Tarot de Wandrille

The "Tarot de Wandrille" is a variation on the "Tarot de Marseille" and was made with 78 linocut impressions between May 2021 and April 2022, printed on paper and colorized digitally. Boxes are made by "Matière Grasse" Ed. I work in the animation industry as a Storyboarder and on my spare time I make graphic novels : "Esotéria" (2019), "The Golem and The Ermit" (2020), "Fierce" (2023) and animated short films : "Penitent" (2014), "Lady of The Lake" (2016) and "West of Tom Bickford" (2022). I'm an introverted and introspective person, so, like many others in my field I got interested in Yi-Jing, Astrology and the Tarot de Marseille. I got interested in those practices for their therapeutic aspect, not divination aspect, because I see in them line of thoughts, symbolics of self improvement, a sort of map for "better living". I decided to represent each card by what they represented for me, a way to discover tarot in my own way. Major Arcana seemed straight forward because charged with broader symbols (The Fool, The World, The Force etc...) but Minor Arcanes caught my attention (4 of Wand, 2 of Sword, 9 of Disks etc...) because they would demand a more personnal and abstract approach. So the "order" of cards don't follow the traditionnal Tarot order (Queen, King, Knight or Fool, Juggler, Popess, Empress etc...). I've proceeded with instinct and affinity. What makes it personnal is not only my own personnal designs but also the order in which I've made them, like my own way to learn Tarot. Each of the 78 cards, while it doesn't alter the meanings of the card in their representation, are named in french and do follow the classical naming of Tarot (The Fool, The Tower, The Ace of Wand, the King of Sword etc...) . There are no rules. The result is a game of abstract cards, a discussion tool, of introspection, which despite being very personnal could, I hope, amuse, question or reflect a surprising image to those who wish to play it.