Fanart Tarot
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 |
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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 |