Sherlock Holmes by Jackson Robinson (KS)

[Anthony]

Just wanted to say Gratz to these 4 very lucky people.............oh, and DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, i got the tip a little late.

Did you see the $1 dollar pledge at the top?

Well yes, but those are usually there, that "One" lucky person is always there on most KS projects. This was the 1st time I've seen the unannounced "Deal of a lifetime", lol

[JacksonRobinson]

Just wanted to say Gratz to these 4 very lucky people.............oh, and DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, i got the tip a little late.

Did you see the $1 dollar pledge at the top?

Well yes, but those are usually there, that "One" lucky person is always there on most KS projects. This was the 1st time I've seen the unannounced "Deal of a lifetime", lol

I wouldn't nec call a deal of a life time. Its just a brick. And of course I'm already getting hate mail for it.

Note to any future creators: You will never make everyone happy, If you charge $X for something they will call you a cheat, if you give a away 3 free Xs they will say you are ripping them off for not giving out 4. 90% of the time people just don't read words on a page. Some people were even on the KS page posting comments at the same time I released those tiers and now they are dogging me for not giving them a heads up about a surprise tier. This type of stuff really make me hate KS. Well I guess when I think about it, it's not KS at all.

Note to self: don't try to do any thing else that is an attempt to create excitement and traffic to your page just like every other online marketing scheme in the world. Just come out with more junk like key chains, fridge magnets, and pet collars that have your back design on them cuz that's what people will really like and want to spend their money on. (END soap box)

[Casual Pixels]

Note to self: don't try to do any thing else that is an attempt to create excitement and traffic to your page just like every other online marketing scheme in the world. Just come out with more junk like key chains, fridge magnets, and pet collars that have your back design on them cuz that's what people will really like and want to spend their money on. (END soap box)

One of the problems of the internet (as well as many other forums) is that negativity sounds so much louder only because the tiny minority who act that way tend to yell.

The many many other, more reasonable, people don't feel the need to scream that they approve of what you're doing.

When you feel passionate about something, and what you hear over the general hub-bub is somebody screaming "YOU SUCK", it's easy to miss that 99% of the people who are following what you are doing are NOT screaming (or even thinking) the same thing.

I used to own and run a company which did online games and contests. We had hundreds of thousands of participants across the continent. Many days were dominated by a tiny tiny fraction who felt, for one reason or another, that WE SUCKED.

However, we'd do conventions or just meet-ups in cities I was visiting and the one-on-one feedback couldn't have been more different.

Anyway, just a supportive voice reminding you "Illegitimi non carborundum" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

[Anthony]

It sucks people gotta be that way...sad i missed it, but i hsve no problem with it. I usually pop in and out of the projects i back regardless of getting updates.....missed it, oh well.  Feel free to offer those tiiers, ill keep looking, lol

[JacksonRobinson]

Note to self: don't try to do any thing else that is an attempt to create excitement and traffic to your page just like every other online marketing scheme in the world. Just come out with more junk like key chains, fridge magnets, and pet collars that have your back design on them cuz that's what people will really like and want to spend their money on. (END soap box)

One of the problems of the internet (as well as many other forums) is that negativity sounds so much louder only because the tiny minority who act that way tend to yell.

The many many other, more reasonable, people don't feel the need to scream that they approve of what you're doing.

When you feel passionate about something, and what you hear over the general hub-bub is somebody screaming "YOU SUCK", it's easy to miss that 99% of the people who are following what you are doing are NOT screaming (or even thinking) the same thing.

I used to own and run a company which did online games and contests. We had hundreds of thousands of participants across the continent. Many days were dominated by a tiny tiny fraction who felt, for one reason or another, that WE SUCKED.

However, we'd do conventions or just meet-ups in cities I was visiting and the one-on-one feedback couldn't have been more different.

Anyway, just a supportive voice reminding you "Illegitimi non carborundum" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

Thanks so much for your positive comments. Awesome!

J

[Don Boyer]

One of the problems of the internet (as well as many other forums) is that negativity sounds so much louder only because the tiny minority who act that way tend to yell.

The many many other, more reasonable, people don't feel the need to scream that they approve of what you're doing.

When you feel passionate about something, and what you hear over the general hub-bub is somebody screaming "YOU SUCK", it's easy to miss that 99% of the people who are following what you are doing are NOT screaming (or even thinking) the same thing.

I used to own and run a company which did online games and contests. We had hundreds of thousands of participants across the continent. Many days were dominated by a tiny tiny fraction who felt, for one reason or another, that WE SUCKED.

