From First Draft to Final Form

Here is my original design for the Eilat Tarot, created with MSPaint and Google Docs:

This version carried the structure and ideas I wanted, but it was still a working draft, something built to think with rather than something ready to live in the world.

Here is the new version of the same card, redesigned by Amashé Etz Alon:

He has carefully reworked each element of the card, clarifying the structure, refining the typography, and bringing a sense of balance and visual presence that my original version didn’t yet have.

Seeing the two side by side, I’m struck by how much of the original vision remains, and how much more vivid it has become.

He’ll soon begin assembling the full deck and finalizing the card backs. I’m eager to see the entire set come together, and, at long last, to hold a finished deck in my hands!