Hello guys i'm the creator of Sophia Rae Playing Cards and I will love to know what you guys think about this amazing deck, thank you guys! Thank you also for the support.
Hey guys! I'm new at this and I didn't knew there's was a place like this and I think is pretty awesome! I know some of you guys don't like them that much! But I'm sorry to hear that! This deck is dedicated to my daughter and I try to combine my passion for cards and the unconditionally love for my daughter, I'm really excited and hope you guys like them!
Hey guys well first about the pictures that I upload was a misunderstanding, I already talk to Jackson about this and I apologize to him, I was just trying to make an idea of what I wanned to sell, also I have nothing agains the number one the number is my daughters birthday, all this design is about her, sorry again about the hash tag was an accident that I post trying to Wright #kinds, but we'll hope this could give you an idea of all this, thank you again.
Hey guys! So I understand there's was a problem about the pictures and I already talked to Jackson about it so he knows the situation, I already apologize to him, and about hash tag, it was a mistake I was trying to add #kins that's why and I don't have anything against number 6 haha, and all this design is dedicated to my daughter, and the numbers is my daughter's birthday, also the faces of cards will be up this week but there's no changes in the court cards only the color is the one that is changing, I know a few don't like this deck but I understand I just hope I can clear some of the things.
OK, first - SLOW DOWN A LITTLE, catch your breath... Your photos didn't even load correctly, but I wouldn't be too worried about it since we already have the images from your KS project page.
Second - welcome to the Discourse. We're glad to have you. When you have a moment, please stop by our "Introduce Yourself" board and make a new topic so we can get a chance to get to know you a little better.
Third - we try to keep it down to a single topic per deck on the Plethora, so it makes information easier to find. I merged your new topic with this pre-existing one.
Fourth - we also advocate editing a post to add more information if it's only moments later and no one has posted since. I've combined all four of your posts into a single post.
Fifth - about the deck (finally)...
You're telling us about the deck being about your daughter, that it's a commemorative of her in a way. Well, I understand you like to refer to her as "dear", but putting a MALE BUCK on the back of your card is probably not the best idea for a deck about a young girl. It looks a lot more like an attempt to make a deck that looks like something the Buck Twins, a.k.a. Dan and Dave, world famous magicians, card flourishers and playing card creators, would have created. Especially when you put antlers on the jokers. Female deer (and hopefully "female dear" as well) do NOT have antlers like the horns you're showing us. The Bucks have already used a similar motif in some of their designs.
Additionally, as it was pointed out, your design seems somewhat derivative of other recent deck designs that have been released over the past several months. Perhaps something more original might be in order, something that's more likely to catch people's attention in a positive way? Because in its present state, your project doesn't convey your passion for cards OR your daughter as much as it conveys a desire to copy previously-successful ideas in the hopes that lightning will strike twice in the same place. (In reality, it actually does, but that's neither here nor there...)
The odd geometry in the Ace of Spades doesn't help this design either. I can't see any good reason for that to be there other than the lack of a better idea - and as reasons go, that's really not what I'd call "good" by any stretch of the imagination.
Tagging other people in Instagram is also not exactly the best thought-out idea for capturing a serious audience of card collectors. It looks more like a ploy to grab attention. It has, but the attention isn't positive. That whole thing about any publicity, even bad publicity, being good publicity isn't really very reflective of reality.
Were I in your shoes, I would stop. Close the KS project. Consider what it is about your passion for cards and for your daughter that really ignite something in you, and find a way to put that to paper. Make a wholly original design. If I lacked the skills to do so, I'd hire an artist - there's no shortage of them on the Internet in places like Behance and DeviantArt.
This, however, I'd shelve. Of course, this is your project and you live in a free country, where people are largely permitted to do as they wish so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights or safety of others. But I'm telling you this as an experienced playing card design and development consultant with a number of successful clients. In its present state, few people in the playing card collecting community will take this project seriously, and you'll have spent your time and effort with nothing to show for it but an unsuccessful experience.
If indeed you are serious about this deck and you do decide to fold this project and really want to make something worthwhile out of it, make a new topic for it in the Design and Development board - we permit a topic there and a topic here, because Design/Dev is the planning stages while Plethora is the execution of those plans into reality. Think up some ideas, call out to our many members for more, ask questions, request suggestions, whatever it takes. With luck, hard work and time, you'll be able to bang this design into something people are eager and drooling over themselves to own.
I wish you good luck and no ill will, Adrian.
Cheers,
Don
