
Rotted doors, windows and walls became castles, factories and cities. Background buildings were created with photographs I took of a local abandoned insane asylum.

One of the best aspects of creating the deck was “hunting” for specific textures as I respectfully tiptoed around the graveyards of eastern Long Island, New York. I bent, twisted, and reformed my photos to become capes, boots, hats and trim. Nineteenth-century tombstones provide most of the clothing worn by the citizens of the Deviant Moon.

Each card began with a complete drawing, which was then scanned into the computer where I applied various photographic textures. The Deviant Moon Tarot deck was created using various forms of photographic manipulation.
