1) finish all lineart first & color
later, it’ll save you time & recoloring troubles & give
your deck more uniformed look using same I advise strongly limited
color pallet for each suit? maybe something like Dragon age Tarot? or
just combine your lineart with old map texture to give it that
medieval look? maybe something like I did here will work best
https://sites.google.com/view/myluckycard/ancient-lenormand or Take a look at these wonderful Spirit Keeper Tarot by Benebell Wen color samples for idea what coloring style would suit your deck best?;)
2) Card design & colors determine
card meaning & light Clear and Simple is seen more
positive/optimistic and darker more negative!;)
3) avoid main basic colors/hue Red,
especially light Blue & Green as printed colors will look much
darker/aka flat dark green!x,x unless you are born awesome talent to
fill wonderful coloring book pages!:) lolz srsly, I’m thinking
creating my next tarot as lineart & publish it as *limited mono
edition & bnw coloring book & ask people (who know how to do
it!!:) to color it so I can pick best & publish colored
edition!XD lolz imo some coloring book pages are best color style
EVER!XD
4) Older decks usually (successfully!)
ignore some basic art rules like; 3x3 grid/aka do not center your
art! & thou shalt not mix more than 1primary color in your art!:)
as traditional (Marseilles) Tarot color palette is
RedGreenBlueYellow+ black lineart!:) but if you look popular modern
decks like; RWS (&Thoth) it’s usually 1 dominant color &
few accompanying I.e HP, Emperor, Tower etc all showing how PCS &
lady FH were great artists of their time with good theory basis!^^
lol so moral of the story When creating your Tarot art; check how
it’s done traditionally, check card meaning & how other great
artist did it before you & try not to be much worse?!:) lolz
5) don't be afraid to be you be fresh and bold don’t be afraid to break some rules!;D
There are many *rules & guidelines
how to/ or not make your Lenormand or any other deck and fad art
trends, but all that don’t guarantee you popularity! And there are
many who successfully broken those rules and get favored by public
opinion! So be bold and ready to make something you’ll like! And
who knows? You may end up creating something new and fresh everyone
will talk about!
6) Experiment with different layer
modes & effects (imo gradient works best!^^) but Whatever you do
remember to
7) Have Lots of fun! You Are Creating
Something You Like & Learning Lot in process!^^ if more people
recognize it's just extra kick either way you get exp & Art of a
lifetime to enjoy!;D
Note; regardless of media you are
working eventually you’ll need to provide digital files for print
by taking hi resolution scan or photos so here are some
Digital files
tips;
+ Back up of your work on extra usb or
cloud & take pic of your lineart before coloring!:)
+Keep your digital art in progress in
your original working format with separate layers (In gimp that is
xcf & psd in photoshop or some high res like bmg or tiff and
save/export as what you plan to print in png etc (make sure layers
are flattened/merged! and there is no transparent areas!) Only when
you consider it completed & ready to print! As any changes you do
to jpeg and save it again will result in quality loss!
+Text and borders should always be in
separate layers! that leaves more options for later! as modern trend
is borderless that makes art look bigger & better & saves you
of uneven border issue in case of printer drift!;)
+Remember to remove top/guideline
template layer before saving & uploading your img for print &
check for errors including text, card size and alignment of layers!:)
Check my next post for *faq about
(here is Card Printer list!:)
(here is Card Printer list!:)
All best!
MyLuckyCard
Reall/Irena
Reall/Irena
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