Borders....

[maximkovalenko]

The first attempt at doing a border for the Tarot project.

Comments

[harper-knight.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course it's required that you use the Clocktower. It's just that awesome.

And yeah... I only know a bit about the Tarot myself. I've never had the chance to get my hands on a decent enough deck and someone who knows enough about it to teach me properly. It's just a vague interest currently, up there with ritual magic and so forth. Something to look into further when I have money to spend on books and cards and the other tools of the trade.

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

I was only ever really interested in it from the artwork aspect myself....fortunately, I have a number of readers out there that have been very nice about educating me so I can get this thing right :)

[harper-knight.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the entire business of occultism is so interesting; at the least you learn a lot about your own assumptions about things, and some of the things the old masters have written are brilliant under all the hogwash they throw in to confuse people.

But I agree the artwork on Tarot cards is amazing in itself. I remember seeing a nice set by Luis Royo once; it has one of my favorite classic depictions of the Tower in it.

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

Never saw the Royo one...there's a real good one of Micheal Whelan art I like a lot....

You can get a good look at it at

http://taroteca.multiply.com/photos/album/408/Michael_Whelan

[harper-knight.livejournal.com]

This one, in fact: ttp://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g238/leanan_ad/torre.jpg

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

That is sweet....I like Royo, but you have a tendency to forget that he can do artwork other than mostly naked chicks ;)

[harper-knight.livejournal.com]

I always love to see what people do for the Fool. Sets the feeling for the whole set...

And Hah, the Seven of Wand in that set you linked above is the cover of... Sunrunner's Fire? yeah. Part of one of my favorite trilogies. Re-using artwork for Tarot. Naughty.

And haha, I have quite a few Royo images saved in my pictures directory. I wish I could paint like him. You have a problem with his hot naked chicks? :P

[maximkovalenko.livejournal.com]

No, but it's nice to see him do other things....like my two favorite cover art pieces he did (the covers of Hardwired and The Voice of the Whirlwind (which are both by Water Jon Williams)