Nimue Dokin Cards

[MisterDokin]

Hi.
He's preparing these playing cards with my graphics.
I always loved the colors and abstract shapes so I decided to draw up a complete set of playing gioco.Ho wanted to make different cards using abstract forms but are still recognizable by the letters and signs placed at the top in the cards.
I prepare two sets different, light and dark edition inclusive of tuck box and if the project were to be fine (above expectations) will fulfill the most rigid boxes to cover.
what do you think?

Tuck Box



Dark Edition









Light Edition

[Don Boyer]

The designs will not appeal to the mainstream, but you're not aiming for the mainstream in the first place.  It's something that would have strong appeal to artists, without a doubt.  Card collectors will be a little more fickle about them, but the ones that collect more artistic decks will find it appealing - if they happen to enjoy abstracts.

Good luck with the design!

[skinny]

...but are still recognizable by the letters and signs placed at the top in the cards.

I looked at the pictures before reading your text and literally, my first thought was, "Is that a 3 or a 5?"
Overlay a 3 and a 5 and you get your 5. Hmmm.

My 2¢ -- I like them quite a bit. I'm all about interesting, playable cards. If ~only~ the jokers bleed off the edge, I'm mostly okay with that. If I can't read an index immediately, though, that's a deal breaker for me.

[MisterDokin]

...but are still recognizable by the letters and signs placed at the top in the cards.

I looked at the pictures before reading your text and literally, my first thought was, "Is that a 3 or a 5?"
Overlay a 3 and a 5 and you get your 5. Hmmm.

My 2¢ -- I like them quite a bit. I'm all about interesting, playable cards. If ~only~ the jokers bleed off the edge, I'm mostly okay with that. If I can't read an index immediately, though, that's a deal breaker for me.

Thanks for your interest and for the advice Skinny .Can improve the numbers and letters to make them more readable with the simplest elements to read.
You think it's better to use a white board such as the classic card, or change too the concept of playing cards?

[MisterDokin]

The designs will not appeal to the mainstream, but you're not aiming for the mainstream in the first place.  It's something that would have strong appeal to artists, without a doubt.  Card collectors will be a little more fickle about them, but the ones that collect more artistic decks will find it appealing - if they happen to enjoy abstracts.

Good luck with the design!

Hi Don Boyer,
Thanks for you comment and for technical advice that you have given me. I hope to find some people interested in my project so that you can quit and realize the project. Thanks again.
If you have other tips are available, I would like to have more possible advice in order to launch the project at best.

[skinny]

The 3 is now a 3. That helps me.

Do what you like! There are a lot of rules that make cards that are good for everything. Almost everyone breaks some of them.

[Don Boyer]

...but are still recognizable by the letters and signs placed at the top in the cards.

I looked at the pictures before reading your text and literally, my first thought was, "Is that a 3 or a 5?"
Overlay a 3 and a 5 and you get your 5. Hmmm.

My 2¢ -- I like them quite a bit. I'm all about interesting, playable cards. If ~only~ the jokers bleed off the edge, I'm mostly okay with that. If I can't read an index immediately, though, that's a deal breaker for me.

Thanks for your interest and for the advice Skinny .Can improve the numbers and letters to make them more readable with the simplest elements to read.
You think it's better to use a white board such as the classic card, or change too the concept of playing cards?

In general, it's better that the borders match on all the cards.  If the jokers are red-bordered and the rest of the cards are white-bordered, you'll be able to spot the jokers in the middle of the deck immediately by looking at the edge of the deck.  But if you're making a more "artistic" deck, you can take a little artistic license if you want - though at the risk of further alienating anyone seeking a more functional deck as well as a more artistic deck.

[MisterDokin]

Good point, I had not thought about it and I had taken for granted that detail.
Thanks for saying that.
I upgraded the part behind this is also true of the cards as the boxes of the two editions.
Now they look more elegant and in line.

[Don Boyer]

Good point, I had not thought about it and I had taken for granted that detail.
Thanks for saying that.
I upgraded the part behind this is also true of the cards as the boxes of the two editions.
Now they look more elegant and in line.

Ah, but you see where the Kings have artwork that extends into the bleed area, past the die line?  That, too, can be spotted from the edge of the deck.  I'd be able to identify and pull out those kings just by looking at the top or bottom edge of your deck.  Better to have the artwork either end hard before the die line or fade out before the die line.  You really want uniformity on the edges of every single card, for the faces as well as the backs.

Again, like I stated earlier, as an artistic deck, you can take a bit more artistic license.  Some people might appreciate the more artistic style, its uniqueness and creativity.  But if someone's looking for a deck that's more functional, this deck wouldn't fit the bill.  It really depends on which audience you're aiming harder to get - people into the cool design work above all other considerations or people looking for an attractive, modern but functional deck.

[MisterDokin]

Hello to everyone
I updated the cards by adding new designs transforming the 3 cards of unique figurative signs and different from the others.
Even the sail so as the box with embossing effect

I hope you enjoy it as a preview before you can launch the project on kickstarter.

[MisterDokin]

This is Seal With Back card

[MisterDokin]

The project that I'm preparing which represent geometric and abstract shapes that make up both figures like J-Q-K and Jolly, both isometric and processing of the numbered cards.

Below you will find the images: