Maori Tattoo
Ancient Maori mythology with vibrant digital art and big-eyed illustrations.
by Roxana Paul · 2016
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The Maori Tattoo Tarot deck, created by Roxana Paul and published by the Rising Sun Publishing House has two remarkable features: its theme is about an ancient civilization with clear mythological focus, and its brilliant digital performance with the big eye illustrations and vibrant colors looks quite contemporary. There is one more important side of the deck: for the first time I hold in my hand the whole Tarot deck where all cards’ pictures are tattoos on the human skin background. It is all colorful, saturated tattoos on fine and smooth skin. Plus, I found a free license to use all tattoo designs of the deck for personal purposes. Yassss, I love it. The trumps numbering is traditional (exactly, according to Marseille Tarot, so the Fool is 0, Justice is 8, and Strength is 11), but three cards have special names: the Empress in the Maori Tattoo Tarot deck is called Ariki-Tapairu, The Hierophant – Tohunga, and the Emperor – Ariki. To add more exotic, all court cards are renamed: Apprentice instead Page, Warrior instead Knight, Chieftainess instead Queen, and Chief instead King. Suits are Swords, Wands, Discs, and Gourds instead Cups. As a collector, buying a new deck I keep in min
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