Quite some time ago, I had done a tarot card for a collaborative tarot deck on Aeclectic tarot forum. (http://www.tarotforum.net/) It was their fourth deck and I had done the King of Pentacles. It look like this:
It is a black and white photo montage. I took two pictures and put them together. Both picture are taken on my workplace. It is a big place. At the time, I worked in the biggest library on the campus. At the time, I discovered the background. The statue is a statue is in another place on campus. It is the statue of a guy named Edouard Montpetit. The statue is facing a street with his name. He was an economist, if I remember well. I had difficulties making this montage, especially around the head of the statue. I thought I still had both pictures separate on files. I think I will rescan them to show the before and after.
At the time, I was seriously thinking of making a tarot deck for myself. I am still thinking of making one for myself. It is just that now, I don't think I will do photo montage. The idea of a black and white photo deck is still appealing. I do have quite a few ideas for many cards. I don't think I will use the above King of Pentacles in my deck now. It was and still is a very good King of Pentacles. It is just that photo montage is not as easy as I thought it would be.
It is a work in progress. Maybe it is time to make it a reality. There is two other cards I made. Don't know if I will keep in for the deck. They had been unpublished. No one have seen them. I think I better jolt down the ideas I have for some cards and see for the rest. I do have a collection of photos. I am sure I can find enough to make a deck. If I don't, I still have a good camera to finish the job...
Hi Annik! I love tarot cards and have a few decks myself. I had no idea there was a place to make your own. How cool. I'd love to see more of your tarot work.
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