Fanart Tarot
| Synonyms: | Fanart Tarot Deck |
| See also: | fanart challenge The Stargate Atlantis Tarot (2011) |
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A fanart tarot is a tarot deck illustrated with motifs from a fandom, often characters but sometimes also items that have significance in the fandom. Often only the major arcana is done, and the decks are based on the Rider-Waite Tarot. Fanart tarots are often created collectively in a community akin to a themed challenge, and fanartists pick or are assigned a card to illustrate; but there are also single creator fannish tarots. While many tarot decks are printed out physically, some decks are only online or illustrations/analysis as part of another project.
The kind of fanart used differs. Sometimes only drawn art is used, sometimes only manips, and rarely a mix between mediums.
Popularity in specific Fandoms
For the Supernatural vid Carnival of Rust absrip manipped several SPN tarot cards that are featured in the video and because there was a lot of interest in the cards she later posted them separately in full size.
Tarot cards became popular within Bioware fandoms in 2014, after Dragon Age: Inquisition featured them heavily in game. This has also lead to many artists drawing cards in a style inspired by Inquisition, even if the card itself is not related to Dragon Age.
Examples
Also see Category:Tarot Decks.
| Name | Details | Cards | Fandom | Published | Creators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Deco Avengers Tarot | Full Deck | Avengers | 2013/2014 | Julia Cross | |
| DCU major arcana deck | art from the DC comics | Major Arcana | DCU | 2009 | dragon-fall |
| The Faces of Time | zine series including tarot card designs | Card designs in a zine | Doctor Who | Mary D. Bloemker | |
| Fantasy Showcase Tarot Deck | fannish - "inspired by changes in creating and distributing art, the accessibility and visibility of art available at cons, the rising popularity of fan art" | Full Deck + 6 | - | 2009 | Multi-artist |
| Homestuck Tarot Deck | illustrated | Full Deck | Homestuck | fan project by 39 different fan artists | |
| The Incredible, Amazing, Colossal, Do-It-Yourself (With a Friend's Help) Tarot Deck-Coloring Book Affair | coloring book style tarot deck | Full Deck | multifandom | 1975 | |
| The Incredible Star Trek Book | a series of portrait illustrations based on tarot cards | Star Trek | 1974 | Donna L. Aston | |
| Ladystuck Tarot | illustrated with female characters only | Full Deck | Homestuck | 2018 | multiple |
| Mass Effect Tarot Card Collaboration | Mass Effect | ||||
| Mass Effect Tarot Deck | Mass Effect | Alteya | |||
| SGA Tarot | traditional medium, incomplete | Major Arcana | Star Gate Atlantis | 2007 | anna-luna |
| The Stargate Atlantis Tarot | Digital: Photo manipulation/composite digital graphics | Star Gate Atlantis | Kyn Moonlight (deleted account) | ||
| Nasubionna's HP Tarot (note:dead link) | Harry Potter | Nasubionna | |||
| Nendils HP Tarot (note:dead link) | Harry Potter | Nendils | |||
| HP Tarot | Black and White illustrations, also full meaning guide | Full Deck | Harry Potter | 2008 | ellygator |
| The Potterverse Tarot Fest [1] | Full Deck | Harry Potter | Community Event | ||
| Qaimlyn's Harry Potter tarot deck (WBM link) | Used the houses as the suits | Full Deck | Harry Potter | Qaimlyn and Laura (art) | |
| Genshin Tarot link | Tarot-based board game | Full Deck | Genshin Impact | 2023 | Assorted artists, organised by Brother Ming |
| Raging Tide | Tarot cards tier | 6 Selected Cards (Sun, Hermit, Temperance, Tower, Fool, World) | Genshin Impact | 2022 | |
| Miothle's tarot deck (card preview) | Fanwork | Major Arcana | Genshin Impact | 2023 | m_iothle |
| Turnabout Tarot | Full Deck | Ace Attorney | 2022 | Assorted artists | |
| Undertale Tarot Cards | Major Arcana + 4 | Undertale | dogbomber | ||
| Welcome To The Night Vale Tarot Project | Full Deck | Welcome To Night Vale | 2013 | Jay Holloway | |
| Merlin Tarot Project | Major Arcana | Merlin | 2009/2010 | ||
| Star Wars Tarot | The Fool | Star Wars | 2013 | ||
| Steven Universe: Future Vision Gem Tarot | Steven Universe | joannajohnen | |||
| Tyrian Tarot | project | Guild Wars 2 | |||
| The Winchester Arcana | art project (drawn and manipped) | Supernatural | spn_tarot | ||
| Rota Taro | Saint Seiya | Stayka | |||
| Inquiry | illustrated | Full Deck | TGCF, SVSS, The Untamed | 2022 | chapter56 |
| Arknights Tarot | project | Arknights | 2023 | Brother Ming | |
| MXTX Tarot Enamel Pins | Enamel pins fanmerch | 6 selected cards (The Magician, Hierophant, Temperance, The Hermit, The Fool, Wheel of Fortune) | Heaven Official's Blessing, SVSSS, The Untamed | 2022 | @notvanessalee |