Sharing my initial concept idea for "SARDINES (In Tomato Sauce)
I really love the cross over of Victorian meets Scandinavian designs on tinned fish. I think this will be a very fun project I can imagine the court designs as classic courts with fish faces and scales worked into their robes...
Perhaps a mischievous otter in a top hat and tails for the joker.

Still a rough concept but I like the style and colour so far. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone.
Here are the plans for my next deck for 2015. I created the fishing for compliments deck last year which is now in production.

PLEASE NOTE: I am currently working on some varied court cards so they will not all be repeated I just wanted to share progress thus far.... I will have some one eyed jacks a suicide king and also different weapons in the final design....
Any comments are welcome for my new deck. SHERBERT

Hi,

My name is Stacey Jay Kelly and I have recently designed my first deck of Playing cards. It is a real passion of mine to succeed as a playing card artist. They are unusual playing cards but I have had a great response so far. My project was chosen as a Staff pick on Kickstarter in the first week which gave a real boost the projects early gains.
My cards are currently featured on Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1286767458/fishing-for-compliments-playing-cards

Here is my personal bio.... www.pixelinitiative.net

Stacey Jay Kelly is an English illustrator who began digital design as part of a travelling T-shirt printing company. Creating custom digital artwork in the presence of customers accelerated the performance of her imagination. Stacey then became involved with several street art organisations, creating large street art at city events using fully biodegradable materials.

Stacey then studied Animation & Illustration developing her digital art skills and fuelling a wider knowledge of creative formats. She can now apply these skills to a range of mediums from inventing character designs to educational infographics.

Her interest in presenting information visually landed Stacey within the BBC Learning infographics team. It was here that her knowledge of contemporary vector design was amplified and her imagination became fully integrated with digital techniques.

Working under the title Pixel Initiative, Stacey has built a worldwide roster of clients and has a vivid understanding of audience driven illustration. Although she is effective within the confines of a trend-bound style guide, Stacey is also able to make bold steps that challenge archetypal boundaries. She loves illustrating stories and game concepts and the amalgamation of fine drawing skills and design software, allowed her to realise her dream of becoming a full time artist.

Any help or comments would be appreciated. I am happy to have found this forum so that I can share my progress as I build a range of playing card decks.