toxicnotebook: candyacidart: Queen of Swords for the Amanda Palmer Tarot Deck (Kickstarter coming
Queen of Swords for the Amanda Palmer Tarot Deck (Kickstarter coming soon).
Digital, 2013.
So I just got the all-clear to post this.
Here’s the backstory: four years ago, I was one of the artists selected for the Amanda Palmer tarot deck- I managed to get one of the royal cards. For nineteen year old me, this was a BIG FUCKING DEAL. My god, was I ever excited. Despite school, I managed to paint my card and send it in on time.
The other artists (well, many of them) and myself shared our work with each other, and the art produced for the deck was gorgeous. I was so proud to be a part of such a pretty deck, and I couldn’t wait for it to be released.
Then, the project sort of…got dropped. None of us ever got a full explanation. To be fair, at the time Amanda’s team were juggling several projects at once- a deck was low priority.
Flash forward to late December 2012 (early January 2013?): I got an email from two of the artists. They have a plan to get the damn thing printed. They were trying to get in contact with as many as the original artists as possible, collected their artwork, and finally release the deck to the public.
I don’t listen to Amanda Palmer as much as I used to. I disagree with quite a few of her recent actions. But I remembered how lovely much of the artwork was, and I remembered how much fun it was to talk to the other artists & work alongside them. Most of all, I remembered how much I wanted the deck to be released.
So I emailed them back and asked if I could redo my card before I sent it in. This is the result.
The deck is going to be funded by a fan-run Kickstarter and, unlike the original project, all the artists will be paid royalties. I’ll link to the KS when it goes up, because while I’m not much of an AP fan anymore, I really do love this project.
On a more lulzy note, here’s my original card:
….Yeaaaaah, even though I wish it hadn’t taken four years to get to this project to finish, I’m really glad this didn’t get printed. God, you can tell I was only 19.
HOLY CRAP! congrats!!! I’ll keep my eyes peeled to see he Kick starters!!
