Toro Inoue Tarot
2010
Japan
Art Medium:
Pen drawn outlines in reddish brown, coloured in a computer graphics program. One can almost see the different layers that make up the images.
Description:
The Toro Inoue Tarot is a set of rather well produced cards published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Toro Inoue is also known as the Sony cat, as this cat who wishes to be human, is Sony's mascot in Japan. It first appeared in July 1999 as the main character in the video game Doko Demo Issyo. Ten years later this cat appears in a tarot deck.