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Design & Development / Re: Interlace Deck - Returning to KS soon..
« on: May 12, 2015, 07:09:57 PM »
I haven't forgotten. just have a lot of things to clear off my plate before i give this deck one more try.
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I haven't forgotten. just have a lot of things to clear off my plate before i give this deck one more try.
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Design & Development / Re: Interlace Deck - Launching on KS June 16th!
« on: December 09, 2014, 09:25:27 PM »
The last three months were brutal, but I'm still here...... making adjustments.
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Playing Card Plethora / Re: The Pandora deck (KS)
« on: December 09, 2014, 09:14:20 PM »
Hmmm banded huh? Never seen that before...
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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Bicycle / Legends - Interlace (an industry first) - LIVE on Kickstarter!
« on: June 19, 2014, 11:57:58 PM »
Thanks Mr Mollusk. im glad someone gets it 
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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Bicycle / Legends - Interlace (an industry first) - LIVE on Kickstarter!
« on: June 18, 2014, 08:33:28 PM »
Newer version of the video is up... need to still tweak the images but been busy getting social media kits assembled.
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Design & Development / Re: Interlace Deck - Launching on KS June 16th!
« on: June 16, 2014, 09:35:31 PM »
In case you missed it on the other threads, We're Live! http://bit.ly/InterlacePlayingCards
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Design & Development / Re: Interlace Deck - Launching on KS June 16th!
« on: June 15, 2014, 04:07:45 PM »8
Playing Card Plethora / Re: Bicycle Golden Spike by Jody Eklund
« on: June 11, 2014, 02:08:10 AM »
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: June 11, 2014, 12:33:37 AM »
A bit of news for those of you following this project. We have decided on a launch date. We are planning to turn loose our Kickstarter Page on the world on Monday, June 16th! All the pieces are falling into place and we have some pretty big announcements regarding this project. so please sign up for the street team to get early notice. and if you mention us use the hashtag #interlace. buckle your seatbelts. put your tray table in the full and upright positions, because this is going to be interesting.
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: June 07, 2014, 04:22:28 PM »
Spades are almost done! only missing one...
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: June 04, 2014, 06:05:14 PM »
How Kings are made!
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 23, 2014, 09:17:42 PM »the first 50 people to sign up on my email list will get a free interlace decal... I will post a picture of the first cut soon.
I'm getting very close to announcing a launch date and only few slots open for those who will get the decals with their order! Remember this is also the list I will be using to announce the early bird specials!
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 20, 2014, 05:12:41 AM »I also prefer the narrow J in Joker, but I also like the stretched out R, is it possible to use those together or would that look strange?
I really admire your work on this deck, courts as well as pips. I do agree that the pips on the standard bicycle cards look inconsistent. I also wondered why they would look that way in today's world of micrometer alignment and stuff. I thought it might be that they want them to look kind of a little more "handdrawn", the standard courts also looks unsymmetrical, with varying linewidth on the border and one half different from the other.
I also like the way you show the work from the beginning, and hopefully to the happy end. You have done great with this deck.
thanks for you notes. I think i get what your getting at.. ill make a joker title like that as well and post later... been up for wwwwaaaayyyy to long as it is and have to be UP again in an hour... but ill follow up . Thanks again for your kind words!
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 20, 2014, 03:33:02 AM »
number cards are getting finished!... and new shadows!
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 18, 2014, 08:30:23 AM »
PROGRESS UPDATE!~
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 05:05:32 PM »
preferences on the "J" 
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 04:09:10 PM »
working out the indices font 
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 02:42:22 PM »
don't worry all. the colors were just a design reference...
Don, I've spent long enough in design and print to know the limitations in accuracy when printing on large web offset CTP processes. I think your misunderstanding the WHY of what im doing. i'm not concerned about the alignment of the printing on the back of the cards... i spent that time cleaning up the pips because inconsistencies in the lines that make the pips get magnified when you double them up the way I am when applying the dimensional effects. this screen shot goes to show that basically if i have to spend the time to hand trace the base pip, i might as well redesign it to be accurate.
Don, I've spent long enough in design and print to know the limitations in accuracy when printing on large web offset CTP processes. I think your misunderstanding the WHY of what im doing. i'm not concerned about the alignment of the printing on the back of the cards... i spent that time cleaning up the pips because inconsistencies in the lines that make the pips get magnified when you double them up the way I am when applying the dimensional effects. this screen shot goes to show that basically if i have to spend the time to hand trace the base pip, i might as well redesign it to be accurate.
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 06:13:18 AM »
So to explain... the reason im being so picky is that when i go to extrude this design so that it looks punched through. inconsistencies in the lines will only be magnified by this process. Look how clean these clubs look.. if the spacing around the stems were left as they were it would have looked like errors.
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 04:15:33 AM »
FINISHED MY BASE PIPS!!! 
Now to get them to fit the theme
Now to get them to fit the theme
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 17, 2014, 12:50:00 AM »
[edited for clarity]
well at the end of the day, my pips wont match anyones. i just wanted a clean starting point and to build repository for future projects.
I was just surprised to see that these are soo varied after all these years. it was time to bring them up to date...
The images below are high resolution scans i took from a fresh deck of Bicycle stand cards.
below is just a sample of the level of analysis im going into.. look how out of register these are with each other!
1) the first image shows how much variation there is in the web press production ( which is why im considering a different printer)
2) the second image shows how much variation there is AFTER i line up the top left 10's instead of the edges of the card...
this show the accuracy of the Bicycle layout... the pips are pretty inconsistent in their placement. seems they were aligned to outer edge but not too much care is vertical spacing
well at the end of the day, my pips wont match anyones. i just wanted a clean starting point and to build repository for future projects.
I was just surprised to see that these are soo varied after all these years. it was time to bring them up to date...
The images below are high resolution scans i took from a fresh deck of Bicycle stand cards.
below is just a sample of the level of analysis im going into.. look how out of register these are with each other!
1) the first image shows how much variation there is in the web press production ( which is why im considering a different printer)
2) the second image shows how much variation there is AFTER i line up the top left 10's instead of the edges of the card...
this show the accuracy of the Bicycle layout... the pips are pretty inconsistent in their placement. seems they were aligned to outer edge but not too much care is vertical spacing
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 16, 2014, 09:17:45 PM »
Bicycle Spade analysis and refinement done.... thoughts?
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:51:29 PM »
my guidelines in place for redesign....
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Design & Development / Re: "Interlace" Deck Development (Behind the scenes!)
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:26:23 PM »
Further analysis of the Standard Bicycle pips leaves much to be desired. I'm really wondering if i were to refine the Bike art if they would be interested in using it.
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