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Playing Card Design Guide
« on: July 07, 2017, 06:41:48 PM »
 

willroya

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I am looking to write up a simple guide on modern playing card design for artists new to the genre.  I found a couple of resources online but wanted to know if anyone here has any suggestions or has seen a guide like this?
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Will
 

Re: Playing Card Design Guide
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2017, 01:58:25 AM »
 

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Re: Playing Card Design Guide
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2017, 01:28:03 PM »
 

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Thanks Don.

Here are a couple interesting articles I found.
https://designshack.net/articles/layouts/design-history-the-art-of-playing-cards/
http://www.wopc.co.uk/cards/design

BTW: I am posting my decks in progress at www.facebook.com/playingcarddecks