Mallah
@ LeFanu....see, I'm thinking of marketing this myself, with the "pimp your own deck" strategy....yes, the minors are coming later, but SOLD SEPERATELY; and there will be TWO sets of them (at least...)
And then, other "Booster Paks" at regular intervals. Maybe someone wants a more Traditional Hierophant than i offered? No problem, he's coming in a month! People can order alternate cards seperately; and when they become available, they can order whichever version they want....a "pizza toppings" scenario...Tarot Ala Carte...
Maybe you prefer the "Adam & Eve" Lovers instead of "The Choice"...or you like the version that's in there now...maybe you want all 3!
Maybe you want illustrated minors that are basically RWS inspired...maybe the "moody minors" or pips.
And I'm thinking of having a set of court cards that are like what you see in playing cards...with heads at both ends, all stylized like the playing cards courts....but are "character" based and show something of that court card's character....But maybe you don't like that...no problem, here are the more traditional courts. Maybe you want princesses instead of pages. No problem, they are coming in the August booster pak!
Since I am self publishing I'll be able to do all this craziness.
So those people who say "I'll wait for the minors" won't have to, because when the minors come, they will be available as a seperate package. And in the style they prefer: illustrated or non.
@ tarotbear. yeah, I'm working on the book too; but this will be self published too, and I'm not sure it will be ready at the same time. I go back and forth about whether this is a book FOR THIS DECK or a more general offering...so I'm keeping the stuff about these particular designs in seperate paragraphs so i can include/exclude them easily based on what i decide later.
Am I trying to make everybody happy? No. One should create the deck one wishes to see. One of the things i remember about myself was that I was never satisfied, there was always that ONE CARD...that threw the whole thing off...so I'm coming up with a deck that will allow people to have the mix they want! The backs will match, and the art will be in the same style... they'll be the same size and weight (easier said than done, I bet...I'll deal with that when I get there!).
(Heck, maybe I should paks of 5 cards and sell them with little sheets of old dried up bubble gum! LOL)
My goal, right NOW is to finish 2 minor arcanas to go with these majors. There will be one set of Courts (later other offerings). One set of minors will be illustrated and one will be non illustrated. I'll be done with the majors in about a week I think, then on to the minors. I want to do the two minor arcanas side by side. Who knows? Maybe this will sway me to actually read with illustrated minors again myself!
I want the illustrateds to be different in the art than RWS....in other words, I don't want somebody juggling for the 2 of coins....but I want something that makes sense for some of the OTHER meanings for that card (and there are plenty).
But then, after that, some people might not want the OTHER MEANING...they might want a juggler there...no problem, he's coming out in the March booster pak...along with....
THey can buy them seperate too...
They will be free to change out that one, or those FIVE that they don't resonate with; if I'm offering one they DO resonate with.
AND they will be free to contact me and request a card that shows xyz, and I'll hook them up, and make that card available to the public as well, as a further release!
And then, other "Booster Paks" at regular intervals. Maybe someone wants a more Traditional Hierophant than i offered? No problem, he's coming in a month! People can order alternate cards seperately; and when they become available, they can order whichever version they want....a "pizza toppings" scenario...Tarot Ala Carte...
Maybe you prefer the "Adam & Eve" Lovers instead of "The Choice"...or you like the version that's in there now...maybe you want all 3!
Maybe you want illustrated minors that are basically RWS inspired...maybe the "moody minors" or pips.
And I'm thinking of having a set of court cards that are like what you see in playing cards...with heads at both ends, all stylized like the playing cards courts....but are "character" based and show something of that court card's character....But maybe you don't like that...no problem, here are the more traditional courts. Maybe you want princesses instead of pages. No problem, they are coming in the August booster pak!
Since I am self publishing I'll be able to do all this craziness.
So those people who say "I'll wait for the minors" won't have to, because when the minors come, they will be available as a seperate package. And in the style they prefer: illustrated or non.
@ tarotbear. yeah, I'm working on the book too; but this will be self published too, and I'm not sure it will be ready at the same time. I go back and forth about whether this is a book FOR THIS DECK or a more general offering...so I'm keeping the stuff about these particular designs in seperate paragraphs so i can include/exclude them easily based on what i decide later.
Am I trying to make everybody happy? No. One should create the deck one wishes to see. One of the things i remember about myself was that I was never satisfied, there was always that ONE CARD...that threw the whole thing off...so I'm coming up with a deck that will allow people to have the mix they want! The backs will match, and the art will be in the same style... they'll be the same size and weight (easier said than done, I bet...I'll deal with that when I get there!).
(Heck, maybe I should paks of 5 cards and sell them with little sheets of old dried up bubble gum! LOL)
My goal, right NOW is to finish 2 minor arcanas to go with these majors. There will be one set of Courts (later other offerings). One set of minors will be illustrated and one will be non illustrated. I'll be done with the majors in about a week I think, then on to the minors. I want to do the two minor arcanas side by side. Who knows? Maybe this will sway me to actually read with illustrated minors again myself!
I want the illustrateds to be different in the art than RWS....in other words, I don't want somebody juggling for the 2 of coins....but I want something that makes sense for some of the OTHER meanings for that card (and there are plenty).
But then, after that, some people might not want the OTHER MEANING...they might want a juggler there...no problem, he's coming out in the March booster pak...along with....
THey can buy them seperate too...
They will be free to change out that one, or those FIVE that they don't resonate with; if I'm offering one they DO resonate with.
AND they will be free to contact me and request a card that shows xyz, and I'll hook them up, and make that card available to the public as well, as a further release!