However, we'd do conventions or just meet-ups in cities I was visiting and the one-on-one feedback couldn't have been more different.

Anyway, just a supportive voice reminding you "Illegitimi non carborundum" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum

These are some of the wisest words I've read anywhere on this or any other forum.

Did I mention we're glad to have you here? 

[Casual Pixels]

Thanks. It's a very busy time for me at the moment, but I hope to be able to participate more fully soon.

Cheers!

[Justin O.]

Jackson Robinson's most recent kickstarter project closed today at just over a whopping 100k in funds generated for the project!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1722808047/sherlock-holmes-a-playing-card-deck

Those of you that backed are really in for a treat with what has turned into an amazing project!

[Don Boyer]

Jackson Robinson's most recent kickstarter project closed today at just over a whopping 100k in funds generated for the project!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1722808047/sherlock-holmes-a-playing-card-deck

Those of you that backed are really in for a treat with what has turned into an amazing project!

I hope you don't mind, but I moved your topic to merge it with the existing topic in the Playing Card Plethora.  It's more appropriate there.

For simplicity's sake we try keeping decks to one topic in the PCP and, if the designer brought it to us in the early pre-launch/planning stages, one topic in the Design/Dev board.

[Casual Pixels]

A U.S. Federal Judge has just placed into the public domain all Sherlock Holmes elements published prior to 1923.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/sherlock-holmes-is-in-the-public-domain-american-judge-rules/?src=twrhp&_r=3

[Don Boyer]

A U.S. Federal Judge has just placed into the public domain all Sherlock Holmes elements published prior to 1923.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/sherlock-holmes-is-in-the-public-domain-american-judge-rules/?src=twrhp&_r=3

To be more accurate, they weren't "placed" in the public domain by the judge.  They were ruled as already being in the public domain.  No work made prior to 1923 is protected under US Copyright Law any longer (a law that's been giving USPC headaches since much of its most popular intellectual property was created before then).  The ruling stated that only those works created since that time up to Conan Doyle's death are protected, and they contain some additional information about the Holmes character - so information exclusive to those works is still protected.

Depending on whether or not a Conan Doyle work was written by himself or as a commissioned work for a company (who then possesses the copyright), the length of copyright will vary.  For non-commissioned works for which he held the copyright, they all went into the public domain not later than 7 July 2000, 70 years following the author's death.  For works commissioned by a company who then became the copyright holder, copyright lasts for the shorter of these two terms:
1) 95 years after publication of the work, or
2) 120 years after creation of the work.

All but one of Conan Doyle's works were published during his lifetime - and the sole exception is his diary of life as a ship's surgeon on an Arctic whaling vessel, a non-fiction piece.  At the very latest, none of his fiction works will remain protected under US Copyright Law by early 2025, 95 years following the publishing date of his final fictional work.

In the United Kingdom, all of Conan Doyle's work is already considered in the public domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_copyright_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Conan_Doyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle_bibliography

[newtsgames]

Another great deck by Jackson!  He sure likes to add the "stretch" decks to his projects.

[JacksonRobinson]

The recent Sherlock rulings are focused on copyright. The Conan Doyle estate still owns many trademarks that still give the protection for a lot of stuff.

[Don Boyer]

The recent Sherlock rulings are focused on copyright. The Conan Doyle estate still owns many trademarks that still give the protection for a lot of stuff.

To defend Sherlock Holmes under trademark law is difficult - any "non-standard" version of the character, and there have been quite a few over the years, would weaken and dilute a claim of trademark status.  It's the big reason USPC Legal went hairy ape-nuts and started barring people from using much of their deck art (aside from the standard faces) in an altered form of any kind.

Ellusionist was forced to redesign many of their gaff cards when they made recent printings of their gaff decks which were based on the Bicycle Rider Back.  It's also why they shifted away from focusing on those decks as much and made the Artifice deck their go-to deck.  But even there, the USPC Legal folks balked at a gaff card that bore a resemblance to Chap-Stick lip balm - so USPC found another printer who managed to pretty accurately match the card quality, though the tuck box was a bit flimsier.

I'd call that a bad move on USPC's part.  Now one of their bigger custom deck customers knows they can choose another printer whenever they want, perhaps even abandoning USPC altogether.

But now I'm just rambling...

