About the service
I am an artist with classical training and create Tarot and Oracle decks entirely by hand, then bring them to print quality through digital processing. This is not a filter over a ready-made template — each deck is conceived from scratch for your concept: personal mythology, family history, a set of animal spirits, your favorite fantasy world, or a reimagining of the classic Rider-Waite structure in your own visual style.
The work begins with a questionnaire where you describe the desired mood (soft watercolor, dense gouache, vibrant acrylic palette, ink graphics with wash), recurring symbols, palette, and characters that matter to you. First, I create composition sketches for the Major Arcana and send them for approval before I pick up the brush — this way the direction is fixed in advance and nothing needs to be redrawn. After the sketches are approved, I paint originals on cold-pressed paper, scan them in high resolution, and adjust color and contrast digitally while preserving the texture of the live brushstroke.
A complete Tarot deck of 78 cards typically includes: all 22 Major Arcana with individual narratives, 56 Minor Arcana — either painted individually or built as a unified suit system that I develop specifically for you (four suits with consistent symbolism and numbering), card backs, a title cover card, and a brief reference sheet with keywords for each card. Oracle decks are fully custom in card count and theme — most often clients order 20 to 44 cards around a specific set of messages, animals, or ancestor imagery that we choose together.
I deliver the finished deck as print-ready files with separations (PDF and PNG, 300 dpi, with bleeds and crop marks), so you can order a print run from any print-on-demand service, plus a digital set for social media and product cards. At each stage I send photos of the originals in progress so you can see the brushwork and color decisions before final scanning.
Timelines depend on deck size — a full 78-card deck is a major project and is assessed separately; this offer covers a Major Arcana-only deck or thematic oracle up to 20 cards within the stated timeframe. I have created decks on themes of processing loss and working with ancestors, regional folklore, and personal astrological cards, and I'm happy to show portfolio examples before we start. Revisions to composition and line are included at the sketch stage; once the brush touches the paper, further changes are billed separately, which I always warn about honestly in advance.
The work begins with a questionnaire where you describe the desired mood (soft watercolor, dense gouache, vibrant acrylic palette, ink graphics with wash), recurring symbols, palette, and characters that matter to you. First, I create composition sketches for the Major Arcana and send them for approval before I pick up the brush — this way the direction is fixed in advance and nothing needs to be redrawn. After the sketches are approved, I paint originals on cold-pressed paper, scan them in high resolution, and adjust color and contrast digitally while preserving the texture of the live brushstroke.
A complete Tarot deck of 78 cards typically includes: all 22 Major Arcana with individual narratives, 56 Minor Arcana — either painted individually or built as a unified suit system that I develop specifically for you (four suits with consistent symbolism and numbering), card backs, a title cover card, and a brief reference sheet with keywords for each card. Oracle decks are fully custom in card count and theme — most often clients order 20 to 44 cards around a specific set of messages, animals, or ancestor imagery that we choose together.
I deliver the finished deck as print-ready files with separations (PDF and PNG, 300 dpi, with bleeds and crop marks), so you can order a print run from any print-on-demand service, plus a digital set for social media and product cards. At each stage I send photos of the originals in progress so you can see the brushwork and color decisions before final scanning.
Timelines depend on deck size — a full 78-card deck is a major project and is assessed separately; this offer covers a Major Arcana-only deck or thematic oracle up to 20 cards within the stated timeframe. I have created decks on themes of processing loss and working with ancestors, regional folklore, and personal astrological cards, and I'm happy to show portfolio examples before we start. Revisions to composition and line are included at the sketch stage; once the brush touches the paper, further changes are billed separately, which I always warn about honestly in advance.
