So I have a question for the group - I've been visiting Vegas now for business trips and picked up some - I guess you'd call them 'canceled' - decks from the hotel/casinos. These are the decks that have been cut on the corners. I think they are a great, cheap way to remember your visit to Vegas and was wondering if anyone else picks these up. The boxes they come in are pretty banged up and don't look too nice on a shelf - but with the announcement that MakePlayingCards.com is now doing custom tuck boxes with no minimum, I was thinking of creating a generic tuck box for my small, but sure to grow casino decks . . . thoughts?

-pmk

Hey all!

So I am really excited to have launched Foto Grafis yesterday on Kickstarter . . . completely blown away by the response - 32% in a little over a day of launching! Have a bunch planned for this deck - including my first update this Friday. I'll be announcing the first "no-obligation" add-on - that basically means free stuff!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pmkane/foto-grafis-a-photographic-twist-on-playing-cards

This deck's genesis started over at Club 808's "Design-a-Deck" contest, which my card back design won! That gave me the confidence I need to go ahead and delve fully into creating a whole deck. The card faces feature my photography . . . all in black and white to create a visual consistency . . . and I am shooting models for the court cards. The Kickstarter launch give potential backers a peek at my Queen of Spades - she sets the tone of what the rest of the court cards will be.



As a photographer, I strive to transform the ordinary or mundane into the extraordinary and spectacular. My goal is to fill my images with astounding textures and unexpected depth. It's what I am trying to do with these cards - turning an everyday, run of the mill deck of cards into something very special. Pocket sized fine art!



Hope this peek inspires you to take a look and at the campaign . . . Lots more on the Kickstart page . . . having a blast with this!!

Thanks for your consideration!!

-pmk

Hello all!

I've taken the advice of some posters within the forum and decided to mention my new project here on this thread . . . I am Paul Michael Kane, a designer and photographer. I was humbled earlier this month by earning a 'win' from the Club 808 folks and their "Design-a-Deck" contest. I had been kicking around the idea of doing a deck of cards featuring my photography for a while and when I heard about this contest, I knew it was this that would kick the project into high gear - especially since I found out about it only 3 days before the contest ended! So I whipped this design together using different camera parts in the design concept . . . I am now in the planning stages of finishing this deck for a Kickstarter Campaign. The face of the cards will feature my images (in black and white so there's a consistency to them) and will showcase a new way of card recognition that I think is rather innovative and haven't seen before . . . I plan on taking the rest of June and July to put the deck together (shooting models for the court cards) and then launch the Kickstarter in August . . . Would love feedback on the design and please feel free to follow me on Facebook as I'll be posting updates and 'production vlogs" on there as well . . .

Thanks so much for your time . . .

-pmk