Available Tarot Decks for a Web Tarot Application?

[cardbus]

Hi

I'm very new on this forum. I want to learn more about the possibilities to use some nice Tarot Deck's in a Web Tarot Application. Is anyone interested to provide his own nice-looking tarot arts into such project or have someone experiences with using professional tarot decks in such projects? What is the correct procedure to achieve this?

Cheers

[Scibility]

Hi Cardbus,
Welcome to the forum!. I don't have any experience with this, but I would imagine that you could contact some of the major publishing companies like
Llewellyn
http://www.llewellyn.com/about/contact_us.php or
US Games
http://www.usgamesinc.com/help.php?s...us&mode=update
and ask them what the process involves? They may be able to guide you.

Many people reproduce well-known decks in their own creative projects (books for example). It seems likely that the process would start with getting permission from the owner of the copyright? Hope that helps in some way. Best Wishes to you!

P.S. not sure what the rules are about posting links. Hope it's okay.

[cardbus]

Hi Scibility

Thank you for this links. I would try this.

Do you know any license free decks which looking good? And which of this free decks are the most used ?

Thanks

[Scibility]

Hi cardbus,
I really don't have any specific knowledge on the whole process. I'm guessing it would be hard to find "royalty free" decks for use in a commercial project. From what i've read, some deck creators spend years and years and years building the artwork, and symbolism for their specific systems. This can involve painting/ repainting/ drawing each and every card and that's just a portion of the project... The interpretations would then undoubtedly have to be written for each card. If you're talking about a 78 card deck, that's an incredible amount of time and effort involved. I can't imagine many people willing to donate that kind of project to someone else for monetary gain and not expecting to be compensated in some way for their intellectual property.

I've seen apps with very simple hand-drawn graphics, and others that use photos to represent the various cards. See these examples:
http://www.pcworld.com/appguide/app....0&expand=false

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/e-tar...316191444?mt=8

My favourite example is this one: http://thetarotroom.com/tarot-decks-...rot-version-1/

So there's lots of room for creativity! Maybe you could consider coming up with your own images? Hope this helps. Again, I have no working knowledge of creating apps or writing professionally, but I admire your ambition! Best of luck to you.

[cardbus]

Hi Scibility

It's clear for me that no one will give such nice work for free. For me it is clear to share percents of revenue to use this arts.

Thanks
Remo

[bogiesan]

Originally Posted by cardbus

Hi Scibility
It's clear for me that no one will give such nice work for free. For me it is clear to share percents of revenue to use this arts.
Thanks
Remo

There is a Dover book that contains a disk of copyright free artwork of tarot.

> This one-of-a-kind clip art compilation features more then 790 of the most dramatic, playful, and colorful Tarot cards of the past five centuries. It contains all of the cards from ten different decks, plus the Major Arcana from the Tarocco Italiano. Collectors, Tarot enthusiasts, and designers will rejoice in these beautiful, seldom-seen images.
Dover Original.
Image File Information:
Includes 794 royalty-free images saved in both 300-dpi high-resolution and 72-dpi Internet-ready JPEG formats.<

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486990850.html

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486996476.html

[gregory]

Dover USUALLY says not more than 10 images from any one book. All their books are royalty free - but with that proviso.

I'd ask them, in your place, but this book is no exception - I have it in front of me at this moment. No more than 10 in any one project.

I am not aware of ANY decks that are totally free for on line use. You will need to contact a publisher and ask. You can't assume you can use someone else's work for nothing.

[bogiesan]

Originally Posted by gregory

Dover USUALLY says not more than 10 images from any one book. All their books are royalty free - but with that proviso.
I'd ask them, in your place, but this book is no exception - I have it in front of me at this moment. No more than 10 in any one project.

Ah, well done.
Good point.
I haven't owned a Dover book since college.