kapoore
For me it's the nature of the internet that people use alter egos, say things they might not have said face to face, and so on. I do it myself, and Tarot has always had people who used different names, for example Eliphas Levi who was not really Eliphas Levi. The persona of Jess Karlin had several personalities. Given his purist philosophy toward occult Tarot, I can imagine that he would be very vitriolic about a photoshop deck. But he could change. When I first read some of his long blogs he wrote poisonous and sarcastic things about A.E. Waite. At one point I was interested in the occult war between the Crowley people and A. E. Waite and so I went looking for those quotes by Jess Karlin and they had been scrubbed. Instead I discovered that Karlin had changed his mind about Waite. He had written an essay on Waite's Chariot card. He also had developed strong opinions on other cards. For example, he drew distinctions between the Waite art in the 3 of coins and the 8 of coins--that the 3 of coins had hidden symbolism showing superior craftmanship to that of the 8 of coins. The 8 of coins was more assembly line work while the 3 of coins was true craftsmanship. Anyway, I'm sorry that he blasted your deck, and my guess is that he did not appreciate your art. Photoshop definitely is complex and to do it well is a high skill. And you apparently survived him if that is any consolation.