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**NOTE!!**
I'm currently doing farm internships and unable to update on a regular
basis- but this project is still very much alive!!! A Little History.... Back in 2000 I volunteered to do illustrations for Qaimlyn's Harry Potter tarot deck. I didn't know anything about the tarot, but was intrigued by the idea. Harry Potter and the tarot go well together, and J.K. Rowling's novels are chock full of wonderful characters and scenes that lend themselves well to the symbolism of the cards. I drew a couple of cards for Qaimlyn's deck, but the more I learned about the tarot, the more I wanted to do my own deck, assigning characters to the cards I thought fit best. So I did. This Deck .... I've started at least 4 versions of this, changing styles, mediums and card assignments, but I think the version on this page is here to stay. I hope to finish the entire deck. All of the cards are done with only Copic markers on smooth bristol board. They are all 11 x 14 inches in size, and are completely unedited by computer, except for the watermarking and addition of text. Any flaws I made in the original have been left for this page, and I've tried to scan the colors are close to the original as possible. Also included are my notes on the cards, both explaining why I chose them, and my thoughts on creating them. I have assigned the four suits of the tarot to the four Hogwarts Houses: Wands became Gryffindor, Swords became Slytherin, Cups became Hufflepuff, and Pentacles became Ravenclaw. While others may have chosen to assign these differently, this is the arrangement that spoke to me after much internal debate. This is why the Marauders are under Hufflepuff instead of Gryffindor, and Lockhart under Slytherin, etc. I have also renamed some cards from the traditional "Fool", "Wheel of Fortune", "Hermit", etc, to fit the Harry Potter theme more, and because I just felt like it. :) I am aware that J.K. Rowling has publically said that Gryffindor = fire, Hufflepuff = earth, Ravenclaw = air and Slytherin = water. But I started this before that was said, and I still stand by my choices, which I based off of my personal 'feelings' about the meanings of the tarot cards and the HP characters/scenes. Please feel free to make your own deck with the elements/houses in the 'correct' way. I'd love to see it! Etc .... My two major sources of tarot information came from these two websites: Aeclectic Tarot.net and Learn Tarot.com, both excellent resources. You can contact me at: Nasubionna@gmail.com or sign the guestbook if you have any comments/questions. Any of these cards are subject to change as future Harry Potter novels are published and new characters/events are introduced. Want to buy a deck? This is a question I get a lot. I'm sorry to say that I can NOT sell any of these cards, nor can I sell sets of the deck when it's complete. This is because Harry Potter and all related characters are property of Warner Brothers, and they do not approve of fans selling fan art. If I could afford to give them out for free, I would do so, but until that happy day of financial security, they are confined to this page. If ever WB decides to change their mind (or even better, decide to hire me and publish this deck!), I will sing it from the mountaintops. But for now, I give you the deck in digital form:
Please do not reproduce these cards on your website or print them for your own distribution and profit! This is my pet project, and I would like to keep it on this site only, please. You are, however, VERY welcome to link to this page! Thank you! A work in progress, part of Nasubionna.net. The rest of my Harry Potter fan art can be found here. Site design & artistic content © Laura Freeman. Do not steal. Harry Potter & all related stuff © J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros & various publishing companies. Not me. I only worship them. A lot. TOP of PAGE |
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