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Every time I draw Kakashi i get closer to my vision for the magician. This isnt the style I want to use for the cards but you get the idea

#hes definitely going to be doing chidori in the card bc a friend talks about the magicians #pose being channeling energy and tbh it sticks with me. i think my interpretation is different from hers but i do #like the idea of directing everything the magician card is willfully #so chidori. #and i want his arm up by his face #bc the magician card on my first ever deck is INTENSE like the dude has a defensive and READY posture and is glaring right at you

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I haven't abandoned this project, October is a busy month this year, and I want to do some serious studies before I make any real cards. I also kind of want more momentum so I can get feedback on stuff like card size and such. But I WILL hold this deck in my hands if it kills me I swear this project will be done I think about it every day

#its just me! one mediocre artist! against 78 cards! pls dont ever think ive given up it will just take awhile

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Give me ideas for a Zabuza card he has to be in it

#im worried he doesnt have enough screentime/development for the nuance of a tarot card #but the imact his character has. he deserves it #id love to have him on a card with haku but i dont want people to assume i intended romance #bc all the two people cards i can think of usually get read as romance #like. i literally refuse to read romance into my spreads bc i do not care about it #but i know other people do #i like two of swords for him off the top of my head tho #at least for how i personally read the card #it strays from the traditional meaning a bit

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Might fuck around and put shino in the major arcana

#listen. listen. im largely making this for me im gonna be self indulgent #and unfortunately i LIKE filler arcs so I'm considering those in making this as well #but not the movies 🤢. there was one i didnt hate plus the last one thats canon #i cant help it hes important to me. i am also offputting and pedantic and unexpressive #i spent a large part of my childhood chasing after insects and small animals instead of trying to interact with other children

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N-ninja info cards

#thats what im gonna call my deck when its finally in my hands #i am cringe but i am free

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*puts tsunade as strength purely because shes a leo*

#listen im still torn on if i want hinata as strength or the chariot i like them BOTH #ALSO YAMATO is a leo and i find that extremely funny #my leo sun ass looks at yamato and is like...sir....you are not one of us.....you cant sit here #im making myself sound like someone that actually knows about astrology but mostly my knowledge is gleaned from #listening to my witch friends talk about it during tarot circle while i just sit there patiently #bc im very much in camp ''astrology for the memes'' #so i know roughly when cancer leo and virgo season is bc my brother and i are leo sun #a very rough guess at aries season bc my sister is aries #and unfortunately i know about when Gemini season is #because in a filler arc Iruka says #and i am not kidding #he says i was born may 26th so that means im a gemini #*pour one out for iruka* hes both an astrology hoe and a gemini 😔 i forgive him tho because hes such a good dad

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This is going to be the pose for the sun card and no one can stop me

#i pull the sun with this deck and the phrase WHATS SHAKIN is blasted into my brain at full volume #i havent decided if im joking or not yet but ive got it sketched out with a background design and everything so 😬 #i dont want to finish the bg TOO well bc i havent decided if im going to try a more....refined? style? #i think trying to be too fancy will clash with the fact that it is ultimately a naruto tarot deck #but it feels weird just doing like. a normal background. #ill figure it out. got a few sketches for the card back too

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4 o cups sasuke 😈

#im kidding. mostly. #sasuke fans crawl into my dms and explain his character #bc i dont like him. i dont. so i dont really understand his character #and i think its important to think more critically about him before i decide a card for him #id just leave him out but hes too important to the story i feel like i shouldnt #so! if you like sasuke tell me why! #not that im saying 4 of cups is a bad card. it just reads as a dissatisfied card to me. like hmm this is ok i guess but id rather have THIS #even if its not good for me #one of my decks reads as particularly...sulky? for 4 of cups. like hes pouting bc he didnt get what he wanted

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Shout out to the cloud ninja for being named like smurfs it makes finding a starting point easier

#of course kishimoto named the secretary cute he just hates women so much ugh

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Omoi 9 of swords

#may i interest you in some anxiety medication sir #pls be patient with me im rewatching the entirety of naruto and shippuden and the movies and reading the novels #to prepare for this

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Several people have suggested Hashirama for the sun but I really like Gai as the sun ;_;

#im not decided yet bc i dont disagree necessarily im just attached to the idea of gai as the sun and lee as ace of wands #i could always do both! the site i want to use for the test batch has a few extra cards bc they do it weird #so i have some wiggle room for cards i cant decide on. like. 4? i think?

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Listen I don't care if theres a better character for the star than Iruka, its about the Vibes

#i do care actually which is why iruka isnt locked in for that card #but ;_; the thought of iruka being the star in a deck with naruto as the fool has me feeling a kind of way #thats his DAD ok its his DAD. in this house we love iruka umino

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I'm putting Hinata as strength and theres nothing anyone can do about it

#i care her ok #plus the fact that it is sometimes referred to as fortitude!! #sakura was gonna be strength but it felt too obvious and i favor hinata #actually all of team 8. theyre my favorite and always will be #(shino fan to entomologist pipeline anyone 👀) #oh shit i train dogs as a hobby as well. team 8 really just shaped my entire personality #13 year old me looked at them and was like COOL!!! and 10 years later here i am

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Itachi for....the hanged man?

#i like it in some ways and hate it in others so maybe not #but someone suggested it to me and now it lives in my head

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Tobirama king of swords?

#i love the concept of temari and Shikamaru as queen and king of swords but Shikamaru simply does not fit king of swords #the only possible spin i can think of for Shikamaru in king of swords reversed is manipulating people via tactics? #but thats not the Vibe TM i get from kos? it feels...more like willful control? control via authority? suppression rather tha manipulation? #i think tobirama fits all general meanings well enough #might keep temari as queen of swords anyway tho #she definitely has the bearing for a queen card and of she belongs in any suit its swords #she can get worked up sometimes but she is first introduced to us as a tactician similar to Shikamaru #and she had the self control to NOT fight her way through a sandstorm even knowing what happened in her home village #she just seems very steady and sharp. queen of swords material #and she definitely can fit the uhh #crueler aspects of the swords #i am partial to the swords but they can be sharp (haha) cards to draw in more ways than one #wands will always be my favorite tho

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How do we feel about Neji 8 of swords? My main concern is people leaning too heavily into the "self victimization" interpretation when imo that's not usually what the card means.

#like...it can! but more in the sense that you are having a pity party about your situation and letting yourself fet stuck #but when i look at the card and try to see the ''they did this to themselves'' meaning i come up empty because #theres no way the person on the card could have done that to themselves #so maybe the self victimization comes into play more as being so hopeless you're convinced you cant get out of the situation? #and youre just wallowing in it? turning away help and feeling sorry for yourself? #but that IS after being in such a shitty situation for so long ya know? look at the card. if the person makes any move theyll get hurt :/ #idk ive got some Big Feelings about 8 of swords and i dislike the most common interpretation i see #but in making a deck i have to consider the most common interpretation bc thats probably how the card will be read ya know? #but hear me out: 8 of swords neji without his headband after losing to naruto #i think thats a nice turning point for neji to represent both the upright and reversed meanings #naruto #tarot

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Six of wands Kiba with Akamaru is so good actually?

#i love this one. again my husband thinks i am bullying kiba but he IS arrogant