Synchronicity

I'm checking in this week to let you know I have a lot of hard work behind me! About 98% of the artwork has become digital. I have finished the "Main Suit," or main cards of the deck, and have started re-drawing the "Healer Suit" in digital format.

I am going to say the artwork is looking better, but there still needs to be some re-formatting to earlier improvements, including some minor enhancements to most cards. This deck is screaming to be seen and isn't going to be content with being a bunch of sticks on paper.

Aside from looking at a potential publisher for the deck (www.makeplayingcards.com), I'm anxious to start updating the oracle's manual, which is currently around 40+ pages. I'm hoping this manual can cover a lot of ground, giving readers a deeper understanding of the cards in many dimensions, as well as offer different ways to read with them. Hopefully, it will get a basic message across without overwhelming the reader. I am still thinking to myself at times - really? Come on, there are already three indices... I would like to keep the manual updated on a yearly basis online but I am not sure if this is practical. In any case, a little white fold-out sheet will be included with the deck.

This oracle appears to be deceptively simple: I want to aim for simplicity, yet it can be a deck for those readers who want complexity, too.

The manual will contain pictures of all the cards once they have gone through the final enhancement phase. This is probably going to take another 3-4 weeks, and I'm running at least 2-3 days behind. I'm going to try to work on the manual as well as the deck concurrently from this point on, but I feel like I shouldn't rush things, either. Good things take time to grow.

I think experimenting more with the career/guidance dimension of this deck will help flesh it out, and so I'll probably be asking for more guinea sitters this week at the forums.

As for pictures, I am not going to post the whole deck online, but I will make some finalized images available this month, so please check back for these. :)

Thank you for staying updated and stay tuned!

P.S. - Two new cards have been added to the mix, one of which is an extra Locked card. So I think this brings the deck up to 53 cards.

Transition

Hello all,

I've been spending lots of time on this project in the last two weeks and I'm happy to say I've made lots of progress. :)

 The Good News: I now have 17 out of 51 cards that need to be re-drawn digitally, but it definitely inches me closer to a final completion date (see below). The artwork has taken on a "life" of its own and has gone beyond my expectations. They are certainly becoming stylish pieces of artwork!

The Bad News: I'm going to re-do some pieces that do not quite match the new style. However, there aren't very many to fix and hopefully not time consuming! This is going to set me back to January/February provided things go smoothly.

I will not show any images this time, but perhaps in future entries.

I will also be hosting a new reading thread this week by popular demand! Stay tuned. :)

Eva4