Thanks, The "Version 1.0" serves two purposes in my thinking. 1. because saying version 1.0 is geeky and 2. I do plan to make more not better but different. I have been talking to ThinkGeek about this deck. And I do want it to be done right, but where is the line between "Right" and "Creative Vision" Not everyone will like what I make and others will want to make it what they see in there own "Creative Vision" I will try to the best of my ability to make it a great card.
I have found a way to make some more changes i think will be better per your thoughts and suggestions, Project cancelled and will relaunch soon
Creative vision is a fantastic thing. Take it to the extreme, however, and you end up with a potential audience of one - you and you alone. Yes, rules can be bent or even broken - but you'd better have a good reason for it, one that's apparent to the people who see your project.
I see a LOT OF PEOPLE going out there with a creative vision - but they struggle so hard to make their cards unique, they forget about how there's supposed to be attractive and functional. Go that far and you're just making a handheld art collection that fits in a box and has a limited appeal.
K.I.S.S. APPLIES - rather than pushing so hard on the "unique" button, try using the simple solutions for a while. While a custom deck is a cool thing, it's only cool to a point - the more you strive to make it unique, the further and further you get from that point of maximum cool.
You can still call a deck "version 1.0" if it's the only version you're making. When the next hot cellphone comes out in less than a month, most people will wait for that new model rather than buying right away unless they're utterly desperate for a phone - practically no one is ever truly desperate for a pack of cards! Just get it right the first time, then worry about the next time.
Here a Link to a PREVIEW of the Re Design
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1827355717/1887610088?token=f12bff89
This is NOT Live yet...
...and it's a good thing it isn't, because it needs tweaking. The card images are TOO SMALL when you jam eight of them and a lot of negative space into a single image file. It's almost like you want to hide the details!
Design-wise, I don't see a lot of changes. Then again, the cards are a bit tiny...
And you still have that odd-ball Ace in there. Either make all the Aces 3D or none of them. Frankly, it looks too much like clip art in the first place. You've added zero embellishments to the icons you're using as suits - it's as simple as copy-and-paste.
I don't think you are comprehending the part of 'prepare to put work into it', for example you cannot just get another artists work and use it as your own...
This king looks like Mark Hayward's work http://omecca.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/playing-card-kings.html
The LAST THING you want to do, Jared, is get involved with using someone else's art for your work. Last time someone did that and tried to claim it was their own design, he got torn to shreds by people backing for a buck just so they can post the images where the art actually came from!
At least in his case, he was using older books that were in the public domain. Using the work of a living, creating artist is a BAD IDEA unless you're using it with a copyright license. I know already of one deck that had a successful campaign and never delivered a single deck because the creator unknowingly used a copyright owned by another company without obtaining permission. In conjunction with a few other mistakes, it destroyed his card-making career. He managed over time to refund his backers, but it was a big, fat, hot, wet mess.
You're talking about being original and having a creative vision? Judging from this, your "vision" is blind as a stone. You need to seriously go back to the drawing board on this one. Borrowing some popular icons and someone else's art is not in the least bit original or creative. It's just foolish and dumb, and it makes you look like you're just here to jump on the cash bandwagon by putting in the least amount of effort creating a gimmicky novelty deck. It doesn't work that way. You try jumping on that wagon with this deck, you're going to land up to your neck in mud instead - deeper when the cease-and-desist letters start flying.
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