Fanart Tarot

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Synonyms: Fanart Tarot Deck
See also: fanart challenge
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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
Animal Crossing Tarot Major Arcana Animal Crossing 2020 silkirose
DCU major arcana deck art from the DC comics Major Arcana DCU 2009 dragon-fall
Honkai:Star Rail Tarot illustrations by 40~ illustrators Full Deck Honkai:Star Rail 2024 assorted artist, organised by Brother Ming
The Faces of Time zine series including tarot card designs Card designs in a zine Doctor Who 1981-1984 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
FMA Major Arcana collection (original pixiv link)
(repost to tumblr got 100k notes)
Major Arcana Fullmetal Alchemist 2018 Emmm
Mass Effect Tarot Card Collaboration Mass Effect 2015
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[dead link] Harry Potter Nasubionna
Nendils HP Tarot[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 2014 (?) Community Event
Qaimlyn's Harry Potter tarot deck (WBM link) Used the houses as the suits Full Deck Harry Potter Qaimlyn and Laura (art)
The Rude Tarot Primarily sexually-explicit art Major Arcana + 2 Harry Potter 2006 smut_wednesday
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
PoE themed tarot cards Major Arcana Path of Exile 2020 Gunoo
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[dead link] 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
F1 Tarot Artwork Major Arcana + Page of cups (planned) F1 2024-? formulanni on tumblr