The Crowdsource Tarot

I'm happy that I could make this connection. I hope it works out for you.

I think you had mentioned working with fabric, but I didn't know about the Art Major part; that's cool. I enjoy sewing myself.

I think I was about 2 when my mother and grandmother started having me hold down patterns on the table and stuff like that. I took up actual sewing a few years later, and have intermittently practiced it since. Local friends often bring me stuff to mend, and I've had a few people pay me to make things for them. But mostly it's a hobby for me.

Your accomplishments sound impressive!

Hmm ... I know that the Crowdsource Tarot is a cyberfunded project. There's a donation button on the site. So while it probably isn't a paying market for artwork up front, it might have money attached to the art in other ways. Frex, if you made something relating to the deck and posted a picture of it on the site, fans of the deck might be interested in buying the original from you. I don't know whether or not the authors have any revenue-sharing plans in mind for artists who contribute (on the premise that art might attract more donations). It's worth exploring if money is a key concern for you. On the other hoof, if you're just glad for the inspiration, go with that.

>>Good thinking...I've been doing way too much gratis work because it needed doing. Even though my hubby provides everything, it's critical for my sense of independence to become financially independent at least to some degree.<<

One of the most important things in self-employment is simply thinking of your work as marketable, as potentially profitable. My career is wordsmithing, but I've taken money or barter for all manner of different tidbits over the years.

>>The next web-site I'll be working on, after the FiddlyBags one is my Ritual-Wear site, with my designs not only garb for rituals and other wearable art but also spiritually-oriented artwork to decorate altars and shrines. <<

Let me know when you get the Ritual-Wear site ready for traffic. I can send people your way; I've got a lot of Pagan or otherwise magical readers. I do product reviews over on Hypatia's Hoard of Reviews, as well as book reviews, if you have anything small enough to turn loose as a review copy, like hats, Tarot bags, stoles, etc. The Yemaya flag we used in our Litha ritual was actually a review copy -- part of a set -- that came from Karuna Arts.

*bow, flourish*

>>Soon as White Hart Renfaire is over (2nd weekend of July) I'll be working on prototypes and getting the web-site up and going soon as I can.<<

That sounds good.

>> The FiddlyBags one just hasn't taken off at all but then, the design sucked and is being renovated by an LJ friend of mine in California.<<

Sometimes it takes a while to find the right niche and/or presentation.

>>Life is what happens when you're making other plans!<<

*laugh*

Yeah, that's what I said when someone asked me to take up magazine editing, something I had never intended. But it was great while it lasted, and I'd jump at another job like that.

>>I'd be more than happy to send you review items and get your feedback and other ideas from it.<<

Okay, great. I can do feedback well.

>>BTW, I heard back from her already and signed up to do three cards: Splendor, Tangles and Crow.<<

How exciting! Splendor has the peacock in it, if I remember right ... I'd be looking for shot silk or maybe holographic fabric, for that.

Have you tried out the divination page yet? It gives interesting answers.

Also, I have written a review of The Crowdsource Tarot and it's slated to appear on the Hoard blog tomorrow.