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12 KEYFRAME F R A M E X F R A M E ai easuae recently hit a major career miestone. Not only did he design the primary main cast on Golden Axe, but he helmed the entire art eeoment team. is is of note since is first oe as caracter esign, an rt irector asnt art of is an. Also unplanned? Becoming a tarot car esigner. I in of fe into it, e says. No e as to tarot ecs to his name: Arcanis Animal Tarot and The Storyteller's Tarot. DePasquale's tarot journey began on acation in en e reaie he needed to draw something for Inktober, the annual challenge where artists use prompts to share one ink drawing a day during October on social meia. sing ony te en, marer, an pencils he had on hand, he created a esign for a ei tat e escries as super geometric with mid-century- esue infuences. en e oste it on Facebook, his best friend asked if this was how he was going to design a tarot ec. DePasquale had collected tarot ecs since e as in ig scoo. But creating a full deck is a huge undertaking, he says, because there are 78 cards, each needing a unique image. It ecame cear to im, toug, that his Inktober design could be a ecs ei car. It a an easiy replicable style, so he created a set of rules for what would become Arcanis Animal Tarot. Each card had to be black, white, and one coor. ie te coor cou cange from card to card, he wasn't allowed to outine in te coor. e comete the Major Arcana—the first 22 cards in a tarot deck—and then created a preliminary booklet showcasing them A PASSION FOR TAROT CARDS LED TAG MEMBER DAVID DEPASQUALE TO DESIGN HIS OWN ORIGINAL DECKS. IN THE CARDS IN THE CARDS