Vibrating Tarot

What toys do you want to see featured in Vibrating Tarot? 

This is an open call for anyone who has some great list for toys that should be featured in the deck of cards.

It’s important that I include a variety of diverse voices in the conversation, and I’m happy to be reaching out to important people in our community for guidance.  

I come to this project predominantly from a graphic design standpoint and secondly from a Tarot and divination standpoint. What I need the most help with are the sex toys. 

Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to reach out to dozens of the world’s leading companies in the sex toy industry to secure permission to use imagery of their toys in the Tarot deck, and everyone you see on my page, plus many more, are on board!

I owe a lot to all of these toy companies. Without their permission, we wouldn’t be able to do this kind of work. Thank you to everyone out there who has decided to be involved in our Tarot deck. 

Follow this link for a list of companies who have given us their support.

One of my goals is to be able to consult with a variety of health care professionals along the way to build a more comprehensive understanding of the important decisions that need to be made in a project like this. Provided here is a list of sex education professionals who are well known members of the community.

Part of getting all the details right in Vibrating Tarot consists of tapping into the wealth of knowledge that is found within the community of sex toy reviewers and bloggers. The genuine guidance they give is invaluable, especially to a project like this. Listed here are some of the most important voices in this field.

What are the first things that you look at when reviewing a new deck? What are the top things you take into consideration? What are some essential things that I don’t want to neglect? What are some of the faux pas that I want to avoid? 

The community of Tarot and Oracle deck reviewers has been a hidden gem for me, and I'm grateful to be in a position to learn from them on multiple levels. Listed here are the names that have stood out for me.

I’m particularly interested in chatting with other card designers in an attempt to uncover what our different processes look like when it comes to releasing independently made decks of cards. 

Right now, I have my hands full trying to learn as much as I can about crowdfunding, figuring out where and how I’ll print the deck, trying to build my email list, finishing the design process, thinking about marketing, and wondering what I’ll do about distribution and a second print run when we get on the other side of the Kickstarter campaign. I have already learned so much from those who have come before me. Thanks to everyone for forging this path. 

It’s a major goal of mine to feature small businesses and independent artists alongside the big companies so that everyone can share the spotlight in this project. This way, the landscape of the deck will resemble a truer depiction of the unique nature of our own personal toy collections. 

Here again, is this full list of all the companies who are featured in Vibrating Tarot. Thank you to all of them. Without them, this project would not be possible.

As a way of giving back to the community that has helped make this project possible, I’d like to donate some original pieces of art to silent auctions that donate their money to charities that work with matters pertaining to sex education, sexual assault survivors, and 2SLGBTQIA rights. I’m in discussions right now with some of the toy manufacturers in order to obtain permission to do so. 

Vibrating Font is very close to being finished, but I’m still in the process of seeking approval from every company involved. When they agreed to be part of Vibrating Tarot, the didn’t agree to be included in this font, so I need to touch base with everyone first in order to get the green light. 

The font will be free for non commercial use, so we’ll all be able to use it in personal projects, or for educational purposes, but we won’t be able to print the images on t-shirts or coffee mugs and sell them for a profit. 

I’m a typographer and graphic designer, so I just naturally came up with this idea. I wanted to follow through with it as just a small way of giving back to the community who has helped make this project a success so far. Plus, I’m hoping it’ll catch the eye of others in the industry who have not yet heard of Vibrating Tarot, in order to expand my base as we lead up to the Kickstarter campaign. 

Read the full story at our Vibrating Tarot Font page by following the link below.