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Your True Nature Oracle

  • Li Ang

ORACLE GUIDEBOOK + BOX DESIGN A self-published oracle deck envisioned and written by: Heather Waxman [ www.heatherwaxman.com/ytn ] , with illustrations by: Rita Gould [ www.ritagould.com ] The intention of this project: + a clean and uncluttered design + for users to feel held, loved and seen + their experience with the cards and guidebook is a ritual they can lean into and connect with their true nature.

| GUIDEBOOK DESIGN
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle reminds us to remember, honour and come home to our true nature - which is seasonal, cyclical and wild - just like nature herself. We knew we wanted this guidebook to be different from the majority of what we see on the market. We wanted to design something that creates a continuation of the rich visual experience from the cards to the guidebook - to give readers as immersive an experience when they engage with the deck. The thought that came up for me as I look at all the images and read through the contents of the guidebook was children’s picture books, where illustrations play a major role in communicating the essence of the stories. When I dive deeper into that thought, children are also the humans who are closest to our true nature - which is the essence of the oracle deck. I also instinctively felt that there has to be a sense of aliveness in the guidebook, and what better way than to use the illustrations (which are full of life in themselves) to communicate that! In addition, the illustrations are a big reason why people will be drawn to buy the oracle deck. So it feels right that they are included in a way that still quietly shows them off in the background of the pages. The result is a guidebook intentionally and lusciously decorated with illustrations from the cards.

A peek at some of the pages within the guidebook…
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
DESIGN DECISIONS FOR A COUPLE OF THE PAGES

1 / “HOW TO USE THIS DECK”
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
+ I’ve gave “pause” wide spacing between the alphabets to communicate the feel of gently slowing down. + “deep” is big and bold to communicate that physical act and sensation of a deep belly breath. + the wavy “in and out” mimics the air wave as we breathe and wavy lines also communicates flow. the spacing in “out” is a little more spacious than “in” as we tend to want the out-breath to be longer than the inhale. + a ton of white space on this spread, mirroring spaciousness and making space for yourself to connect with your intuition. + the top of the page is intentionally left spacious and as ‘empty’ of physical things as possible. + the text on the right of the spread finishes lower than the left side to give the impression of calming down and settling and grounding into ourselves + as I put the spread together, it occurred to me how it all ties in with the steadfast and grounding nature of trees, and why putting the tree there was a good idea! + I placed the shorter tree on the other side to balance the spread out.
2 / “DEDICATION”
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
I want this page to have a kind of a ‘statement’ feel, given the context from the words - I don’t mean glamorous, loud and the like, but rather a “all-encompassing” feeling. The flower felt right and I then realised it’s from the card “to be fully alive is to feel the full spectrum of my life”.
| BOX DESIGN
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
Your True Nature Oracle by Li Ang
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Li Ang
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