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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: July 08, 2013, 07:26:12 PM »
Thank you for all the great comments! I have updated my project to reflect the new Gold and Silver Editions of these cards. Both designs have been received well, more so for the colors, but now that I am designing 2 separate editions with metallic inks and art enhancements on the tuck cases, card backs, and faces, they are getting more attention.

The corner pips will be getting black and red metallic inks on the faces, and the backs will get gold or silver metallic accents. Gold and silver metallics will go on the borders and large text on the tuck cases.


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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: July 05, 2013, 03:48:22 AM »
The royals for the Hearts are done.

I have a very limited amount of time to complete this project, but I do plan on making some final edits to my cards after I review them prior to sending them to print. This is an ongoing project, and I have decided to add color to the face cards and a vintage background to the rest. The good thing about a project is that it is still a project until completion, and I usually revise my art, granted there be enough time.



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jsolorzanoarts/alice-of-wonderland-playing-cards-printed-by-uspcc

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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 29, 2013, 05:25:21 PM »
I ran into this useful article about how names and title cannot be copyrighted, only the complete work. So I'm not too worried about the title as my story is completely different from Alice of Wonderland in Paris.

http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/01/08/5-things-that-cant-be-copyrighted/

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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 29, 2013, 05:14:14 PM »
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In regards to the title - you should do some careful research.  While "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is public domain, someone over the intervening years may have snagged "Alice of Wonderland" already.  In fact, I do believe it has been, for a 1966 animated feature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Wonderland_in_Paris

I did a search on the U.S. Copyright Office website catalog - when I just used "Alice of Wonderland", the above copyright came up. When I searched for "Alice of Wonderland Playing Cards" no results came back - title or name search.

This is a tricky area and I will need to get some legal advice from a copyright attorney before I print, and I can make an update to my design to let my backers know if the name changes a bit. I just know that there are a variety of titles out there with "Alice" and "Wonderland" that have been around for years. I actually have an attorney in mind, specializing in artists intellectual property.

Aside from this, my project is live on kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jsolorzanoarts/alice-of-wonderland-playing-cards-printed-by-uspcc

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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 09, 2013, 09:30:52 AM »
I have to agree about the zeppelin style of balloon. I do have various models that fly in my vision of Wonderland, and I can include those as other ships for the purpose of the story. For the card deck, I like the traditional round balloon. Here's a revised version.

I also made another alternative with the full title, "Alice of Wonderland", instead of just Wonderland, and reflects the name of my storyline and website. I'm going to think about this for a bit longer.


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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 08, 2013, 02:54:46 PM »
Here's the first version of the back design. I'm about to contact the USPCC to get their approval on my designs.

I'm going to create 4 joker cards (or wild cards) to make a 54 deck (will need to get approval from the USPCC again), as I want to include Alice, the Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and White Rabbit on these cards.

*Correction - 56 cards. I couldn't count that day for some reason!

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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 06, 2013, 08:00:10 PM »
I have been getting very positive feedback on the QH design, that I am keeping the Queen of Hearts as is, and the rest will follow.

Here's the design for the Ace of Spades. All of my Ace cards will have that background design.

To share a little more about my concept for this deck, I am tying it into a story where each card is a character, and the court cards represent the current royals of that kingdom. I am drawing inspiration from many sources, but to me it just makes sense to include the entire  deck of cards to represent the 4 major kingdoms in the Wonderland I am creating.

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Design & Development / Re: Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 06, 2013, 06:14:43 AM »
Thanks again for the great feedback! I modified the pip and Q to be smaller now, but there wasn't room for a larger pip without changing the art. I want to keep the design very close to the Anglo-Rouen design as I want these cards to be used in games, as well as collecting.

I appreciate your comments!


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Design & Development / Alice of Wonderland Steampunk Playing Cards
« on: June 04, 2013, 09:24:20 PM »
I'm creating my first deck of custom playing cards that are themed Steampunk Wonderland, which is part of a larger project to create an entire world surrounding Alice's new adventures (inspired by the original work of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland). The card project was solely inspired by my drawings and sketches of Wonderland, and for some reason I just liked doing them. You can view my Wonderland website here:

http://aliceofwonderland.com/

Here is a card design of the Queen of Hearts, which I am in the process of modifying it a bit.


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Introduce Yourself / Re: Introduction
« on: June 04, 2013, 07:23:57 PM »
Thanks! I'll go ahead and make that suggestion, it would help in keeping with a traditional deck.

I'll post it here to get some feedback!

~Juan

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Introduce Yourself / Introduction
« on: June 04, 2013, 07:17:18 PM »
I want to say hello to everyone. I'm from Virginia and manage 2 websites of drawing tutorials and another one called Alice of Wonderland. I am creating my first custom deck of cards based on the story created by Lewis Carroll of Wonderland. I am making my custom deck a bit steampunk, but keeping it in the traditional style of poker cards as they are also going to be featured in my books.

I'm excited to join this forum and eager to get to know a lot of you!

Here is my design for the Queen of Hearts.

~Juan
http://aliceofwonderland.com/
http://sketch2draw.com/

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