Today I am sharing another draft from my tarot project: The Fool. It is often numbered zero or left unnumbered. The Fool is a card of both beginnings and endings, of being foolish in the best of senses but also naïve. There is an innocence to the card, of stepping into the unknown without knowing… Continue reading F is for Fool or Beginning and Ending the Major Arcana #tarot #AtoZChallenge
I finished the paintings for the major arcana of my tarot deck and did various amounts of digital editing to them. They are all now a standard size and labeled and copyrighted. Today I began the first draft of the card descriptions. As of yet, I have no name for the set, but maybe it… Continue reading Highlights from My Major Arcana Cards
I've been painting every day. It has been therapeutic despite that some cards have been testing the limits of my artistic abilities. The Hermit card took me three tries, but I'm decently happy with it. I now have fourteen cards painted: Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Heirophant, Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hermit, Wheel of Fortune,… Continue reading Painting the Tarot: Fool to Death
I decided I would paint (and in some cases use mixed media) my own tarot deck as a positive project to give me a creative outlet. Painting isn't my forte, but I enjoy it. My plan is to scan and digitally alter all the paintings to make uniform-sized cards. Here are the first four cards… Continue reading Making My Own Tarot Deck
