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Design & Development / Re: I am reworking a failed Kickstarter deck design, would love your feedback
« on: June 20, 2020, 09:21:37 AM »
Thank you all for the feedback.

Don, I used MPC for my prototype deck, but was not impressed with the quality of stock (the actual print was great though)-- cards wouldn't fan at all, weave shuffle was difficult. Maybe a different stock would have done the trick though. But then again, maybe the people who were interested in this particular deck wouldn't be the ones to do fans and weave shuffle, so it wouldn't matter. My goal was high because I wanted to put out a deck with an exquisite feel and good handling. But I certainly agree with you that the goal could have been modified to make it be successfully funded. I will definitely keep that in mind for my next launch. 

Mike and Ron, good points. I will keep it in mind to maintain some of the details, but simplify the overall design. That's a great idea. I may have to think about it for a bit and put it on the back burner for now though.I had an idea for a third design that I'm excited about and I want to keep this momentum. I may post about it here in a bit.

Thanks again for the feedback, y'all! It can be really hard to get feedback from people who don't know you, so I appreciate you taking the time.

-Brody

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Design & Development / Re: Broken Unicycle Cards - a work in progress
« on: June 14, 2020, 10:04:19 AM »
Really nice work. I love the face cards, but I think it would also be great if they were two-way: one rightside up and one upside-down, like traditional cards. Your other cards follow this pattern, so I think it would be good to standardize and do it with court cards too.
The backs are nice too. I would want to see a little more detail in the unicycle rider and in the black background. The silhouette is great, but I think it just needs a little something... think detail like in classic rider-backs.
Great work though. Can't wait to see where you go with these cards.

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Design & Development / Re: Programmes to create cards
« on: June 14, 2020, 09:57:19 AM »
I like to use Inkscape for vector artwork. It's great because it's free and it has a ton of features and capabilities. Krita is also a powerful program for illustration and image manipulation that I like to use (also free). It's vector manipulation is not as strong, but it is excellent for detailed raster images. It has a plethora of brushes, filters, and effects. As far as 3D renders, I like to use Blender (again, free). There's a steep learning curve on this one, so it will take some time, but at a $0 price tag, it's definitely worth it.
There's a host of programs that you can get for free to cover all your card designing needs. I use these three regularly in my workflow.

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Design & Development / I am reworking a failed Kickstarter deck design, would love your feedback
« on: June 14, 2020, 08:17:06 AM »
A couple of years ago I set out to design a new deck of playing cards, and ended up with the Vitruvian Classic Deck. It seemed to be a polarizing deck, with people either loving it or hating it (First image). Rather than working it until most people loved it, I decided to just launch it on Kickstarter and see what happened. It pulled in a few thousand on the crowdfunding platform, but was ultimately not funded.
So afterwards what I wanted to do was rework it. The most common complaint was that it was too busy or too trippy. So I wanted to use a minimalist design that maintained the basic logo. I worked with that idea and came up with a design that I liked with various color themes (metallic ink too).

What I'm hoping for with this post is that I can get a general idea of how this new minimalist design might be received. Let me know your thoughts and favorite variation. Also, would you back this? Respond  yes, no, or maybe (explain the maybe).

see more: ig: @vitruviancards

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Design & Development / Re: Custom Deck Feedback, Please
« on: April 24, 2018, 06:29:32 PM »
Any other feedback would help a lot!

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Design & Development / Re: Custom Deck Feedback, Please
« on: April 24, 2018, 09:50:06 AM »
Thank you for the candid response, Don. In my research before tackling the project, I hadn't found anything quite like it. But since reading your comment, I've delved a little deeper and found that it's indeed out there. There was a Da Vinci deck published on Kickstarter as recently as 2015. I really wish I'd found some of this stuff sooner..
I appreciate you pointing me in that direction. Maybe I will just launch it on KS anyway for the experience.

Best,

Brody

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Design & Development / Custom Deck Feedback, Please
« on: April 23, 2018, 08:46:03 PM »
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I'm looking for some feedback on a deck that I've designed. It's based off of some of the artwork of Leonardo da Vinci, as well as some 16th century architecture.
The goal is to launch the deck on Kickstarter within the next couple of months. So let me know your thoughts!

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