Latest Additions to the CoT Deck: Button Soup Tarot

[Joan Marie]

I started a new thread here to share the incoming art.

All the cards that have been submitted so far are on display at this link.

We have 3 new cards today, although one is a replacement.

The Moon from Astral Pasta (A New Moon!)
The Hanged Man from civcim
8 of Cups from Cerulean

So gorgeous! Thank you so much!

[Joan Marie]

And another one!

The 3 of Cups from Painterspoon. It looks like stained glass. Just beautiful!

[Joan Marie]

The final submission from Painterspoon! Thank you so much!

[Diana]

What incredibly diverse and beautiful cards we're seeing. Thanks to everyone so far.

[reall]

Beautiful! Luv All Cards so far! This will be my favorite colab deck ever!

[Joan Marie]

Look at this beauty that just came in from CrystalSkullTarot:

[Joan Marie]

And 2 more!!! We are nearly a third of the way to a full deck.

These are from LindseMercury

Just Beautiful. I'm constantly stunned by the originality of the interpretations.

[Joan Marie]

And now enter The Empress! from Pamela Steele.

I am so overwhelmed (in a really good way) by all this beautiful art that's coming our way.

Strong, graceful and mystic. Just beautiful.

[reall]

Beautiful!

[AstralPasta]

Wow these are all amazing

That Strength card really helped me bridge the gap between RWS and Thoth for that version. I've got whole new insight into who this Strength lady is. Wow. Thanks Lindsemercury!

I love it when that happens! It's so wonderful being able to show each other how we see the cards and how we see tarot, instead of only telling! I guess that's a perk for the hypermedia internet world. Hooray for forum integration of heavy picture use hahaha. Especially for us tarot nerds hehe

[Joan Marie]

Here is my Queen of Pentacles, inspired by a walk in the woods today.

[AstralPasta]

So beautiful~ I love the purple.
I gotta get on my minor cards! Hehe

[Joan Marie]

And now we have a lovely 2 of Cups from Marigold!

We are now just about 1/3 of the way to a full deck. About 1/3 of the claimed work still out and about 1/3 of the cards still unclaimed.

I'd say we are doing well and making good progress.

Great work everybody!

[AstralPasta]

Wow Marigold, that’s beautiful!

Hehe, turned my KnW in.

[Joan Marie]

Hehe, turned my KnW in.

Indeed you did and here she is:

Wow. She's amazing.
Thank you!

[Joan Marie]

And the Knight of Cups has arrived courtesy of Pamela Steele.

another beauty for our deck.

[Joan Marie]

And now the King of Swords Ladies and Gentlemen..

Thank you Marigold!


By the way..we are all running a little behind on the text that should be going with these cards, but that's okay. We can catch up on that later. Right now getting the artwork in is the most important thing.

It's going so well!

[Diana]

I can't wait till all the cards are done so we can really get to discuss them. And read with them ! Right now it's like having some tantalising fruit hanging from the trees... we can see them but they're JUST out of reach.

But can I just ask one wee little question and then I'll be done. What is the constellation on the Magician card ?

Oh... one more thing. Does anyone here know someone in their entourage who can read Cyrillic and even better Russian fluently ? I can't translate the writing on the card that I made of the King of Swords. I assume it's the name of the bird. Even with a Cyrillic alphabet chart, I didn't manage to translate because the writing is too cursive and stylised.

[fire cat pickles]

Oh... one more thing[/b]. Does anyone here know someone in their entourage who can read Cyrillic and even better Russian fluently ? I can't translate the writing on the card that I made of the King of Swords. I assume it's the name of the bird. Even with a Cyrillic alphabet chart, I didn't manage to translate because the writing is too cursive and stylised.

It's a Russian postmark, "Russian Post":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Post

[Diana]

It's a Russian postmark, "Russian Post":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Post

No that can't be it. Firstly it's written USSR at the top in Cyrillic. Dated 1965.

But I'm talking about the writing on the side the one that's sideways and all sort of pretty and cursive. I'm thinking there are maybe there are members here who have Russian colleagues or acquaintances who they could ask. It's very hard to decipher if one's not fluent with this alphabet. It's not the standard way of writing it.

[fire cat pickles]

It's a Russian postmark, "Russian Post":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Post

No that can't be it. Firstly it's written USSR at the top in Cyrillic. Dated 1965.

But I'm talking about the writing on the side the one that's sideways and all sort of pretty and cursive. I'm thinking there are maybe there are members here who have Russian colleagues or acquaintances who they could ask. It's very hard to decipher if one's not fluent with this alphabet. It's not the standard way of writing it.

Oh, I see it now! I will send it to someone...

[fire cat pickles]

This is the full translation:

Post office of USSR
4 kopejki worth (0.04 of a ruble)
1965th year

Kоршун is the cursive and it's a type of bird, a kite:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/коршун

[Diana]

This is the full translation:

Post office of USSR
4 kopejki worth (0.04 of a ruble)
1965th year

Kоршун is the cursive and it's a type of bird, a kite:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/коршун

My goodness. You're efficient !!! Can I hire you to tidy up the mess in my files on my computer ?

Thanks so much.

I was certain it was a falcon. But luckily, after reading up on kites, this works also very well for this card. So first when I saw you said it was a kite, my heart kind of sank because I thought this wouldn't work anymore. But it does - slightly differently but just as well. Hardly need to modify the description of the card and definitely not the meaning.

To thank you I'd love to take you with me for a coffee and a croissant at my favourite tea room. So put on your shoes... I'm waiting for you!

(What about the constellation on the Magician card? As you seem to have some access to omniscience, I'm sure you know what it is!!)

[Joan Marie]

(What about the constellation on the Magician card? As you seem to have some access to omniscience, I'm sure you know what it is!!)

I will write Attilla and ask him what constellation that is.

BTW- I re-positioned your art so the "K" is not cut off:

And FYI for everyone, all these mock-ups I've been posting are exactly that, just quickie things I made so that we can have the sense of a deck forming.
These are by no means the final cards.

We have so many in though now that I really ought to get that together and start putting together and posting the actual cards. I think I have enough feedback from everyone, and opinions of my own, to put together something we can all at least mostly agree on.

If I seem to disappear for a day or two, you'll know what I'm doing.

[fire cat pickles]

I don't even see a Magician card... (?)