Rosa Obscura Tarot Deck

Orla Bird is an illustrator, cat mom, and plant hoarder based in Croatia. Her surrealist illustrations are mostly inspired by vivid dreams and visions. Almost everything she produces is hand-drawn or hand-painted, combined with collage. She is in search of symmetry and interconnections between seemingly unrelated imagery, alongside her fascination with nature. Orla creates her own mystical story by combining and blending motifs from different narratives.

Orla Bird is not her real name. She was called Orla for the first few months of her life before her parents decided to change it. In Croatian, it translates as “female eagle.” Later in life, her friends started calling her Bird (or Ptica) for unknown reasons, unrelated to her childhood name.

Orla studied architecture and worked as an architect for six years before embarking on this creative journey. Although changing one’s life path is scary, she feels this kind of work aligns better with who she is.