Alrighty! I made the edits to the back of the tuck box. I think this really did it. Let me know what you think! Also uploaded a couple more court card previews and to give y'all a better idea as to what I was going for, all the Kings will be holding saws, all Queens holding wood (haha) and all Jacks holding axes.
Thanks!
The monochrome design of the court cards is interesting, not something you see a lot outside of the spot cards. I might make the court images a bit bigger - traditional court characters take up a lot of real estate on a card, while yours look a little skinny! Wait - I know what's missing! It's the large pips usually placed next to the heads! That why it seemed so empty.
Negative space can be very useful in design, but for courts, I like the "go big or go home" school of art!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! I've been doing some tweaking / additions and before I get any further, I wanted to share and see what people think. I've added larger pips to the court cards, here are a few examples (with and without) I didn't print and mock them up this go around, giving you guys pixel previews:
King of Spades - works well here I think:
Introducing the Queen of Hearts! Also think it works well here:
Jack of Spades. This one was tricky, I had to move the axe to the other side otherwise it would be too tight on the right. This will have to be done with a couple other jacks and the king of clubs.
Lastly, I've increased the size of the back by 3% to tighten up the borders:
Let me know what y'all think and if I should go with or without the larger pips.
@Emmanuel Having axes as pips won't work well. Here's why, all of the kings hold saw, queens wood and jacks axes. So I don't think it would make sense. It was a good idea though.
Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I'm still working other tweaks. I'll upload a few shots of the pip cards.