Saffi
The Black Fantasy Tarot
UPDATE: Nearly three years from starting out, and I've printed my first copy on thegamecrafter.com. The deck is FINISHED, and can be easily purchased at https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/black-fantasy-tarot! It is $19.99 plus shipping. The shipping fee is insanely high for non-US people, so if you are having problems with that then if you PM me, I'll see if I can find a cheaper postage option from a different print-on-demand company.
The card blog is at http://blackfantasytarot.wordpress.com/. I haven't written a booklet of meanings to go with the deck yet, so I'm doing a couple of cards a week and posting my interpretations on the blog. When I've finished (might be a long time), I'll try to get it printed to go with the physical deck.
Also, see the first post of page 3 for my "it's finished!" post, which contains a lot of sample pictures. Here's one of them:
XDDD
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original post from many months ago:
Hi!
I'm very, very new here - as you probably could tell by the non-existant post count - but I have been lurking about Aeclectic and this forum for rather a long time. In fact, I was inspired to start creating my own Tarot deck by this site, and that was almost exactly a year ago.
I've only /just/ realised that I could sign up and post my work here, though. -.-
So this is my as-yet-unnamed Tarot deck [edit: now the Black Fantasy Tarot]. This is drawn completely in ballpoint pen on paper, and the theme is along the lines of "slightly creepy fantasy creatures" - there are no humans in this deck. In the last year, I've completed the whole Major Arcana and the Daggers suit of the Minors, and made a start on the Cups. That's exactly halfway there to a full deck! Who knows, I may finish this within another year - hopefully.
In this, I've chosen the Daggers to be associated with fire rather than the Wands. I feel it makes more sense this way (I've always thought it that way round, actually, and the idea of swords/daggers equalling air just seems alien to me), but the meanings of the cards may therefore seem a bit jumbled up to others.
I'll link to the deviantart page of each set of cards (I post them in groups of four). General deviantart page is sapphirecrow.deviantart.com. Be aware that much detail is lost using my non-professional skills of photography and scanning...
The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-I-128861746
The Emperor, The High Priest, The Lovers, The Chariot
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-II-129107212
Stregth, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-III-129574218
The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-IV-132684181
The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-V-133693898
Judgement, The World
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VI-134574831
Ace of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VI-5-141436633
Two, Three, Four, Five of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VII-141437438
Six, Seven, Eight, Nine of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-something-151742950
Ten, Jack, Knight, Queen of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-161406961
King of Daggers. Ace, Two, Three of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-10-162062363
Four, Five, Six, Seven of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-11-166455310
Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/some-more-tarot-cards-190007858
Knight, Queen, King of Cups. Ace of Wands
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/finishing-off-the-cups-190635883
Phew. Comments are greatly welcomed (but specific critique of a card might not be too helpful in this case, since ballpoint pen is not easily edited!), and if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
[edit: rest of cards are FINISHED, as stated above, but not posted here yet: you can find low-quality unedited versions at sapphirecrow.deviantart.com, if you'd like.)
UPDATE: Nearly three years from starting out, and I've printed my first copy on thegamecrafter.com. The deck is FINISHED, and can be easily purchased at https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/black-fantasy-tarot! It is $19.99 plus shipping. The shipping fee is insanely high for non-US people, so if you are having problems with that then if you PM me, I'll see if I can find a cheaper postage option from a different print-on-demand company.
The card blog is at http://blackfantasytarot.wordpress.com/. I haven't written a booklet of meanings to go with the deck yet, so I'm doing a couple of cards a week and posting my interpretations on the blog. When I've finished (might be a long time), I'll try to get it printed to go with the physical deck.
Also, see the first post of page 3 for my "it's finished!" post, which contains a lot of sample pictures. Here's one of them:
XDDD
--
original post from many months ago:
Hi!
I'm very, very new here - as you probably could tell by the non-existant post count - but I have been lurking about Aeclectic and this forum for rather a long time. In fact, I was inspired to start creating my own Tarot deck by this site, and that was almost exactly a year ago.
I've only /just/ realised that I could sign up and post my work here, though. -.-
So this is my as-yet-unnamed Tarot deck [edit: now the Black Fantasy Tarot]. This is drawn completely in ballpoint pen on paper, and the theme is along the lines of "slightly creepy fantasy creatures" - there are no humans in this deck. In the last year, I've completed the whole Major Arcana and the Daggers suit of the Minors, and made a start on the Cups. That's exactly halfway there to a full deck! Who knows, I may finish this within another year - hopefully.
In this, I've chosen the Daggers to be associated with fire rather than the Wands. I feel it makes more sense this way (I've always thought it that way round, actually, and the idea of swords/daggers equalling air just seems alien to me), but the meanings of the cards may therefore seem a bit jumbled up to others.
I'll link to the deviantart page of each set of cards (I post them in groups of four). General deviantart page is sapphirecrow.deviantart.com. Be aware that much detail is lost using my non-professional skills of photography and scanning...
The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-I-128861746
The Emperor, The High Priest, The Lovers, The Chariot
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-II-129107212
Stregth, The Hermit, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-III-129574218
The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-IV-132684181
The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-V-133693898
Judgement, The World
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VI-134574831
Ace of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VI-5-141436633
Two, Three, Four, Five of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-VII-141437438
Six, Seven, Eight, Nine of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-something-151742950
Ten, Jack, Knight, Queen of Daggers
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-161406961
King of Daggers. Ace, Two, Three of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-10-162062363
Four, Five, Six, Seven of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/Tarot-cards-part-11-166455310
Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack of Cups
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/some-more-tarot-cards-190007858
Knight, Queen, King of Cups. Ace of Wands
http://sapphirecrow.deviantart.com/art/finishing-off-the-cups-190635883
Phew. Comments are greatly welcomed (but specific critique of a card might not be too helpful in this case, since ballpoint pen is not easily edited!), and if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
[edit: rest of cards are FINISHED, as stated above, but not posted here yet: you can find low-quality unedited versions at sapphirecrow.deviantart.com, if you'd like.)