Entering a Style Description

Your style description shapes how the tarot art is reimagined to reflect your vision. The best descriptions capture a world, feeling, or aesthetic rather than specific objects or layouts. Think of it as setting the visual tone for your entire deck.

What Makes a Good Style Description?

Focus on mood, style, and visual identity. You're describing the artistic direction, not the content of individual cards. The tarot imagery and symbolism come from the base deck you selected. Even a single word like "watercolor" or "celestial" can produce beautiful results.

Here are some descriptions that work well:

• "Art Nouveau with gold leaf borders" - pulls from a specific art movement and adds a material texture.
• "Dark gothic watercolors" - mood plus medium. Simple and effective.
• "Hand-painted anime with warm earth tones" - this works because it points to a whole visual world anyone can picture.
• "Neon cyberpunk with deep purples and teals" - genre plus specific colors.
• "Celestial blue and silver with constellation motifs" - an esoteric visual world paired with a color palette.
• "Medieval woodcut with aged parchment texture" - connects to one of tarot's oldest visual traditions.

How Do I Get Better Results?

Mention specific colors, textures, or artistic references to give more to work with. Mood words like "ethereal," "gritty," or "luminous" go a long way. Don't overthink length; a short, clear description usually beats a long paragraph.

What Should I Avoid?

• Very long descriptions - a few vivid words tend to outperform a whole paragraph.
• Watch out for contradictions. Asking for "minimalist and maximalist" or "photorealistic and abstract" pulls the result in opposite directions.
• Extremely abstract styles may obscure the card's tarot symbolism, making it harder to read the cards during practice.

Where Do I Enter My Style Description?

After selecting a base deck, you'll see the Style description field. Describe the world you envision for your cards, then create a preview to see the result. You can revise and try as many times as you want before purchasing.