Tarot of the Deviant Moon was created using various forms of photographic manipulation.
Each card starts with a complete drawing. The work is scanned into the computer where I apply
various photographic textures. Nineteenth century tombstones provide most of the clothes worn by
the citizens of the Deviant Moon. I bent, twisted, and reformed my photos to become capes, boots,
hats and trim. One of the best parts of creating the deck was “hunting” for specific textures as I
respectfully tiptoed around the graveyards of eastern Long Island, N.Y. Background buildings were
created with photographs I took from a local abandoned insane asylum. Rotted doors, windows and
walls became castles, factories and cities.
My character stylization was influenced by ancient Greek art, yet I gave them a slightly
abstracted twist. I chose to draw them in a flat, playing card style, rendering them with heavy
light and shadows. The figures were then placed in a shallow background.
As I worked, different styles emerged, and before long the characters evolved into the moon-faced
beings seen in the cards.
Symbolism for the deck comes from childhood dreams and imagination that carried itself into
my adult world. I have always seen the melancholy side of life and have sought to express my
visions through the characters I create. The moon has always been a psychic friend to me. As the
sentinel of the night, it feeds my dreams and casts a strange glow on the way I see the colors of
reality.
Nothing has had a greater influence over my art then the tarot itself. I first discovered
the tarot at the age of nine. I was captivated by the unique characters I saw on each card and
studied the artwork intensely. My favorites were the old 19th century and medieval decks. While
my classmates where drawing what children normally do, I was busy making my own little pictures of
the fool or the magician. Over the years I have made many attempts to create my own deck, but
never completed more then a few cards each time. I held the ideas of my early random creations and
revitalized them here in the Deviant Moon.
Physically, this deck has taken over three years to complete, although it is at least thirty
years in the making. It is not only a testament to my art, but a record of my life.
Tarot of the Deviant Moon has been released! Select retailers are receiving copies now.
Website is ready, but will open upon release of the deck.........
I can hardly wait for the new deck! Your art is amazing, and so inspiring!
I cannot believe you are a mere mortal as you presume to be. No, you must be something else entirely. Until the moon dictates our destiny, You are a true friend, eternally.
(Ok, just playing around here... and being silly) 'Hehehehe....'
I went to a Gem & Mineral show in Mountainside, NJ and found a
Revolutionary War era cemetery, nearby in Westfield. Took a few photos
in the rain and then went home to decorate my own front yard cemetery.
The theme this year is "Hippies", so the skeletons are dressed up as
hippies and the inside of the house is also pretty well decorated. Stuart
Hello, So nice to meet you! Feel free to email me anytime, I would love to hear from you. Thanks for the friendship!!!
Horror & Hugs, Michelle Lundy Erotic Horror Artist & Author
P.S. If you would like to check out some of my work, feel free to stop by my photo albums & blog. And don't forget to vote on your favorite cover art design for my current novel in the works, Inside a Vampire's Mind: Salvation (see blog for details).
Did you move to L.A. from somewhere else? I thought you were on the east coast somewhere. Was it New Jersey? Well anyway my cousin has a print shop in santa monica. It's called sign a rama this is the website http://stores.signarama.com/90025/. He doesn't do all the stuff on that site in-house. He has a large format inkjet printer and a vinyl cutter. He has an engraver too for making signs and letters. If you need anything he should be able to give you a good deal. Just tell him Erik sent you.
We hear the music, we express our soul, we create the songs for our magnificent journey called life. Thank you for your friendship, its a great to share our journey with you. Sending love and infinite blessings of joy. Love Bart & Jody
A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand-- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep--while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? .. .. ..
I received Deviant Moon Tarot yesterday. I knew the moment I laid my eyes upon them that I had to have them, but when I held them, worked with them and gazed upon them they spoke to me loud and clear. They are beautifully created, and I don't think I will purchase another deck...that is until her sister deck is released! Thanks for adding me! Thanks for creating this deck for all of us!
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