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THE MOOD2 ROSTER IS FULL, BUT WE ARE ACCEPTING EXTRA CARDS UP UNTIL THE DAY OF PRINTING!
We are also accepting registrations for the next roster, which will be updated soon. As of now, there are 3 cards taken (5/16/2024)
All registrations come with a #Mood2 Kickstarter earning link and also a link to start building your following for your roster. You willl also be admitted to the Super Secret Underground Artist Lair!
New contracts will be sent soon.If you’re here then you’re interested in the Artist Open Call to participate as an artist in the Mood 2 Tarot Deck!
If you have further questions after reading this information email us at meow@laughingcatpublishing.com and we will respond as soon as we can.
If you don’t know what Tarot is, and still want to participate, welcome to the dark side, ahem, welcome to the world of Tarot!!
Please take a few moments and learn a little more about Tarot and the meanings of each card in these excellent videos.
Learn The 78 Tarot Cards in Two Hours (pt 1/2)
Learn The 78 Tarot Cards in Two Hours (pt 2/2); The Major Arcana
It is important to understand the history of Tarot and the meaning behind the card you chose to design to ensure your imagery conveys the card’s meaning and intent, as well as the symbolism.
Terminology related to the Mood 2 Tarot:
Tarot: A deck of 78 playing cards designed with symbolic and metaphorical imagery that assists readers in understanding the archetypal patterns of life, how to navigate them, and what we’ve navigated naturally.
Symbolic Imagery: Symbolic imagery is a literary device that uses images to represent something beyond themselves. It's a type of figurative language that can be used to communicate themes and ideas.
RWS (abbreviation for Rider Waite Smith): Rider Waite Smith is the most faymuss and well known Tarot Deck. It’s the imagery and deck you think of when you think of Tarot. There are 3 major systems of Tarot out there that most tarot decks are based on. The Rider Waite Smith is from 1909. Pamela Coleman Smith is the artist for this one, and her’z our fave, so we only mess with Pammy.
Tarot Mood: A disgustingly relatable Tarot deck for irreverent, mischievous type folk, who can’t stop spilling their bong water (plastic cards save the day in this chaotic universe!) This deck features speech bubbles, mostly filled with movie quotes and strange thoughts that correspond to the general structure of Tarot. You know, to help us Millennials understand what rose gold smells like. Link to original deck here.
Crowdfunding: Crowdfunding makes large projects and ventures possible by breaking the funding into small chunks from many people. (Fun fact: I unknowingly crowdfunded my crowdfunding campaign, by using all different artists. LOL)
Kickstarter: An internet crowdfunding platform created in 2009 to help fund creative projects. People “back” the project, or “pledge” for it. At the end of the campaign process, if enough people pledge to financially support the product, all of the payments are processed at once, and the creator begins the manufacturing process.
Stretch Goal: An additional gift or item offered to backers when the Kickstarter exceeds the initial goal.
The Project:
The Mood Tarot 2 is a collaborative effort of artists each creating a tarot card of their own choosing. When all the cards are designed, they will be compiled into a single deck and will be posted on Kickstarter for all the world to see and buy! Think of the fayme and magic monies** and ability to call yourself a published artist!
Select your own card from the list of cards available and have fun designing it! Use any type of medium you like (blood, paint, pencil, digital, crayons, AI, etc.).
If you don’t want to feel the wrath of the Tower or Judgement please make sure the artwork for your card follows these rulez:
Participation Requirements and Fee:
While we would love to say this is free, sadly it is not. We need to pay for marketing, editing the artwork to add the speech bubbles and titles, and distribution for 78 different artists!
The Registration Fee is $50 USD payable here That’s it!! Dig under your couch cushions and find those 9oP. That’s just 10 Starbucks, or a deck of Tarot Cards!
What You Get - all the thingz!! (More details will be in the contract).
As an artist with the Mood 2 Tarot Deck you will:
Your own artist landing page: We will create your own landing page with your photo, bio, links, offerings and other information.
Your landing page will be blasted to:
A Personal Backer’s Link: a unique personal Kickstarter link that you can share with your community that tracks your backers.
Ownership of your Artwork: While you are submitting your artwork to this project, you can re-use your artwork in any future projects, and retain legal ownership of your artwork.
THREE FREE DECKS!: You get THREE free decks to show off to your family and friends and to display or use. You also have the option to purchase more decks at wholesale prices to sell to your loyal fanz.