[jmrock]

Jackson's decks do just get better and better as time goes on… The artistry and high design of these decks are really unparalleled… I don't want to sound melodramatic, but there is not a designer making playing cards today that is in the same league as Jackson… Period…  Incredible group of decks once again… The add ons and additional decks carry the theme, but are original enough as to make them unique and highly desirable… Great work once again Jackson… Looks like you're going to hit another home run out of the park, and from what it looks like you are going to crush your next few visits up to bat as well… Wishing you continued success… You truly deserve all of the accolades that you're receiving…

[DJT]

Jackson's decks do just get better and better as time goes on… The artistry and high design of these decks are really unparalleled… I don't want to sound melodramatic, but there is not a designer making playing cards today that is in the same league as Jackson… Period…  Incredible group of decks once again… The add ons and additional decks carry the theme, but are original enough as to make them unique and highly desirable… Great work once again Jackson… Looks like you're going to hit another home run out of the park, and from what it looks like you are going to crush your next few visits up to bat as well… Wishing you continued success… You truly deserve all of the accolades that you're receiving…

I agree he is a great designer and I would argue he knows how focus his designs in the right way and subject matter.

I personally don't fancy the SH deck that much, I thought the federal 52 v1/v2 are all time classics. Don't think the SH decks are quite to that standard, but he has a knack for picking card subjects. I think the military decks will be interesting.

[Nurul]

I don't want to sound melodramatic, but there is not a designer making playing cards today that is in the same league as Jackson… Period…

I disagree. Although Jackson is Effing amazing, I think Uusi are up there in the same league. Sure, they have different art styles, but their stuff is breathtaking. Jackson is just bad ass though, and these decks are my favourite of his, his detail in his work are just out if this world.
I hope Jackson and Uusi do a collaboration sometime in the future.

[BiggerDee]

I personally put Jackson, Randy Butterfield, and Paul Carpenter into their own league, albeit with different design styles. I would buy bricks of decks for future projects, sight unseen, from any of them. Don't get me wrong, there are other amazing decks out there from talented designers, but these three consistently go above and beyond, and I'm happy to reward their efforts with my money. I will be first in line for the Army deck, and any other decks that are coming down the line from these talented guys.

Jackson set the bar for himself VERY high with Fed52. All we ask is that he release decks just as popular, about once every two weeks. No pressure Jackson, right? ;-)

Sorry to jump off topic a bit there.

[CBJ]

Sweet Mary Mother of God!!!  These look amazing!!!!

Update from Jackson:

"This morning I got a envelope from USPCC with samples of the Sherlock Tuck cases, and HOLY SMOKES!!! These turned out exponetially better than I could have hoped. They look absolutley amazing and the picture DO NOT do the tucks justice.

USPCC is hand applying all of the numbered seal this week, and we should be very close to delivery of the decks to me. MAN I CAN'T WAIT to have these in my hands!!!

Enjoy."







Bakerstreet Edition


















Limited Edition Bakerstreet















Holmes Edition












Moriarty Edition















Hound of the Baskervilles Edition












WOW WOW WOW!



CBJ

[Shade]

All I can do is repeat CBJ, Wow!!! Wow!!!

I was not a big fan of the original Bakerstreet back & Tuck art, but the addition of the embossing make these tucks abosolutely Awesome. I  really love the limited tuck's embossed gold metallics.

The Hounds Tuck looks good but embossing all the scroll work without any color highlights is a little over kill.  I think I would have like it better flat with Red Mettalic similar to the Whispering Imps. Maybe emboss just the BH & Hound seals.

Once again Jackson pulls out all the stops and takes the design over the top. Great Work!!

[bamabenz]

I wish I had uncut prints of these tucks.

[JacksonRobinson]

I wish I had uncut prints of these tucks.

Well.... good thing I ordered uncut sheets of all the tuck cases. LOL.  It was something that I did after the Kickstarter so backers don't jump down my throat too fast. I order 50 uncut tucks of each and they will be for sale on my website along with the rest of the Holmes stuff in late April I'm guessing.

[MrMollusk]

Oh my god. Those look AMAZING.

[bamabenz]

Jackson,

Have you thought of creating a series of tucks for classic playing cards?
Aristocrats, Bees, Tally-Ho, Aviation, ...
I'd buy them and throw away the stock tucks.

Add a diptych set of jokers and Shazam, you got a blockbuster!

It would not be as awesome as a complete deck, but it would be fun for us collectors -- a cool mini project to play with?

/bama

[AnynAllCards]

Looks like a came to the party too late to be able to snag one of these amazing looking decks off KS.  I only hope that some day I may be lucky enough to stumble onto one.