Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

Classical art in digital illustration

“During the lessons I taught you all the secrets to create illustrations of colorful and stylistically coherent arcana, now it's your turn! Follow these basic steps to complete your project. Don't just copy my example, but experiment and invent something new. In this way, you will learn to independently apply the techniques I have taught you and you will give more space to creativity. Analysis and research Whatever your decision, I recommend starting with a bit of analysis and iconographic research. There are some fundamental questions that we must ask ourselves when working with tarot cards: what is the main element that allows us to recognize a specific card? In addition to the main symbol, how many and which secondary symbols does that card contain and what meaning do they have?

Pencil drawing Starting from your research, you can start drawing. Based on the elements you have identified, prepare some sketches to understand how to organize your illustration. I advise you to make at least 2 drafts so you can understand which is the best solution. You can start by placing a reference image on the light table and then rework it according to your personal interpretation. Outline with ink Now everything is ready to draw the outline with ink. If the pencil drawing turns out to be too light and difficult to process, I recommend scanning it, increasing the contrast with Photoshop and printing it. To give body and volume to your illustration, after the outline, move on to the hatching. Draw small regular strokes in ink that are more or less at the same distance from each other. Variable color At this point our work with ink is finished and you can move on to digital. However, nothing stops you from finishing the process with traditional techniques such as markers, watercolors or colored ink. Color is a fundamental step, it is what gives life to an image making it energetic. The back of the cards Finally, move on to designing the back of your tarot deck. Create a pattern that represents you with Photoshop. Now share your project in the forum! Show everyone both the final result and the processing steps, documenting each step with an image and describing what you did with a short explanation. As soon as possible, I will be happy to comment on your work. Look at colleagues' projects and encourage them by commenting on what they have shared: don't miss the precious opportunity to interact with the creative community. Thanks again for taking this journey with me!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Here we are at the end of this home course. But in fact. your work actually starts here. This is the time to start thinking about your final project and bringing your ideas to life You can freely choose whether to use the subjects I developed during the lessons. or just let my work inspire you to reinterpret it. or even create something entirely new from scratch. Or why not. draw a fortune card and let destiny guide you. Regardless of your choice. i recommend beginning with thorough analysis and iconographic research to guide When engaging with tarot. essential questions arise. What is the ...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (164)
• 10456 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (3h 5m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration