I started working on my reconstructed Etteilla Tarot in early 2022 and was making pretty decent progress. Then in all of 2023 I only completed the first drafts of 7 cards. That’s right. Seven. It took me an entire calendar year to complete seven cards.

Also, I stalled on the Judgement card because I just couldn’t get the composition quite right.

At first I was seeking inspiration from, like, Michelangelo and van den Broeck, with hundreds of teeny tiny people, angels, and demons in the background, lined up and down those mountain tops. But having nowhere near an iota of their talent, my drafts kept looking like a hot mess.

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