobiographical.
Thanks for the clarification on the 5-Pentacles--a powerful image. Now that ye mention it, I can see the number 5 on it--good use of a poster on the wall, too--& struck as 5-Pentacles.
I do not see your cards as necessarily 'ugly, urban and violent', but reflective of life encounters & experiences. The act of creating can be very therapeutic & cleansing.
So they are an 'Urban Tarot'. I wondered if they were autobiographical.
Thanks for the clarification on the 5-Pentacles--a powerful image. Now that ye mention it, I can see the number 5 on it--good use of a poster on the wall, too--& struck as 5-Pentacles.
I do not see your cards as necessarily 'ugly, urban and violent', but reflective of life encounters & experiences. The act of creating can be very therapeutic & cleansing.
MeeWah
I think one of the cards depicts 7-Wands. It feels like a prison yard though does not really contain such references or details. Also feels like a riot in progress.
It seems expressive of 'us against them'.
The lone figure striding in the background appears to be clad in a suit but carrying a firearm. The combination of two disparate 'symbols' that allude to the veneer of civilization (the suit of clothes) versus the less civilized to violent (firearm & the sticks held by people in the foreground).
Btw: Please do continue with the deck! & post updates.
It seems expressive of 'us against them'.
The lone figure striding in the background appears to be clad in a suit but carrying a firearm. The combination of two disparate 'symbols' that allude to the veneer of civilization (the suit of clothes) versus the less civilized to violent (firearm & the sticks held by people in the foreground).
Btw: Please do continue with the deck! & post updates.
