Hi!
My name is Claire Green. I'm a 2nd year uni student from Australia who has recently become obsessed with playing cards. Thought this would be an awesome forum to join 
I had a recent assignment where I had to create some playing cards and the response I had from students and teachers was quite positive...
I really look forward to sharing it here and getting feedback 
What else about me? I have a silly Siamese cat and I love to spend my day chilling and drawing whilst listening to music, namely Jean Michel Jarre, The Eagles and Pink Floyd.
Welcome to the forum. Eagles fan? You'd be jealous - I got to see a Don Henley concert last month, free, on Coney Island in New York City!
Tell us more about your obsession - are you looking to collect, design, ogle, etc.? I do consulting work for designers now and then, especially experienced artists that are new to playing cards.
Artists sometimes have some great ideas for making cards beautiful, but occasionally they get tripped up on making them practical and functional as well! I also run into artists who are striving too hard to make something unique, which often means they pay more attention to form and not enough to function - playing cards have evolved over a few centuries into what they are now, so it takes some hubris to think a newbie designer can re-invent them overnight and make something better! I have to remind some designers that "unique" and "good" are not necessarily synonyms! Sure, some ideas are spectacular, but most times, sticking at least a little closer to the framework of the standard works in your favor, especially when you're making something you plan to sell to the public.
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