Group-made deck of cards? (You can see poll once you have voted)

[moonexe]

A small run would be the way to go, we can't really afford funding challenges. I would assume 2500 decks to be more than enough, considering the nature of the deck.

[chdmagicdude]

i think we should do  2,500 or 3,500.

[Don Boyer]

I'm not designing any of the cards due to lack of skills needed, but I suggest that for sanity's sake you consider having ONE person do an entire VALUE, like all the fours or all the Queens.  Thirteen designers, plus one for the jokers, one for the back, one for the box, one for the ad cards and/or gaffs.  That's SEVENTEEN designers.  Because if you do it this way, you're going to have as much as FIFTY-EIGHT designers - and design by committee often gets ugly fast; the bigger the committee, the uglier and faster.  Getting 17 people to agree on something will be hard enough, don't you think?

That's just my two cents - feel free to do as you wish.

[moonexe]

I agree completely, though exceptions could be made for the court cards in particular if someone doesn't have the time needed. In fact, since a number value isn't too hard a task and since I didn't take the whole Queens set, I'd like to have the sevens as well. Unless we run out of cards, then I could leave them to someone else.

[Don Boyer]

I agree completely, though exceptions could be made for the court cards in particular if someone doesn't have the time needed. In fact, since a number value isn't too hard a task and since I didn't take the whole Queens set, I'd like to have the sevens as well. Unless we run out of cards, then I could leave them to someone else.

Depending on the level of customization, the number cards can be as difficult as the courts, if not more so.  Look at the Curator Deck!

That's something you folks need to decide on - level of customization.  'Cause if you're going for simple spot cards, you don't even need nine or ten designers - you'd need two at best: one for the AoS and one for the rest.

[moonexe]

But the point is to have a lot of people participate in the creation, to make it a true Discourse deck.
Of course simple standard-layout number cards aren't good enough, but I don't think any of us can pull a new curator deck either, besides of course Ncyclopedia. Speaking of which - we NEED him to participate!

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

I like the queen of spades. I love this idea ya'll are putting up. And what @moon.exe said about calling it Discourse is a brilliant perfect fitting idea! I'm so excited for you guys!

I can visualize a lot of things in my head but I can't draw to save my life.
So i'm here to cheer you all on!!

** GO GO GO**

[moonexe]

Krystle, if you want, you can give us some ideas and we'll try to honor them.
I chose the Queen of Hearts for obvious reasons - and the jokers for the complete freedom they offer. They can be anything!

[loldudex2]

I'd like the Nine of Diamonds, king of hearts, and once the whole deck is done, I'd Luke to help with the box. Also, at te end if there is no cards anyone else will pick up, I will take them.

Also, I think the Ace of spade should be like the Charity Water deck, I'm that it is a bunch of small images, making up the giant Spade Pip, only I'd like the pictures to be the signature of everyone who helped completed it.

Also, will this deck be themed, because I think it'd be awesome if there was no theme and we all just had fun with the faces of our cards. It's be awesome if it was just random (I think anyway).

Lastly, will this be like a transformation type deck?

[moonexe]

Also, I think the Ace of spade should be like the Charity Water deck, I'm that it is a bunch of small images, making up the giant Spade Pip, only I'd like the pictures to be the signature of everyone who helped completed it.

YES. That is a GREAT idea! How about this: One person prints out the spade shape and signs inside, then scans it back for the next person to sign until we have a full spade. It would be awesome!

As for the theme, you'Re right - mismatched themes would look great, as long as the colors don't clash too much. And it doesn't have to be a full transformation deck like the Curator, but we can certainly add our personal touch to each number card.

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

The Queen of Spades is very narcissistic. She indicates a woman who is blessed (or cursed) with sharp perception, and highly honed intuition. She is acutely analytical, with a razor-sharp ability to get to the heart of a situation, seeing exactly what is, rather than what others would wish her to see.

She is a private woman, unwilling to let people too close to her until she is satisfied she thoroughly understands their motivations. But once won as a friend, she is unfailingly loyal, honest and supportive.

She's usually very intelligent, with a dry sense of humour. Her penetrating insight will often reveal aspects of themselves to others that they had previously been unable to grasp - thus she is a capable therapist, teacher or leader.

Which is why i love the queen of Spades. She really reminds me of myself.

[loldudex2]

Also, I think the Ace of spade should be like the Charity Water deck, I'm that it is a bunch of small images, making up the giant Spade Pip, only I'd like the pictures to be the signature of everyone who helped completed it.

YES. That is a GREAT idea! How about this: One person prints out the spade shape and signs inside, then scans it back for the next person to sign until we have a full spade. It would be awesome!

