| Designing your own Tarot Deck can be fun and | | | | recreating a deck of Tarot cards. If you like the |
| fulfilling. Even if your artistic talents are less than | | | | artwork for example but not the card titles you could |
| masterful a fully functional, unique, and aesthetically | | | | redo the artwork and leave out the less aesthetic |
| pleasing deck can be created. Whether you choose | | | | portions of the Tarot decks theme. |
| to decorate an existing deck or create your own | | | | If you want to create a deck entirely of you own, |
| here are some helpful ideas to get you started down | | | | the first thing you need to do is think of a theme for |
| the right path. | | | | them. Some people use their culture, family, |
| Many people use the Golden Dawn Deck for | | | | traditions, and favorite stories as themes for their |
| inspiration. This is because The Golden Dawn Deck | | | | decks. Next get some Card stock from your local art |
| encourages people to design their own sets of Tarot | | | | supply store. Card stock works well for creating your |
| cards. To do this, you can either copy the original | | | | own deck of cards. Card stock comes in different |
| design and redraw them with your own take on | | | | colors, sizes, and thickness. This makes choosing the |
| them or create your own deck with symbols and | | | | perfect card stock an easy choice. |
| pictures from scratch. | | | | Even if you are not Picasso you can create your own |
| Once you have settled on a design for your Tarot | | | | Tarot deck by utilizing photos. Pictures taken of |
| deck you should copy the design so you can | | | | special people,places, or events can be used. If you |
| construct your own. Your artwork may vary from | | | | like ahve some friends or family dress in appropriate |
| the design of the deck you copied, but in the end | | | | attire and use that for your decks artwork. Many |
| you'll have your own unique deck of Tarot cards. | | | | photo programs also contain project templates and |
| Another method of designing your own set of Tarot | | | | stock photos that you can organize, print, and cut |
| cards is to color in your own deck. To do this, you | | | | out for your tarot card project. You can even add |
| can copy a set by tracing out the pictures on paper | | | | special touches to your cards like adding |
| and then coloring them in, or by painting over the | | | | embellishments. For example small ceramic objects, |
| pictures on a deck itself. You could use any deck for | | | | small stones, flowers, buttons, shells, sand, coins, |
| inspiration and many have made their own versions | | | | metallic art paper, or scraps of fabric all make great |
| of the Rider-Waite cards and had them published. | | | | additions to a project. You can even use small |
| You may wish to create a brighter, more vivid, bold | | | | objects to assemble pictures on the deck instead of |
| version of the deck or create a softer, more | | | | just using them as embellishments. |
| subdued version. Another interesting variation is to | | | | Photographs used as artwork for decks of Tarot |
| use psychedelic designs with abstract colorings. | | | | cards work well, especially if you plan to use the |
| If you choose to create your own deck of Tarot | | | | decks as gifts for family members or friends. Most |
| cards then you may wish to add your own special | | | | importantly remember that imagination and |
| touches to them. These could be special symbols, | | | | experimentation are wonderful tools to be utilized |
| pictures, colors, words, textures, shapes or letters. | | | | while designing your own special deck of Tarot cards |
| You may wish to leave out certain things when | | | | that are just right for you. |