Designer
Federico Salis is a Sardinian-born illustrator working out of Milan, trained in 3D effects for performance and fashion at London College of Fashion rather than in illustration, a detour he took partly so nobody could measure him against anyone else. His subject is the glossy, voluptuous figure, often cropped at the thigh or torso so the frame becomes a study of volume, painted in saturated color with the finish of vintage advertising and tattoo flash. Pin-up convention gets bent from the inside: a face melts into curves, a woman becomes a fish, and the sea keeps surfacing as a setting. Music sets the pace, with some pieces imagined alongside a soundtrack that ends up as the title. With author Alice Mastroleo he has made two tarot decks, Supernova and Super Extra Gravity, the second redrawing the Rider-Waite-Smith archetypes as Botero-like bodies.
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Major Works
Supernova Tarot (2024)
A 78-card deck with a 128-page guidebook that keeps the Rider-Waite-Smith symbolism intact while redrawing every figure in sharp linework, hard contrast and extravagant contemporary dress.
Super Extra Gravity Tarot (2026)
A 78-card deck of Botero-like archetypes, with figures that push against conventional beauty norms across a range of body shapes and skin tones.
