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from: Make Your Own Tarot Cards - Turn Your Passion for Tarot Into Art
Whether you're a beginner learning to read the Tarot or an
established Tarot reader with many years experience, if you make
your own Tarot Cards, you take your relationship with Tarot to a
new level. It doesn't matter your art experience, the important
thing is to take the time to create a Tarot deck that you love
and connect with.
Making your own Tarot deck helps reinforce the commitment you
have to learning Tarot as well as giving you an artistic outlet
that is spiritual and fun. Creating a unique Tarot deck is a
special experience that can be as easy or as complicated as you
wish. How do you get started? Read on!
- Decide your direction! One of the first -and
most necessary- things to do is to determine the look you want
your deck to have. What design periods appeal to you? What
colour palettes excite or soothe you? What look what really
inspire you when reading Tarot?
A great way of giving you visual reinforcement is to create a
tear sheet. Basically, you'll start looking for pictures and
images, Tarot and not, that you love. When you find something
that strikes a chord with you, print or copy it and paste it
onto a piece of cardboard or into a scrapbook. The object is to
get as many visual references as possible to find the theme that
works for you.
Don't be afraid to look at existing Tarot decks for
inspiration. If you find a deck you love, what about it appeals
to you? Try and be as specific as possible with the elements you
like - it'll make your life easier when you start to create your
own deck. - Pick Your Passion! Once you have a good selection of
visual images on-hand for reference, decide how you want to
create your deck. For the simplest option, you can always
download a blank deck and hand colour and decorate them
yourself. For those who feel like they're at a disadvantage in
terms of time or artistic ability, this is a nice compromise.
You're not limited to just colour either. Collage and images can
be added to the card templates either with a computer or by hand
to still allow for a high level of customization.
For those that what to take their experimentation up a notch,
identify where you're most talented or what skill you'd like to
learn. Try to be realistic with your expectations in terms of
time and quality. If you're flexing new creative muscles, it
will take you considerably longer than if you're working with
something you know. Some suggestions for mediums to try would be
collage (digital or traditional), photography, painting
-watercolour, oil, or acrylic, etching, sculpture, quilting,
Japanese paper, pen and ink, encaustic, wood cut or other
printing, mosaic. Bear in mind too that the amount of detail you
want to capture will affect the size of the finished piece.
Whatever you decide to work in, make sure to have fun with
it. - Divide your workload Recreating an entire Tarot deck
is a large project with big time commitments. To keep your
momentum up and to stay focussed, why not divide it into
sections. Look at the Major Arcana and each of the suits as
little mini-projects to make the deck seem less daunting.
To keep your project on track, create realistic timeframes to
work by and for those that are super organized, plot it on your
calendar. Remember to balance wanting make your own Tarot deck
and enjoying the process: you want to finish loving your own
deck, not resenting it. - Tying up the loose ends When the artistic process is
complete, what else needs to happen to make your own Tarot deck?
It depends on you. Making a usable deck can be as low-tech as
printing off finished images from your computer, gluing them to
card stock and laminating them to having dies made and having
them commercially printed in a small run (if you wanted to sell
them as a limited edition set).
The choice is up to you-and your budget. If you plan on
printing them yourself, I would investigate laminating or
coating the finished images. Otherwise, with any regular use,
the images you worked so hard to create will be very dirty and
possibly smeared. Also, prints from an ink jet printer is not
stable with moisture. Too much humidity or sweaty palms could
ruin your images. Why make your own Tarot cards if you don't
spend a little more time protecting them?
make your own Tarot cards, you have an incredible opportunity to
heighten your relationship with Tarot as well as express
yourself. If the whole deck seems a little daunting, why not
start by making your own version of the Major Arcana? If you can
make your own Tarot cards, you have the chance to take what
you've learned from the Tarot and create something beautiful and
meaningful. By making your own Tarot cards, you have a chance to
make the Tarot your own. Enjoy!
About the author:
An artist and writer, Lucy loves anything that makes her creative juices flow. Using her 20 years experience with the Tarot and as a professional clairvoyant, Lucy dreams of giving everyone the resources and encouragement needed to become their own guru. For everything needed in reading Tarot cards, from the meaning of each Tarot card, Tarot spreads, Tarot layouts and guides for interpreting Tarot, come to www.Discover-the-Meaning-of-Tarot.com
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