Bumblebee ([info]beetiger) wrote,
@ 2009-06-22 23:05:00
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The Crowdsource Tarot is ready!
Hi! [info]bard_bloom and I made you a thing.
The Crowdsource Tarot.
We got 87 words overall from all of you, two the same, so there are 86 cards. Everything fell into place very nicely. Making order out of chaos and playing with archetypes is just incredibly fun.

Enjoy, and pass it around. And thank you all. This couldn't exist without you.

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[info]spotweld
2009-06-23 03:29 am UTC (link)
86 is a good number, it feel right.

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[info]teaotter
2009-06-23 03:48 am UTC (link)
I really, really like this one.

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[info]perlandria
2009-06-23 03:51 am UTC (link)
I meant mine to be ambiguously a verb as well, which is why the submission was in lower case. But, since the first gloss was that, I am content enough.

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[info]bookwurm
2009-06-23 03:55 am UTC (link)
Very cool! Do you mind if I share the link with a non-LJ friend who really like tarot?

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[info]sythyry
2009-06-23 04:18 am UTC (link)
Absolutely! It's for everyone!

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(no subject) - [info]bookwurm, 2009-06-24 12:24 am UTC

[info]chipuni
2009-06-23 03:58 am UTC (link)
This tarot is wonderful...

...though it was terribly honest at me with my first question at it.

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:28 pm UTC (link)
It does seem to be kicking people in the tush, yeah. :)

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[info]stormydragon
2009-06-23 05:03 am UTC (link)
Just out of curiousity, which was the duplicate?

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[info]vik_thor
2009-06-23 06:12 am UTC (link)
agreement on this, it would be interesting to know the duplicate.

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(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-06-23 11:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]akycha, 2009-06-23 02:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rowyn, 2009-06-23 06:37 pm UTC

[info]ladyperegrine
2009-06-23 05:19 am UTC (link)
I love it, and you both. ♥

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[info]melskunk
2009-06-23 05:41 am UTC (link)
Aww, moneyshines, I missed this

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[info]sythyry
2009-06-23 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Nope! You just missed giving a word. You've got the completed deck. And if you feel like it, you can draw a card. Um, draw its picture, I mean.

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[info]vik_thor
2009-06-23 06:18 am UTC (link)
Definitely something to contemplate/work with.

I like how you phrased the reversals for Aibohphobia and Yes.
There's a difference there that will probably be totally obvious when I wake up.

Sweet dreams all.

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[info]sythyry
2009-06-23 11:56 pm UTC (link)
(Aibohphobia is a palindrome, and the reversed meaning reflects that. Yes is always read upright.)

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(no subject) - [info]vik_thor, 2009-06-24 05:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-06-24 11:39 am UTC

[info]xolo
2009-06-23 06:55 am UTC (link)
I'd like to try the art for 'Lightbulb', if that's okay.

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:16 pm UTC (link)
Please do~!

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(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-08-19 02:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]xolo, 2009-08-21 04:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-08-21 11:37 am UTC

[info]krinndnz
2009-06-23 07:37 am UTC (link)
I'm amused that I've forgotten my word, and I don't see a way to find out which it was. It seems so fitting.

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:26 pm UTC (link)
I can tell you if you want. Or do you want to maintain the state of not-knowing?

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(no subject) - [info]krinndnz, 2009-06-24 07:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-06-24 08:46 pm UTC

[info]shatterstripes
2009-06-23 11:32 am UTC (link)
I find myself tempted to draw this.

I am too busy right now what with the comic and needing to work on this year's exhibition but I find myself tempted to draw this.

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:17 pm UTC (link)
That would be so awesome. If only time and energy were infinite! We continue to consider the deck as a crowdsource, so if you want to just do one card, that would be great too.

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[info]amblinwiseass
2009-06-23 12:09 pm UTC (link)
Aside from being super nifty in its own right, this is the first tarot I've ever encountered which has actually been of use to me. Thank you!

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:18 pm UTC (link)
You are welcome! I'm glad it speaks to you.

