Lately, I’ve been asked a question more and more often.
Are your tarot decks made with AI?
I understand why people are asking this. We are living in a time where things are changing quickly, and it is not always easy to tell how something has been created. Especially when it comes to art.
So I wanted to take a moment to answer this in a simple and honest way.
No, I do not use AI to create my tarot decks. Every deck I design comes from a very personal and human place. It begins with an idea, a feeling, or sometimes just a quiet spark that stays with me. From there, it slowly grows into something more.
Designing a tarot deck is not a fast process for me. It takes time. I sit with each card, think about its meaning, its energy, the story it wants to carry. I sketch, adjust, change things, and sometimes start over. There are moments when it flows easily, and others when it takes patience.
It is not just about how the card looks. It is about how it feels. For me, tarot is deeply connected to intuition. It is something you sense, not something you rush. That is why the process behind each deck matters just as much as the final result.
I know that AI is becoming a bigger part of the creative world, and I understand that different artists choose to work with it in their own way. This is not about judging that. It is simply not part of my process. I choose to create my decks by hand, step by step, with intention behind every decision. From the first idea to the final card, it is something I stay closely connected to.
There is also something else that feels important to share.
Most of my best-selling decks were created through Kickstarter. That means they were never just made by me alone, quietly behind the scenes. They were shaped together with the people who believed in them from the very beginning.
While I was designing each card, I often shared parts of the process. I asked for opinions, listened to feedback, and sometimes even changed details based on what felt right for the community around the deck. It was a slow and collaborative process in its own way.
If you were there during those moments, you probably remember how each card evolved step by step.
Another thing that I think is important to mention is timing. Many of the decks people ask about today were created before AI tools were even part of the conversation.
The Fantôme Tarot, the Baroque Tarot, Dark Reflections Tarot, Wandering Dreamscapes, and all others came to life in a very different creative landscape. They were built piece by piece, over time, through a very hands-on process.
And even now, nothing about that has really changed for me.
If you’re curious about how this looks in practice, you can also see part of the process behind my more recent deck, Wandering Dreamscapes. I’ve shared moments from its creation in a video, showing how ideas slowly turn into something real.
When you hold one of my decks, I want you to feel that. Not perfection, but presence. Something real, something considered, something that has been shaped with care.
Thank you for asking this question, and for caring about how things are made. It means more than you might think.
With love,
Esra