As for the theme, you'Re right - mismatched themes would look great, as long as the colors don't clash too much. And it doesn't have to be a full transformation deck like the Curator, but we can certainly add our personal touch to each number card.

That's an idea, but I'm kinda afraid that since everyone doesn't have great quality printers/ scanners, the quality would deteriate pretty badly. I think we should all either scan our autograph in and then it gets compiled into an ace, or we could send our signatures to one person, and they do all the work for scanning it in and fitting it into place. I just fear with your idea that the AiS won't have enough space if we all write our names in ourself.

[moonexe]

The Queen of Spades is very narcissistic. She indicates a woman who is blessed (or cursed) with sharp perception, and highly honed intuition. She is acutely analytical, with a razor-sharp ability to get to the heart of a situation, seeing exactly what is, rather than what others would wish her to see.

She is a private woman, unwilling to let people too close to her until she is satisfied she thoroughly understands their motivations. But once won as a friend, she is unfailingly loyal, honest and supportive.

She's usually very intelligent, with a dry sense of humour. Her penetrating insight will often reveal aspects of themselves to others that they had previously been unable to grasp - thus she is a capable therapist, teacher or leader.

Which is why i love the queen of Spades. She really reminds me of myself.

Hmm... I could attempt something along those lines, I'll see what I can do. After I sleep that is. That's a very detailed description that would allow for a lot of details, and I like characters with their own unique personality.

About that ace of spades, you're right, printer quality and the amount of spade are both issues. If we go with the individual signatures, one of the more design-oriented guys should take the job for the best possible result, since they're likely to have experience with this kind of thing already.

[Evan]

Yes, there is a lot of talent here but honestly, a group made deck will be very hard to make. Agreeing on designs, assigning jobs, etc. are going to be hard

[Aaron]

Hey guys,

I will update the list of who is doing what on page 2 when I get home tonite, it is way to hard on my phone. Also It was suggested that I do all the aces, I don't know if this is a good idea because I am not super educated with design. Although I would do like all the fives.

[NathanCanadas]

Discourse Deck, planning.
Tell me if you are okay with what I assigned you.

MagicAddictz2?
Good@Sabacc?

Back Design(first draft) - chmagicdude
Ace of spades - Come up with ideas
Aces(except of spades) - Aaron
Kings - Five
Queens - Moon.exe
Jacks - brown-baggs
Tens
Nines - Loldudex2
Eights -
Sevens
Sixes
Fives
Fours - John
Threes - NathanCanadas
Twos - KrystleLane?
Single-faced ad card - chmagicdude
Gaff card - We will see later
Custom Seal - Alex
Tuck Case - Alex
Brought to USPCC - Alex
Ok. If possible, start doodling and coming up with ideas for the back, and your assigned card(s). We can work from there. I do not want to sound harsh, but if we want this to work out, we can't sit with our arms crossed, waiting for the others to do the work. I am willing to carry this project as long as we all contribute. Let's get started and try having some rough drafts of cards and back designs by Sunday February 5th, 2012, 6PM Pacific Standard Time.
We should have a group iChat session as soon as possible, too, with the printed version of the cards. BTW, the non-court cards do not need to be very complicated.
Good luck,
Nathan
PS: plz tell me if you're good with what I put in the list. Alex has already clearly stated what he would help with, but said he wouldn't carry the project.

[zaganh]

i could try help if you would like i did some desighns yesterday doodling

http://aethercards.com/discourse/index.php?topic=1584.new;topicseen#new

[chdmagicdude]

 @zaganh go down and look at the list and see what you can do.

[zaganh]

@zaganh go down and look at the list and see what you can do.

can you bring me up to speed so i dont have to read the other three pages whats the theme everyone settled on ?

[chdmagicdude]

Back Design(first draft) - chmagicdude
Ace of spades- zaganh
Aces(except of spades) - Aaron
Kings - Five
Queens - Moon.exe
Jacks - brown-baggs
Tens
Nines - Loldudex2
Eights -
Sevens
Sixes
Fives
Fours - John
Threes - NathanCanadas
Twos - KrystleLane?
Single-faced ad card - chmagicdude
Gaff card - We will see later
Custom Seal - Alex
Tuck Case - Alex
Brought to USPCC - Alex

[zaganh]

how about ace of spades i like doing those cards ?

[chdmagicdude]

ok i put you on the list.

[SpiritsCrusader]

I really wish I could help, I'm not good and have no tools to help design the deck, but if there's some way that i can help outside of design process let me know!?!

[zaganh]

ok i put you on the list.

i just did a practise one with an a for aether cards in hte middle ill upload just a sec

[chdmagicdude]

SpiritsCrusader you can get one to help design just go and search it on google or just draw. sounds cool cant wait to see it.