Macbeth Playing Cards - Need Some Feedback

[CallOn84]

Good afternoon everyone! This is my first time on this forum, so can't wait to talk to other passionate enthusiasts and collectors.

I producing my first project out of, hopefully, the many that I'm doing in the future. This playing card is based on Macbeth; everything from the themes, to the characters to the colour palate is based on the Shakespeare play. The project started early this year and I'm hoping to get a final draft done by August or September of this year. I wanted to launch a Kickstarter this year, but due to the uncertainties in the economy and the whole Ukraine-Russia war that's happening, which is affecting everything, I had to push the Kickstarter launch till next year.

In the mean time, I would like to show some of the artwork that has been produced for the first draft. Please provide some feedback about them, I would love to know what people are thinking about the design. Tell me what you like, what you don't like, any improvements and ideas.

The samples are in this imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/Ss7aUnF

Let me know what you think so far. Cheers!

[Don Boyer]

Good afternoon everyone! This is my first time on this forum, so can't wait to talk to other passionate enthusiasts and collectors.

I producing my first project out of, hopefully, the many that I'm doing in the future. This playing card is based on Macbeth; everything from the themes, to the characters to the colour palate is based on the Shakespeare play. The project started early this year and I'm hoping to get a final draft done by August or September of this year. I wanted to launch a Kickstarter this year, but due to the uncertainties in the economy and the whole Ukraine-Russia war that's happening, which is affecting everything, I had to push the Kickstarter launch till next year.

In the mean time, I would like to show some of the artwork that has been produced for the first draft. Please provide some feedback about them, I would love to know what people are thinking about the design. Tell me what you like, what you don't like, any improvements and ideas.

The samples are in this imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/Ss7aUnF

Let me know what you think so far. Cheers!

Nice sketches.  I'd work on making the pips more attractive and the font more calligraphic, or at least like contemporary handwriting or print.  Don't fall for the faux aging trap - I'd go with a parchment or linen stock look to the background, but no aging effects; it's been played out and will only detract from the art.

Keep tabs on prices for getting your deck made.  Inflation is slowing down, but it's far from dead - prices have gone a little haywire, thanks to a handful of factors, not the least being the war in Ukraine, the pandemic's lasting effects on the supply chain and the recent collapse of three mid-sized banks.  You might get a quote today, be ready to print in two or three months, only to see the prices have gone up and you are no longer ready to print as a result.

Yeah, I know - not exactly timely tips...