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Gothic Tarot      1995 Dawn Williams      USA                                                   Art Medium: Computer graphics drawing program. Much use of gradient fills. Description: This tarot focuses on the Bram Stocker vampire theme. The suits thus are Stakes (second death is final), Blood (life everlasting begins with the blood), Fangs (the dead are ever hungry) and Coins (human loyalty can be bought with gold). The Majors each have a subtitle making a reference to the underlying 'vampire' mythology and many are re-named to fit into the vampire agenda. The artwork is in the style of a graphic artist who does advertisements for newspapers or magazines. It is well executed with bold black outlines, strongly coloured areas with much use of fades and merges. Though it was done on a computer it mimics the style of airbrushed graphics. Some of the Majors are renamed. Thus Chariot to Hearse, Strength to Dracul, Justice to Vengence.