Customer Reviews

Color Your Own Tarot

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I didn't expect much when I bought this but it turned out to be a very pleasent suprise. I've read and studied the Tarot for more than 20 years and have more than 50 decks in my collection but I had never colored a deck before. This is a really excellent deck that stays firmly in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition. The artwork is a bit simplified from the Smith drawings but I suppose that is to make it easier to color. The deck comes with a short book and six colored pencils. You will want to go and buy a quality set of pencils before you go to work on the deck. I ended up using over 70 different colors on mine. I believe I learned more about the Tarot while coloring these cards than in the past 20 years of studying books and doing readings. There is something very intimate and wonderful about bringing the cards to life by coloring them yourself. Don't let the simple looking line drawings fool you. The cards truly do come alive when they are colored. The artwork becomes amazing when thoughtfully colored in. Don't rush them and carefully consider your color schemes. Use the book for color guidance. I also found it helpful to look at some of my other decks in the Waite-Smith tradition for help with choosing colors. This is not perhaps, the best deck for persons who have never studied the Tarot before but if you are already familiar with the cards, especially those in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, this spectacular deck is sure to give you a lifetime of enjoyment. I can't say enough good things about it. I truly love it.

The idea of a color your own tarot deck was very appealing, but the deck itself is very disappointing. The cardstock is cheap and doesn't color well with crayon, marker, or colored pencil. My deck looked like an elementary art project rather than an adult's useful divination tool.

It also has blatant Christian symbolism (crosses, doves, etc) that was not indicated in the description. Some may find this appealing, I did not.

Nice color your own tarot deck. I really liked more the famine images and some of the major arcana. Some of the images especially with males very a bit too modern looking for me.

I like this product. I think the card-stock is good. The biggest problem I had was that there were two Justice cards but no King of Wands card. I'm going to try to make the second Justice into the missing card. I actually bought 3 sets of these and two of them have the same problem. I'm also having trouble with the Magician card. The illustration makes it hard to tell the difference between the table legs and his robe.

As an Artist I really enjoyed producing a personized, one of a kind tarot deck. Enough said. The only thing more as I could want is a more complete book to go with the rather thin one that came with the deck.

For beginners like me, this is a great way to spend time with and learn about the meanings of each card.

These are neat cards you can color yourself, helps learn the cards better.

BB
Iriseyes

For the price this Tarot set has much to speak for it. The cards are a contemporized, yet faithful rendering of the Rider Waite Smith Deck. The focus on the people in each scene draws one in, the card backs are attractive. The cards are large and a good size to color. Had I had it do over again, however, I would have scanned the cards and colored them on my computer with Corel Painter X or Photoshop. I am not very good with traditional art media and colored pencils are rather unforgiving. The pencils that come with the set really won't cut it, you should as other reviewers suggest, get a set of quality colored pencils and then have at it. Great fun. At this price, one could easily afford to buy a second deck and replace the cards ones messed up if you're really into it. In the end that may be what I end up doing.

I was a little disappointed in this deck, because the pictures are fairly simplistic, with much less symbolic detail than the Rider-Waite deck, and the book is short and not too detailed. I wouldn't recommend it to someone new to Tarot--get the Rider-Waite and learn from it. However, for those who are knowledgable about Tarot already, it's wonderful to be able to create your own deck, with colors you find symbolic. Buy a box of colored pencils (it comes with six, but you'll need more) and enjoy!