Babalon Jones
This has two questions, either from the point of view of tarot creator or tarot lover. (You can be both!)
If you are a creator, what cards do you find challenging and why, especially in relationship to the small cards. Is it because of the number of suit symbols (too many or too few), or because you are not really grabbed by the archetype, or? Do some cards seem more interesting than others. They are all interesting, I mean seemingly, in the moment, some are more so and some less.
If you are not a creator, are there cards you just normally find hard to connect to, boring, or difficult to get? Conversely, are there minor cards that you always look at to define the deck? I will post this in the Talking Tarot Forum, as not many people look here.
What I am noticing is that some are definitely harder to do than others as I work my way through the minors.
What I find the most challenging is just that with each one, I am trying to do something new. Not an RWS, not a Thoth, not a Marseille, but still instantly recognizable without a title, and with the right esoteric symbolism and feeling tone. And hand drawn not digital or collage.
..how many "pierced heart" variations have you seen for 3 of Swords for example? Sola Busca started it, Pamela took it, then even Frieda did a variation if you consider the pierced rose as a heart.
I am a traditionalist who is bucking tradition, apparently as I do not like decks that I would not know what card it was without the title, but I am bored with the same ol' same ol'
Added to say, I really hate drawing swords with permanent marker. Too many straight lines, so much concentration!
If you are a creator, what cards do you find challenging and why, especially in relationship to the small cards. Is it because of the number of suit symbols (too many or too few), or because you are not really grabbed by the archetype, or? Do some cards seem more interesting than others. They are all interesting, I mean seemingly, in the moment, some are more so and some less.
If you are not a creator, are there cards you just normally find hard to connect to, boring, or difficult to get? Conversely, are there minor cards that you always look at to define the deck? I will post this in the Talking Tarot Forum, as not many people look here.
What I am noticing is that some are definitely harder to do than others as I work my way through the minors.
What I find the most challenging is just that with each one, I am trying to do something new. Not an RWS, not a Thoth, not a Marseille, but still instantly recognizable without a title, and with the right esoteric symbolism and feeling tone. And hand drawn not digital or collage.
..how many "pierced heart" variations have you seen for 3 of Swords for example? Sola Busca started it, Pamela took it, then even Frieda did a variation if you consider the pierced rose as a heart.
I am a traditionalist who is bucking tradition, apparently as I do not like decks that I would not know what card it was without the title, but I am bored with the same ol' same ol'
Added to say, I really hate drawing swords with permanent marker. Too many straight lines, so much concentration!