Hi everyone!

I'm an illustrator who's been working on a set of custom playing cards the past several months. My family plays a version of Rummy when we all get together, so the seed was planted ages ago about tackling my own deck!

As I was developing the design, I stumbled upon this forum. I can't say enough what an incredibly valuable resource this is for designers! I started working with Don Boyer here, to help wrangle this design into a good form and get a crash course to playing card design. Thank you Don!

And now, I wanted to share this project with you all. I'm very open to hearing feedback from you in order to make this deck as successful as can be.

The deck has a playful cocktail theme that brings my visual approach to the cards. Before this project, I was illustrating a series of cocktails for fun, which is how it led me to this theme. I looked to both traditional and historical decks with their graphic and folksy art as inspiration. It's important for me that the deck have a handmade feel, too. So there's a lot of brushwork and textures brought to the cards.

All the cards fronts and backs (it is a 2-way design) will be printed full color and I'm exploring having a foil on the tuck box. (Thanks Don for pushing me to bling it up!)

And finally, my plan is to launch the deck on Kickstarter in early 2016, and eventually be produced with one of the major quality printers, TBD.

Thanks for looking! And can't wait to hear your thoughts.