pangolin said:
- The Star is really scary. It looks like someone stripped off all her clothes and lit her hair on fire -- and is she pissed.
*lol* ..and she's surrounded by exploding fireworks. Or bombs.
Also, the colors on this card are kind of muddy - not at all what I associate with the Star! Really, this is one of my least favorite cards in this deck.
pangolin said:
- The 3 of Cups really creeps me out. Apparently it's supposed to be 3 women hanging out together, but I swear it looks to me like an elderly male cult leader in a robe and turban, groping a couple of bare-breasted young women, with an evil smile on his face. Ugh.
Don't you dare ruin this card for me! La la la, I can't hear you!
But there are other cards that are well-meant but non-ideally realized:
- The swarm of bees? butterflies? on the Seer of Pentacles. WTF?
- Several uncomfortable-looking court cards (King of Wands, King of Pentacles)
- Bad perspective/shadowing, e.g. in the Five of Wands
- Even worse perspective in the Hierophant - is he kneeling behind or on top of the two other people?!
- etc.
Another reason not to buy the World Spirit: It touches on quite a range of cultures and the LWB doesn't explain much about the symbols used or the background of the referenced stories. So, to understand many of the creators' ideas, it's you and your research skills...
There's also too much of a black border on this card which takes away a lot of the colors. Sure, you could trim it all off, but wouldn't it feel weird to throw away a fifth or so of a deck you just bought? And let's not forget the box in a size that makes sense (which doesn't exist) and the crappy organza bag (which does). Which means you'd have to invest in an additional bag or box to store the deck, let alone take it anywhere. Did you really want to spend that much money and/or time on a deck before you could even use it?
ETA: Deviant Moon? Just got it and immediately disliked the extreme glossiness of the cardstock. Also, if you like to read facial expressions, this deck doesn't offer that huge a range with all these circular eyes...