I don't mind the ape and cigar design, though most serious poker players would really scoff at it.
Try for a classier design, either mirrored top and bottom or a design that mirrors itself placed in the center. Need not be overly fancy - simple is actually good. In no way should the deck have any marks or one-way indicators.
Have you considered a design for the faces? Texas Hold 'Em poker is the most popular variant; it gets the most TV coverage, for certain. It has two contrasting requirements: small indices to keep your "peek" from getting seen by the rest of the table and jumbo indices for the community cards to be easily visible. But you can't go too crazy with face innovations, because if they aren't improvements (or in some cases, if they're just plain different), players will reject them, as what happened at the 2007 WSOP when "PokerPeek" faces were introduced.
I actually have an idea along those lines. In the top left & bottom right corners, standard indices. In the top right and bottom left pips, mini indices on a 45-degree diagonal for peeks. In the center, to the left, a jumbo index with pip, and to the right, a reduced-size image (much like you'd see on a jumbo deck) of the standard pip layouts and court faces. It's a good compromise and has familiar elements to it.