Hi Collector,

Thanks for your reply, I'll go into further detail as to why the two parts on the cards. It basically boils down to an allusion of the Yin-Yang so I wanted to show both faces of the coin on the face of the card.

Each of the suits makes a reference to what I believe are some of the core conflicting ideals, morals or values within one person. These obviously change from one person to the next based on their life experience, education, social influence, etc.

Spades are your basic good and evil, and they are represented with the idea of Angels and Demons. It appeals to our sense of right and wrong.

Hearts deal more with the concept of beauty and ugliness. These are what I believe change the most from person to person, which is why there are so many styles of art, music, movies in the world.

Clubs deal with pacifism and war. It goes with our fight of flight response. How can someone rush into danger and some just run away. It also deals with the psychological factors of the people who in war become consumed by blood-lust and transform themselves into monsters, maybe not only physically but psychologically.

Diamonds deal with kindness (charity) and greed (avarice). It goes with our intentions when we give something, are we giving freely or are we giving just to get something in return.

As humans we never tend to stay in either extreme of the ideals but flow from one side to the other throughout our lives.

Hope this helps you understand better the project, should you have any question I can elaborate further.

Best Regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Edit - Forgot to wish you all a happy 4th of July. Leaving you with something extra I have uploaded to out FB page.

Hi Don,

Completely agree with you. I have been asking the designer to give the numbers a "stone look", like the pips.

This might help unify the theme within the card and make the numbers thicker.

Although the designer wants to finish the court cards and then go back touch up on the details.

There are other ideas floating around that I want to discuss in the forums once we have most of the work done.

Best Regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hey guys,

Updating you again, our designer uploaded one teaser with three cards to our Facebook page, I'm uploading them here now.

For colors, as of today it seems were still on schedule for Tuesday.

Best regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

You sir, have guessed correctly, it is the jack of maces(clubs) 

But wait till you see the king, it is much better.

Best Regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hi guys,

I know that many of you want to see more updates, and while we want to update as often as possible to avoid a lynching sometimes we are not comfortable outputting images that are not done or up to our standards. We are working very intensely on color at the moment, and sometimes the color tests do not turn out as good as we want so is back to square one.

Anyways, for your viewing pleasure, I'm releasing an unfinished image which we are working on color, I hope you guys enjoy it and remember its a work in progress.

Kudos to the one that guesses which card this is.

Best Regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Getting back on topic, what is the status of this deck, just saw the thread and artwork and I'm really interested in it.

Best Regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hi sprouts1115,

I agree with you regarding the corner badges, they will be reworked and most likely the frame as well.

We have all cards A-10 fully done and many of the face cards are nearly completed, we expect to have all artwork done by the first week of June.

We have decided to hold updates until we have all the work on its final stage. But soon you should be able to see more artwork.

We are also a magic company so we have also been busy with video editing for some moves that we will sell on our site.

On a side note, we are now an officially incorporated company under the laws of California.

With best regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

xx789m,

Its really unfortunate that you had a fallout with your designer, I had a similar problem 3 months into the deck design and I had to change the whole direction of the project. In the end I ended up choosing a much better designer. It's hard when you had already made an advance payment to the previous designer but o well, sunk cost, take it as a learning experience.

I would suggest that you contact people through Deviantart, see who has what to offer and choose someone with the style of art you want for your project, then get a quote, and an estimated time for delivery.

Also, you might want to browse through these designer forums:

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com

Best advise is to contact a designer, and talk to him over the phone, explain your project and get a vibe for his attitude, if he gets really excited about the project and starts giving you ideas over the phone he might be the guy for your deck. Find a designer who is as passionate about your theme as you are and you will be golden.

Best of luck in your endeavors and best regards,
Martin S.
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hi Guys,

Really excited that a couple of you wanted to see the back design. We are really happy with the way it turned out, we released it today officially over at our FB page however, we couldn't resist and we will also release it exclusively on these forums, hope you enjoy.

Best Regards,
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hello again, I am very pleased to release our first Official teaser for our deck of cards.  Our deck can be expected to hit Kickstarter early this Summer.  The teaser reveals the center of our back design.

Best Regards,
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

Hi Collector,

The deck will not feature any nude women. Sorry if that's a disappointment.

The idea the Le Florentin deck gave to mine was to have the top different from bottom, to use more realistic art and that the top and bottom told a story.

I wish I could say more at the moment. But I do not want to spoil any surprises.

Cheers,
Lucky Card Company, Inc.

You are welcome .

We have been working around the clock to prepare our first deck for Kickstarter. While so much of it is still in development, we have decided to give you a sneak peak. We will have more updates as the next few weeks fly by.

- Lucky Card Company