This project is for a Ostara Tarot, which is collective of illustrator ladies from Vancouver, who are making their very own tarot card deck. They will also be having an art show, where there deck will be launched, in late March.
What they hired me to do, was to come up with some designs to go on the back of the cards. I was given a generous amount of freedom with my designs, so I was very excited to get started. My inspiration came from Norse and Celtic knot-work, and the word "Ostara" itself, which is one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox. For the most part, I chose colours and shapes which alluded to the blossoming of flowers and to the hues prominent during dawn and dusk.
I chose to render my designs in Adobe Illustrator because I wanted to learn how to better create knot-work art with vector shapes. Also, I wished to achieve perfect symmetry because I thought it important that the backs of the cards do not prematurely reveal that the face card may be upside down - a variable some tarot readers an important part of their fortune telling.
Hope you enjoy!
All three designs, side by side.
Design A
Design B
Design C
Some closeup images from all three illustrations.
Design A was used for the back of the cards
Design B for the Ostara Tarot business cards
And Design C for the packaging
Thank you for looking!
You can pre-order the deck at the Ostara Tarot Shop
Prints are now available at my Society6 shop.
