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« on: August 11, 2015, 04:05:51 PM »
 

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Introducing the Skyvora High Grade Playing Cards!  My name is Josh and I am the artist and owner of the company Skyvora. I have created a series of marijuana-themed playing cards for the card collectors, cardists, magicians and stoners. Each face card has been illustrated from scratch and depicts a representation of a cannabis strain.
The cards have been getting a lot of positive feedback on our instagram page www.instagram.com/skyvora. We will be launching a kickstarter campaign soon to get the cards produced. To make things simple we will only have playing cards and uncut sheets as rewards for kickstarter contributions. Items such as t-shirts and posters are already available on our website www.skyvora.com. All of the graphics for the cards are finished. Make Playing Card Company will be doing the printing and fulfillment of the cards once the kickstarter campaign is complete.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2015, 04:15:43 PM »
 

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Skyvora High Grade Playing Cards 1st Edition
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2015, 04:49:27 PM »
 

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Introducing the Skyvora High Grade Playing Cards!  My name is Josh and I am the artist and owner of the company Skyvora. I have created a series of marijuana-themed playing cards for the card collectors, cardists, magicians and stoners. Each face card has been illustrated from scratch and depicts a representation of a cannabis strain.
The cards have been getting a lot of positive feedback on our instagram page www.instagram.com/skyvora. We will be launching a kickstarter campaign soon to get the cards produced. To make things simple we will only have playing cards and uncut sheets as rewards for kickstarter contributions. Items such as t-shirts and posters are already available on our website www.skyvora.com. All of the graphics for the cards are finished. Make Playing Card Company will be doing the printing and fulfillment of the cards once the kickstarter campaign is complete.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2015, 04:58:33 PM »
 

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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2015, 05:22:50 PM »
 

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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2015, 05:51:14 PM »
 

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Each face card has been illustrated from scratch and depicts a representation of a cannabis strain.

Represented by chicks with big boobs?
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2015, 06:43:41 PM »
 

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Represented by chicks with big boobs?

Absolutely
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2015, 07:09:07 PM »
 

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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2015, 08:59:48 PM »
 

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OK, a few things, Josh.

I merged your topics.  You get a topic in Design/Dev for a new deck not yet in release.  You get a new topic in the Plethora when the deck is either released or launched on Kickstarter.

Go easy on the hard sell.  It doesn't win fans around here, especially if the design doesn't live up to the hype.

If you expect to charge top dollar for your design, you'll need a better printer than MPC.  They're good, but they're not that good.  Plus with a deck as dark as this, it's gonna look like mud - they tend to reproduce colors darker than they appear on screen.  In fact, your whole design is so low in contrast, you'll be lucky if any printer can accurately reproduce the art.  You should really rework the art for better contrast.  It might look really cool on the screen right now, but your customers won't be seeing it on your screen - they'll be seeing it on little pieces of paper in their hands.  Put all that ink on this little pasteboards, your art's going to disappear in a blob of dark gray and black.

Your irregular pattern printed into the bleed will be very difficult to die-cut accurately enough to prevent creating a one-way back design.  Poker players, even casual poker players, stay away from one-way designs because they can be used for cheating.
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« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2015, 09:34:03 AM »
 

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Thank you for the feedback Don. I am ordering a test print of the cards from MPC and I will make contrast edits accordingly. If our kickstarter campaign receives enough backing we will get USPCC to do the printing. If there are any other printing companies you would recommend we will be sure to check them out. Thanks for the help
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2015, 09:37:24 AM »
 

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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2015, 10:00:23 AM »
 

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Thank you for the feedback Don. I am ordering a test print of the cards from MPC and I will make contrast edits accordingly. If our kickstarter campaign receives enough backing we will get USPCC to do the printing. If there are any other printing companies you would recommend we will be sure to check them out. Thanks for the help

Both the Legends Playing Card Company and the Expert Playing Card Company do excellent work and at a lower cost than USPC, plus they allow much lower minimum print run sizes than USPC does.  Both companies have a company topic here on the boards as well as a PCF Agent account, though if placing an order, it's probably best to do it from their own websites.
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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2015, 10:13:50 AM »
 

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A note about the design, having the brand name "Skyvora" on every court card seems a bit much for me. Makes it look like an advertising deck for a gentlemans club.

I think the brand name could be just on the tuck and the AoS.
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« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2015, 11:07:15 AM »
 

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Thank you for the info Don we're about to look into those companies now. Greatly appreciate the recommendations and advice! Thanks Magasaki for your input. This is the first edition of the cards and we are a new brand. The repetition of the word Skyvora on the court cards is redundant but we feel that it could only help in building brand recognition.  The future editions of the playing cards may have the word "Skyvora" omitted from the court cards. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2015, 11:10:58 AM »
 

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« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2015, 11:46:49 AM »
 

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Thank you for the info Don we're about to look into those companies now. Greatly appreciate the recommendations and advice! Thanks Magasaki for your input. This is the first edition of the cards and we are a new brand. The repetition of the word Skyvora on the court cards is redundant but we feel that it could only help in building brand recognition.  The future editions of the playing cards may have the word "Skyvora" omitted from the court cards. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

I'm wondering if the advice we're offering is just going in one ear and out the other.  I consult with playing card designers, helping them improve their work - all I've seen so far is you pushing the same design format, essentially unchanged from suit to suit in terms of overall appearance.  Hard sells don't work well with card collectors - they tend to backfire more often than not.

It won't help with the brand recognition if people think the cards are less attractive for it...  That's not the kind of name brand recognition you want - recognizing that you DON'T want that brand!  Even advertising decks of cards for major name brands like Absolut or Coca-Cola don't display the product name on every single card - it appears as a logo in the card back design and on the tuck box, and that's it in most cases.  It looks as if you're making an advertising deck to advertise that you're making playing cards - a little on the redundant side, don't you think?  Or are you really advertising your nationally-renown brand of cannabis?  Just keep the brand name on the Ace of Spades and the box - if it's good enough for most other playing card companies, why not give it a try?  USPC's been doing it for over 130 years now - if it wasn't working, they would have stopped (or gone out of business) a long time ago...

It's a big mistake to place images of alcohol on your cards.  There are places that specifically prohibit minors from purchasing products with alcohol imagery.  There are also places that prohibit minors from accessing products with cannabis imagery as well, but that's like saying, "Well, we've already got two strikes against us - let's get another just because we can!"  It's not good for business to intentionally limit the audience for your product any more than is absolutely necessary.
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« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2015, 01:06:23 PM »
 

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Considering that the name is on the back of the cards, we agree that removing the name the brand name "Skyvora" from the court cards is the right move. That edit would also allow make room for larger illustrations. The alcohol will remain in the artwork. We are aware that some places would prohibit the cards, but alcohol is prevalent in the niche we are targeting.
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« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2015, 03:59:24 AM »
 

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Good move on letting go of the branding on the card faces. It was really detracting from the overall look listening to the audience you're aiming at is always a good move. You'll likely get more sales from the playing card collector group than the pot-smoking group - after all they've spent all their money on weed  ;)
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« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2015, 09:22:47 AM »
 

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Thanks for the recommendation Magasaki. You make some good points. I've deleted the name from the court card designs. I'm open to more suggestions and advice thanks for your help.
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« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2015, 08:49:12 PM »
 

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