Hey tribe art community!
I'm looking for [a] serious artist[s] to collaborate with on a on Occult project, specifically the creation of a new Tarot deck with reworking of the original cards plus a whole slew of new major arcana. I am a dedicated student of the Occult and no mean researcher. I also have access to the kind of private libraries which can provide a rather endless wealth of the type of information, pictorial and otherwise, needed for this project. I have already done quite a bit of work on this concept, and am looking for an artists to collaborate on the project with me.
The ideal artist[s] would have some occult interests of their own but no fixed notions of what a 'proper' deck would contain. . . The right artist would be excited to illustrate the cards, just as I am excited to provide conceptual guidance and feedback as to the symbolic content of the images and write an accompanying pamphlet/book designed to explicate the cards. The artist would need to have an elegant and subtle style which lends itself to Occult materials, and a focus on details so as to be able to convey subtle symbolism. I am also looking for someone who is a serious and reliable person -- I take this very seriously, so don't reply unless you are prepared to as well.
There would, of course, be no pay up front, but good tarot decks sell very well and the project could conceivably become quite lucrative -- most of the decks out there are damn ugly in my opinion, and most of them are poorly conceived of and researched. I have some tenuous connections to the world of professional publishing and whatnot, but the product would have to stand on its own merits. The project would also, if successful, really raise the profile of the artist involved, perhaps to an international level.
My conceptual work is sound and compelling, and I need a gifted artist to help me reify it. Are you that person?
-david
p.s. Also, I'd love to find someone in the Portland, Oregon area, but with the wonders of the internet, this is not an absolute requirement.
p.p.s. I posted this in a couple of different tribe, so if this is the second time you have seen it, please accept my sincere apologies for the waste of valuable seconds of your precious time.
I'm looking for [a] serious artist[s] to collaborate with on a on Occult project, specifically the creation of a new Tarot deck with reworking of the original cards plus a whole slew of new major arcana. I am a dedicated student of the Occult and no mean researcher. I also have access to the kind of private libraries which can provide a rather endless wealth of the type of information, pictorial and otherwise, needed for this project. I have already done quite a bit of work on this concept, and am looking for an artists to collaborate on the project with me.
The ideal artist[s] would have some occult interests of their own but no fixed notions of what a 'proper' deck would contain. . . The right artist would be excited to illustrate the cards, just as I am excited to provide conceptual guidance and feedback as to the symbolic content of the images and write an accompanying pamphlet/book designed to explicate the cards. The artist would need to have an elegant and subtle style which lends itself to Occult materials, and a focus on details so as to be able to convey subtle symbolism. I am also looking for someone who is a serious and reliable person -- I take this very seriously, so don't reply unless you are prepared to as well.
There would, of course, be no pay up front, but good tarot decks sell very well and the project could conceivably become quite lucrative -- most of the decks out there are damn ugly in my opinion, and most of them are poorly conceived of and researched. I have some tenuous connections to the world of professional publishing and whatnot, but the product would have to stand on its own merits. The project would also, if successful, really raise the profile of the artist involved, perhaps to an international level.
My conceptual work is sound and compelling, and I need a gifted artist to help me reify it. Are you that person?
-david
p.s. Also, I'd love to find someone in the Portland, Oregon area, but with the wonders of the internet, this is not an absolute requirement.
p.p.s. I posted this in a couple of different tribe, so if this is the second time you have seen it, please accept my sincere apologies for the waste of valuable seconds of your precious time.
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Re: Occultist seeks graphic artist for Tarot project
Fri, October 28, 2005 - 10:21 PMI am an Artist Muse - see Heather Emelin, Faerie Muse - and one of the artists I represent has painted an amazing series of tarot images. Just gorgeous! She would be perfect for your project. Her website needs work. Her images are kind of blurred on it...BUT, you can email her through her site to ask her to email you jpeg images of her tarot pieces to get a sense of her style and talent. www.gailweissman.com
I represent other artists as well, especially in the mythic and mystical genres, so if she isn't right for you, let me know and I'll come up with some other ideas for you!
Heather
