[Shade]

Had not heard of this forthcoming deck from Llewellyn but I like what I see:

http://murphyillustration.blogspot.c...judgement.html

I know Llewellyn gets a lot of flack for only publishing RWS-based decks but that does seem to be what so many reader crave (aside from us crazed collectors on Aeclectic). If I have to see another boat on a Six of Swords I would be glad to have this one.

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[rwcarter]

I would rather see that 6 Swords too. Would love to see what he does with the 8 Wands and 3 Swords, which are my other two bugaboos about RWS clones.

[desertrat]

Thank you for posting this info. New decks always get me excited, and this one looks especially worthwhile. I'm one of those RWS-based deck fans (please don't hate me).

[Shade]

I'm sorry, I worded that badly. I am a fan of RWS decks myself and this one looks lovely. I also love that the artist has designed cards for Magic: The Gathering, a game I adore.

[Lilianne]

That looks fantastic artwork. I can't tell from the write-up whether the deck will be B&W or in colour. The colour illustrations look gorgeous but whether printed cards could have that "oil paint" glow, I doubt but still...that's on my list.

[AJ]

I don't get the dot over the head on 6 swords
nor the eyedropper on judgement. Nor do I feel it is an either/or card.

[Le Fanu]

I assume it will be the paintings rather than the charcoals that are going to be used for the cards.

Good to see tarot moving away from computer-based artwork (if we can interpret this as a trend). I much prefer this style to the artwork in decks like the Wizards and Witches, which can have a plastic, already dated, feel.

Llewellyn have done a few decks recently which I shall provocatively call "real" art (as opposed to the plastic sort). Like the Hidden Realm, Victorian Fairy and now this. It really feels like a great deal of thought and care goes into the commisioning and choice of artist and I like the results.
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[Zephyros]

Originally Posted by AJ

I don't get the dot over the head on 6 swords
nor the eyedropper on judgement. Nor do I feel it is an either/or card.

I don't know about the eyedropper, but the encircled dot is the astrological symbol for the Sun, which actually shows the artist did a little esoteric digging, as that symbol isn't on the original RWS card.

[AJ]

thank you

[truelighth]

It is lovely. I would definitely buy that one. Although I actually like the charchoal drawings even more then the paintings. I would love to see those in print.