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E.L. @ deck out for preorder!

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Lubanko Tarot. Artist. High-intensity work on tarot, sensuality, and extremes. See my art, tarot deck, and workshops here: https://linktr.ee/emilylubanko

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · Aug 13

It’s finally here. The colors are so bright and perfect. The publisher said yes to matte black card edges! I cannot believe how nicely this came out. Llewellyn knocked it out of the park here.

Hand holding a box containing the Lubanko Tarot, a deck of cards and book by E. Lubanko.

Brightly-colored tarot cards, including three versions of the Lovers card.

Showcasing matte black edges on good cardstock cards.

Tarot box is open to show the full-color guidebook. Box rests on a black and grey altar cloth.

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

sketching upcoming project on stream got a little insane

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 15h

!!! Happy birthday!!!!

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

nautilus: a series 🌊🌊🌊

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

when I say this painting stream Escalated

rough paint sketch of an entity turning up a supplicant's head for devotional ritual

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

This costume and color design so so high-level top tier omg 🔥🔥🔥

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

when I say this painting stream Escalated

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

sketching upcoming project on stream got a little insane

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

Stream is cooking. Starting second sketch now.

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

Streaming some ugly early sketching for my next project to keep myself accountable. The music is exactly what you'd expect. picarto.tv/saltmarsh

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

nautilus: a series 🌊🌊🌊

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 6d

Poetry covers, unused, from LRT. I like these too. They are variations of quiet, and they tell a story.

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

A thorough, deeply thoughtful review, and so many beautiful photos!

But the how to use this deck is really detailed. You can tell E thought about how she wanted this deck to be used.

She offers many, many questions, lots of thoughts about shadow work, and my favorite of all: what is said and unsaid.

I've talked about the unsaid portions of a reading in my membership for a while now and honestly, E is the first person other than me that I've seen talking about this. I'm not saying no one else is but it's definitely something that needs more airtime.

I also love the section about telling
stories, something I have also leaned into a lot more recently. It's still an unpopular—

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 2d

Lorriane Anderson really gets it in this thorough, beautiful review. “It’s truth.” And looking at the truth, directly.

www.spiritelement.co/prettypowerf...

Shadow work is often romanticized as an aesthetic or talked about as a spiritual obligation rather than a path towards self-acceptance. Or it's used as justification for behaviors many are unwilling to examine fully.

I don't see that in this deck. What I see is a person who is fully ok with asking hard questions and exploring their shadows in a way that feels authentic and honest.

You may not choose to use this deck for that purpose but if I had to choose a theme, I would say it's truth. It's a tool to ask yourself questions that actually make a difference.

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 3d

I also like going into books and movies without seeing trailers or reading synopses. I like to take in creative works on their own terms, not as people outside of them summarize them/market them.

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 3d

Unfortunately I’m the “um no spoilers for the 150 year old book I’m reading that probably everyone knows but me” blockhead 🫠

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 3d

600 pages into War and Peace and wow if some of these folks knew the difference between lust and love, they’d be a lot better off but woof

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 3d

I will check them out! I didn’t know they had larger-scale tools like that, I’ll see what I can find! 💕

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 6d

Got the privilege of illustrating the cover of @andyeyeballs.bsky.social’s upcoming poetry anthology, “The World That Is Coming Inside You.” It was a joy to get to paint this one.

THE WORLD THAT IS COMING INSIDE YOU - title

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

shockingly nobody is up reading about trees at 9:49 on a Friday night, weird

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

I have many field guides, and I have some printed articles from wikipedia (yes, I print out my research so that I can take it in and take notes), but so far it is very "simply research one tree at a time to see if it's in the area you want," and that is inefficient and frustrating.

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

I am looking for something that is more like "Yes, you can find these trees in the northernmost region towards the interior, and then towards the coast you'll find this, and as you go south you're more likely to find x,y, and z, etc"

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

Unusual question, but does anyone know if there exists such a thing as a Tree Distribution Map? That is: some kind of map/tool/guide that says "here are the trees that exist in this area of the United States, and here are where you're likely to find them, not one at a time but all all at once--"

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E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

Check out the kickstarter here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lty...

The World That Is Coming Inside You

The debut poetry collection by Andy Izenson, a T4T love letter to the living cosmos

www.kickstarter.com

E.L. @ deck out for preorder! @emilylubanko.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! I’m very happy with this painting 🔥