Hi reall. I see you have posted images of your favorites which are pretty much all the ones currently on my site, so i guess thats a good sign
but I also think direct comparisons with the traditional deck is going to cause raised eyebrows and disappointments. Thats why my promo video quite deliberately starts by stating that this project is an "adaption". Its not meant to be a faithful prettying up of the original images. No doubts others may do that in the future if it turns out that Kipper enjoys some kind of renewed public interest. But that isn't an approach I'm interested in.
I wanted to retell the basic story but from a different perspective. I have taken the liberty of transporting the setting of this project from its original German Biedermeier to Britain's Victorian era. Its not meant to be steampunk although that seems to be an automatic connection nowadays with anything Victorian. There are a lot of social, moral and economic similarities between the two periods, although the Victorian one does provide more extremes and those extremes will be depicted in my version of these cards. In the process I have sought the advise and opinion of several experienced readers and authors of Kipper. Not all are in agreement with the specific meanings of each card. This "occupation' card as I have named it for the time being does mean manual labor but not necessarily the hardest in physical terms. as such it can be more gender neutral. A woman working on a sewing machine is appropriate because it provides a scene of working for an employer i.e. in a factory which was very much the case in those times, or it could be working from home. Whereas baking a cake would be too representative of a domestic scene and a female one. I think in this way there is a balance between the traditional Kipper and situations that readers and querants of either gender might find easier to relate to in their own contemporary world.
There are several cards in my deck (indeed even additional ones), which are far more extreme than this example in their variation from the original deck. I will provide a rational for that in my companion document. Nevertheless with that potential issue in mind, as i've indicated on my web site I have a preorder list. Nearer the time of the deck's release, I will contact everyone on that list and provide them with a link to a private page on my web site where every card will be shown. So if anyone feels that I have deviated too much from their comfort zone of what a Kipper based deck should be, they will know that before placing an order. However I'm hoping that for the majority and certainly for beginners, the meanings will be clearer than those on the original deck, (which to be honest I initially found very visually confusing). Ultimately I hope this deck will have its own independent appeal and be judged on its own merit. Meanwhile if you are interested in seeing another particular card, let me know by e-mail....