Alta
Well, I am a mod and even I am not sure if this can go here or should be in Oracle decks. So, whatever.... fine with me.
I just got my copy of the Heart of Faerie Oracle today, it had been on pre-order for so long that I had forgotten about it. Because it is by the same artist (although the collaborator is Wendy Froud rather than Jessica MacBeth, though the latter is mentioned on the Acknowledgements page), of course comparisons are inevitable. And that is what I did.
I wouldn't say that 'much' of the art, but a not-insignificant number of cards are re-works of the cards in The Faeries' Oracle. Several of them have been re-titled. I am not sure how to describe it, but the pictures look different in quality, in sense that they do not seem as other-worldly.
Divided differently too. There are Faerie Queens, the Consorts, and various other divisions. Cards sort of clump so I'll have to work with them for a bit to see if that improves. There is always fanning powder I guess.
Hard to say 'like' or 'don't like'. I am so accustomed to the other deck I'll have to try and separate from that.
Alta
I just got my copy of the Heart of Faerie Oracle today, it had been on pre-order for so long that I had forgotten about it. Because it is by the same artist (although the collaborator is Wendy Froud rather than Jessica MacBeth, though the latter is mentioned on the Acknowledgements page), of course comparisons are inevitable. And that is what I did.
I wouldn't say that 'much' of the art, but a not-insignificant number of cards are re-works of the cards in The Faeries' Oracle. Several of them have been re-titled. I am not sure how to describe it, but the pictures look different in quality, in sense that they do not seem as other-worldly.
Divided differently too. There are Faerie Queens, the Consorts, and various other divisions. Cards sort of clump so I'll have to work with them for a bit to see if that improves. There is always fanning powder I guess.
Hard to say 'like' or 'don't like'. I am so accustomed to the other deck I'll have to try and separate from that.
Alta