Group Chat on Facebook Messenger: The ability to collaborate with other artists working on the deck to support each other and share laffs and more!
Artists Facebook Group: Your own hangout group where you can share your work with other artists, chat about all the lolz and get updates, marketing posts, template files and other fun things for this amazing project!
Attention: People will see you, so please prepare for attention. If you are not comfortable putting yourself out there, then get comfortable being as comfortable with yourself as possible. Comfy, comfy, comfy! If you’re not real, nobody will watch. It’s your time to shine!!
Watch this video for inspiration: The Shiny Bee Who Felt Out Of Place by Natalie Meraki - Videobook For Kids
Learn from Natalie: Natalie will teach you how to present yourself and find your fans who will follow you and possibly buy your decks. Since 2017 Natalie has gathered a pretty good grasp of what it takes to create and market a product online.
She has launched 5 successful kickstarters for her own Tarot Decks and 2 for other Creators.
Learn how to make magic monies - potentially passive income in perpetuity!
ALL 78 ARTISTS are going to LEARN TO MAKE MAGIC MONIEZ, potentially passive income in perpetuity for a product they created one time.
As artists, we need freedom to create. This model breaks us from a life-long obligation to one process. In this way we are paying ourselves in the most important currency in this universe, TIME.
It’s a step-by-step process, proven to work. Natalie takes what the professionals do as a template and puts her spin on it for her niche. She will walk you through deck:
All you have to do is make your card and talk to your community!!
Natalie created a tried and true marketing plan template that will be customizable by you, the artist, showing you how to automate the process as much as possible. This lends to the effectiveness of the passive income model by scheduling posts for a week in advance, so that you can focus on what matters most - engaging authentically with your community and making more art!
You will also receive Natalie’s “Making Tarot step-by-step eBook” as a FREE download (a $197 value)!
This eBook will give you an extra understanding of the deck making, funding and selling process as a whole.
Okay, I’m no FOOL, who is this Natalie person?
Natalie Meraki is mawm, creator, weirdo & lover of weirdos, currently residing in the crystal capital of the world, surreal azz Tucson, AZ. (XVIII)
Born in the armpit of California, she escaped only to endure years in the Montana snow, some without running water or electricity, all without solace for weirdos.(9oW)
In an eighteen foot 1970s Itasca Sundancer, Natalie yeeted (8oW) over to Portlandia, where she was followed on Instagram by the Unipiper, _before_ she became internet faymuss for the disgustingly relatable Tarot deck, Mood. (XVII)
She later went on to run a perfect streak of Kickstarter campaigns listed below, many of which were selected as “Project we Love”, and one of which with three international Tarot awards. (6oW).
Natalie Meraki - Tarot Mood
Natalie Meraki - Young Witch
Natalie Meraki - Rainbow Tarot
She was immediately banned from the Tarot Reader Professional group (XV,) and was once threatened legally by bestselling Tarot book author, Dusty White, but then he apologized with $100, which she gladly accepted and forgave him immediately. (XI) US Games has her NSFW Tarot spread in their office.
Natalie is not only a publisher and deck creator, she is a metaphysical educator and consultant for deck creation, shop set-up,crystal biz shiz, and more. (QofW) This bish knows how to make MAGIC MONIE! (I) That’s where you have fun making enough magic monie to pay for dem kidz. (6oP)
Natalie wants for everyone to be happy and strong, (XIX) especially artists, but also normies, just not as much. (4oC) She wants you to keep breathin’ and peein’. And she says, #Namfukste (II)
I’m in! What’s the timeline?
This is a tentative timeline. Dates may be adjusted. If that happens, artists will be notified in group chat and or on the Artists Facebook Group.
Friday May 24, 2024: Kickstarter begins
Monday, June 24, 2024: Kickstarter ends
Monday July 15, 2024: Kickstarter payout
Friday, July 19, 2024: Artists get paid a percentage of pledges generated by backers that pledge through the artist’s personal link, and additional dollar bonus per stretch goal.)
Thursday, September 26, 2024: Fulfillment (My team will make sure your community receives the art project they supported.)
**No guarantees are made as to income, fayme, fortune, or magic moniez from this deck. Laughing Cat Publishing will provide artists with the deliverables as stated in the Commission Contract and shiz.**
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