I am producing a deck of cards and would like some feedback on the artwork. My goal is to successfully raise money on Kickstarter for this project. I have asked several artists to provide sample artwork. Tell me, which styles do you like?
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4
Sample 5
Also, I have heard that cardists have great respect for cards printed by USPCC. I was going to go with a cheap Chinese manufacturer instead (who assures me their quality will be the same). How much of a problem would that be for you if you were considering to buy the deck?
Thank you for your input!
Pirates deck
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Re: Pirates deck
Wow. 5 great designs. Hire all of them and produce a 5 deck set: 5 different decks, 5 artists, 1 theme. I would be all over that.
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Re: Pirates deck
That's a pretty cool although ambitious idea. 5 decks!
Also to answer the question about manufacturing the kind of manufacturing you are describing would be a deal breaker. Doesn't matter how cool the concept or art is, if the cards feel like crap I wont use them and thus don't want them. USPCC isnt the only option, EPCC (taiwan printing anyway), LPCC, Cartimundi all make great quality cards. Honestly if I don't see one of those names I don't back. That said MPC and NPCC are good enough that a good looking deck printed by them could fund. Un-named Chinese printer however will not see a lot of support I'm afraid.
Also to answer the question about manufacturing the kind of manufacturing you are describing would be a deal breaker. Doesn't matter how cool the concept or art is, if the cards feel like crap I wont use them and thus don't want them. USPCC isnt the only option, EPCC (taiwan printing anyway), LPCC, Cartimundi all make great quality cards. Honestly if I don't see one of those names I don't back. That said MPC and NPCC are good enough that a good looking deck printed by them could fund. Un-named Chinese printer however will not see a lot of support I'm afraid.
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Re: Pirates deck
Read this again and tell me if it sounds like a good ideaanton_si wrote:a cheap Chinese manufacturer ... who assures me their quality will be the same
Rule of thumb when it comes to cheap Asian manufacturers: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Re: Pirates deck
I like 2 & 5.
Go with big printer for best success. Your unnamed Chinese printer sounds like a used car salesman, promise you the car is good as new, you buy it, and once off the lot it dies. Now if they can give you a sample deck for you to compare to the other printers and give it a real breaking in, I mean really abuse the deck with use, and it is still like new then think about it and let us know.
Go with big printer for best success. Your unnamed Chinese printer sounds like a used car salesman, promise you the car is good as new, you buy it, and once off the lot it dies. Now if they can give you a sample deck for you to compare to the other printers and give it a real breaking in, I mean really abuse the deck with use, and it is still like new then think about it and let us know.
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Re: Pirates deck
I am going to say I liked sample 4 the best. Sample two I really didn’t like. His mouth just looks weird. Number five was sort of okay, but too cartoonish. Maybe I am too picky.
Re: Pirates deck
Thank you all for your responses! They are extremely valuable to me.
To clarify about the "cheap Chinese manufacturer". I am confident that the quality of their work will be high. I have used them to print another deck (Tarot) previously. Those were paper cards, these I was going to make plastic. No one has complained about the quality and it has a 4.5+ rating on Amazon. My concern was that people simply won't trust a smaller manufacturer and won't even give the deck a chance. JuFIN has expressed this well. I have some thinking to do.
Thank you all very much!
To clarify about the "cheap Chinese manufacturer". I am confident that the quality of their work will be high. I have used them to print another deck (Tarot) previously. Those were paper cards, these I was going to make plastic. No one has complained about the quality and it has a 4.5+ rating on Amazon. My concern was that people simply won't trust a smaller manufacturer and won't even give the deck a chance. JuFIN has expressed this well. I have some thinking to do.
Thank you all very much!
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