Playing Card Designer Sketch Pad

[rjtomlinson1977]

http://kck.st/1npMge7
I'm not sure if anyone posted this yet but there may be some interest in this new project my wife listed. It's a sketch pad designed specifically for the playing card designers.

[Marcus]

Is it a necessity? Nope. But does it seem fun? 

I'll probably pledge for a few just because I want to see how the concept works out. Would be preferable to have 56 sheets per sketch book at least though.

[Don Boyer]

Is it a necessity? Nope. But does it seem fun? 

I'll probably pledge for a few just because I want to see how the concept works out. Would be preferable to have 56 sheets per sketch book at least though.

See, that's how they getcha!  You gotta buy two pads just to complete a single deck freehand!   

[Mada257]

I was reading through the comments on the Kickstarter, and it sounded like they were upping the page count. I believe to 56.

[Faume]

I like the idea, but I'm not sure about the execution. Some of the guidelines look very dark and heavy. Just looking at the example on the main kickstarter image, the art gets a bit lost in the grid.

Secondly, it looks like the binding is like that of a notepad. I'm not sure what it's called exactly, but it's not a very permanent binding and in most cases you tear off each sheet as you move on to the next. For this sort of notebook, I'd want a more permanent binding to keep an entire deck bound together in one place. Actually, it would almost be best in a binder sort of thing so you could remove a sheet to refer to it as you worked on another, but then bind it all back together. That would also give you the option of changing the order of sheets to trace certain elements.

[rjtomlinson1977]

The grid is shown darker for illustration purposes. We wanted to make sure people could see what the grid looked like. The actual grid will be a lighter blue (a non-photo blue).
The binding is where you can tear off pages but for us that works best.

[Rob Wright]

I get the idea of why people want 56 pages, but I don't think it really matters. I would imagine a lot of people would use several pages to perfect one card. Price wise, looks like a pretty good deal. $28 for 10 pads. At this price I wouldn't expect a great binding.

[Don Boyer]

I like the idea, but I'm not sure about the execution. Some of the guidelines look very dark and heavy. Just looking at the example on the main kickstarter image, the art gets a bit lost in the grid.

Secondly, it looks like the binding is like that of a notepad. I'm not sure what it's called exactly, but it's not a very permanent binding and in most cases you tear off each sheet as you move on to the next. For this sort of notebook, I'd want a more permanent binding to keep an entire deck bound together in one place. Actually, it would almost be best in a binder sort of thing so you could remove a sheet to refer to it as you worked on another, but then bind it all back together. That would also give you the option of changing the order of sheets to trace certain elements.

This pad is meant to bear more in common with a sketch pad with removable, tear-out pages, easier to drop in a feed tray and run through a scanner.  As far as a binder and being able to rearrange the pages - one can easily go to their local office-supply chain store and purchase a binder and a hole punch for binder pages.  In most cases, though, people wouldn't use a binder because of how the entire drawing area is so large - you'd be punching holes in your design, more than likely.

So, a question - just how easy would it be to remove the grid from a sketched design once it's been scanned?

[rjtomlinson1977]

With a non-photo blue it's not supposed to scan or be photo-copied. But with that said, we never tested it. I do know that you can easily extract a specific color within photoshop (with color adjustments)... just pull out your cyan. But if it works as it's supposed to... the blue won't scan.

[Don Boyer]

With a non-photo blue it's not supposed to scan or be photo-copied. But with that said, we never tested it. I do know that you can easily extract a specific color within photoshop (with color adjustments)... just pull out your cyan. But if it works as it's supposed to... the blue won't scan.

To me, that sounds like something that should be tested.

[rjtomlinson1977]

The non-photo blue is a common thing. I'm just saying I've never tested it personally. I'm sure they wouldn't sell it in craft stores if it didn't work. lol
I can testify about extracting coloring within photoshop. I do that all the time.