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[info]amblinwiseass
2009-06-23 12:11 pm UTC (link)
Oh, may I make a request? If this ends up getting illustratored and turned into a physical product which may be purchased, may I request that you put me on the list of people to receive the 'Okay, come give us your money!' email?

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:19 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure that if we had a full deck ready for production that you could not avoid hearing about it.

You don't have to wait to give us money, though -- there's a donate button on the site. :)

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[info]amblinwiseass
2009-06-23 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Slightly more detail.

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[info]sythyry
2009-06-23 01:12 pm UTC (link)
Aww, I can't read it. (I'm [info]bard_bloom's main public LJ account.)

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(no subject) - [info]amblinwiseass, 2009-06-23 09:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sythyry, 2009-06-23 11:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cowboy_r, 2009-06-23 06:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]amblinwiseass, 2009-06-23 09:51 pm UTC

[info]bifemmefatale
2009-06-23 01:26 pm UTC (link)
Eee! This is so cool. I have visions of the artwork being funky collages, kind of like Rob Brezsny's art for his horoscopes. I might try my hand at some later today.

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[info]bifemmefatale
2009-06-23 03:19 pm UTC (link)
2 initial efforts, what do you think?





Edited at 2009-06-23 03:24 pm UTC

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(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-06-23 06:20 pm UTC
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[info]stormydragon
2009-06-23 02:07 pm UTC (link)
May I make a suggestion? The text on the Minotaur card should be red and overstruck.

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Huh. Why?

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(no subject) - [info]stormydragon, 2009-06-24 12:07 am UTC

[info]akycha
2009-06-23 02:35 pm UTC (link)
The cards are gorgeous and the descriptions of the art are great -- I can really picture them.

I was delighted with the reference "the only way to win is not to play," I suppose because I managed to slip that into a game recently.

I really like that there is only one trump.

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[info]tn_grrl
2009-06-23 04:44 pm UTC (link)
You and [info]bard_bloom are awesome! :)

I will be sharing this with my friends. So if I read this correctly, you are looking for artists to contribute (which I will add to my post)?

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-23 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Yes, absolutely! Artists who would like to can make art for the cards and we will add it to the website. We aren't going to actually work to make sure every card gets made, but if they somehow do, we'll make a physical deck happen.

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(no subject) - [info]beetiger, 2009-08-19 02:10 am UTC
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[info]postrodent
2009-06-23 04:51 pm UTC (link)
This is wonderful. And useful! Well done to you and Bard.

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[info]cowboy_r
2009-06-23 05:17 pm UTC (link)
I'm rather amused that the art you've described for the paladin is recognizable to people who know her.

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[info]sythyry
2009-06-23 09:35 pm UTC (link)
*blinkblink* ... there's really someone who looks like that? Who?

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(no subject) - [info]cowboy_r, 2009-06-23 09:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sythyry, 2009-06-23 11:39 pm UTC

[info]rowyn
2009-06-23 06:36 pm UTC (link)
It is the awesome! I love what you did with my word. 'Even if someone's standing on your head.' =)

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[info]kensaro
2009-06-24 11:39 am UTC (link)
How about using an ambigram for 'yes'?

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[info]beetiger
2009-06-24 11:48 am UTC (link)
Oh, awesome idea. Anyone want to point [info]ceruleanst to it?

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[info]kris_schnee
2009-06-28 02:47 am UTC (link)
Nice! There are a lot of interesting and amusing things in there.

Re: "Denial", the two meanings are too similar. Following the theme of looking from another perspective, how about making the reversed meaning, "You're dealing with someone who refuses to listen"?

Re: "Spark", what I envisioned was: "Ignition: the start of something big and creative -- the creative spark, the first phase", vs. "Instigation: the start of something destructive -- the shot heard 'round the world, the straw that broke the camel's back".

The true story referenced in "Serendipity" is revealing: It wasn't just good luck that he noticed. Fleming had deliberately created a situation where he could profit from good luck.

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