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"CAR PARK LIGHTS" (2006), I'M $PARTACUS

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Death

The Nine of Cups

Justice

The Nine of Swords

The King of Swords

The Hanged Man

The Hermit

The Six of Swords

The Eight of Cups

The Five of Cups

The Sun

The Three of Swords

‘The Ghetto Tarot’: Haitian artists transform classic tarot deck into stunning real life scenes:

Welcome to the Ghetto Tarot, a project from award-winning documentary photographer Alice Smeets and a group of Haitian artists known as Atis Rezistans. The idea was to take the classic Rider-Waite tarot deck of 78 cards and create a photographic version of each card using settings and objects in the vibrant ghetto of Haiti.

As Smeets says, “The spirit of the Ghetto Tarot project is the inspiration to turn negative into positive while playing. The group of artists ‘Atiz Rezistans’ use trash to create art with their own visions that are a reflection of the beauty they see hidden within the waste. They are claiming the word ‘Ghetto,’ thus freeing themselves of its depreciating undertone and turning it into something beautiful.”

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“Snowing in Clinton” (2006)

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I’ve been slowly working on illustrating my own Tarot deck about black cats.

I have a long way to go, but I’m nearly done with the major arcana.

Here are some of my favorites:

I set myself a design challenge (as I often do). I wanted to limit the color palette and the brush styles to create a very consistent look.

And since each card focuses on black cats, it forces me to think deeply about symbolism and design to make sure the meaning of each card is clear and each design is unique.

But there’s still a lot of variety coming through. It’s not all class, or all silliness - just like cats

I have a forearm tattoo of the cats in this one ☝️

I’m so happy with how both of these two managed to feel dark, but adorable at the same time.

And then there’s this one absolute diva:

Most of these used my own feline friends for reference.

There are more but I don’t know yet how many I want to share online. If I can actually complete the entire deck I would love to have it made. But I have a ways to go, so for now I continue to chip away, one card at a time.

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my finished tarot cards so far, im having a lot of fun with these! the only one missing here is the wheel of fortune, which i finished last week but i havent scanned yet. these are all made with scraps collaged and sewn into rectangles of jean fabric. i love my sewing machine so much but i do want to try handsewing one of the cards at some point, even if its not as time efficient

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Roppongi Sakura Illumination

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Donato Giancola, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: The Lovers (detail), 2009

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The whole hog for anyone curious.

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Super snowy Harajuku at 2am on Valentine’s Day night 2014. These are long exposure photos (using a tripod), so you can’t really see the snow falling, but it was snowing pretty hard! These shots are of Takeshita Dori, Harajuku Dori, Cat Street, Meiji Dori & Omotesando Dori.

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