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ARCANA ANIMALIA

I'm Kyle, an Illustrator and Graphic designer from South Africa. This is a person project I'm still working on, reimagining the major arcana of the tarot as animals.

THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF TAROT CARDS IS FOUNDED ON ARCHETYPES.

MERGING THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TRADITIONAL TAROT CARDS WITH THE SYMBOLISM OF ANIMALS,
WHILE KEEPING THE ART SIMPLE, STRIPPED BACK, AND ITSELF, SYMBOLIC.

IF AN ANIMAL COULD BE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT EACH CARD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

THE SAME ETHIC OF THE SYMBOLISM CONNECTING TO THE ANIMALS, CONNECTS THROUGH THE ART ITSELF:
– SIMPLE, MINIMAL SHAPE LANGUAGE
– VERY STRIPPED-BACK, OFF–BLACK & CREAM COLOR PALLETE, WITH HINTS OF GOLD
– CONSISTENT ILLUSTRATION STYLE
– STRONG, RECOGNIZABLE SILLOUETTES


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ARCANA ANIMALIA

I’m Kyle, an Illustrator and Graphic designer from South Africa. This is a person project I’m still working on, reimagining the major arcana of the tarot as animals.

THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF TAROT CARDS IS FOUNDED ON ARCHETYPES.

MERGING THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TRADITIONAL TAROT CARDS WITH THE SYMBOLISM OF ANIMALS,
WHILE KEEPING THE ART SIMPLE, STRIPPED BACK, AND ITSELF, SYMBOLIC.

IF AN ANIMAL COULD BE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT EACH CARD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

THE SAME ETHIC OF THE SYMBOLISM CONNECTING TO THE ANIMALS, CONNECTS THROUGH THE ART ITSELF:
– SIMPLE, MINIMAL SHAPE LANGUAGE
– VERY STRIPPED-BACK, OFF–BLACK & CREAM COLOR PALLETE, WITH HINTS OF GOLD
– CONSISTENT ILLUSTRATION STYLE
– STRONG, RECOGNIZABLE SILLOUETTES