Hey just wanted to stop in and say thanks so much for all the support and huge props to Don for consulting on the job for us. I'm extremely grateful for everyone who's pledged so far and helped with the initial design input (Fes, Collector, Will W, Justin O)

Also there's this  Because I've always wanted to use that emoticon but could never justify it in any other circumstance.

Cheers fellas!

Those cases are really stunning looking though great looking boxes just not anywhere near affordable for me. Best of luck!

@collector As to why they have two hands I've always felt it was really strange how the standard courts only had one hand in each of them. I wanted my courts to be expanded showing just a bit more and revealing what was in the other hidden hand. I'm a huge fan of the secrets hidden in playing cards whether they exist or not and creating even more.
The queen of diamonds is pointing to the heart on her chest indicating where her real desires lie. I just always think about these things and make up my own stories about each of the courts when designing these and hands seem to often have more ability to express things than their faces which are so often just these blank stares. So more often than not its just me expressing these made up stories I have while spending the hours drawing these so its really more for me than anyone haha. I'm selfish like that.

@fes I'm glad you dig it I had to change it from the original (you can see in my first pic) as I had two left hands in the first version but he was throwing horns in both. I was listening to mastodon when I drew him so he's a little bit more metal than the rest.

@don boyer I see what you're saying about the size of the heads for the queens I think all of them have smaller heads than the jacks or the kings. Whether that was intentional or not I'm not really sure but all of them look like that so they are consistent and I'm not sure if it bothers me enough at this point to change it. It seems like the queens are showing to like the navel and the kings and jacks are only showing to the chest if that makes sense so they are zoomed out a bit more. So I don't know if its really something that bothers everyone I'll change it but for now I'm ok with it.

Yeah way cool thanks Don. I dig that and really think thats very close to what I'd like to do but push them even closer to the edges like this maybe.

Thanks lads. I'm genuinely really grateful for the warm welcome as well as the input on these.

So far I'm really thinking I will drop the background and adjust the tops to match the sides so they are closer to the edges by moving out the indicies and removing the circular containers that originally held the letter of the court. I've done a few like that and feel it looks much cleaner and is a better looking court without the background and tighter fit. Great advice thanks guys!

I think the bodies may look too large as we're not accustomed to seeing them stretched any further than what they are on the standard courts so seeing them a little larger is kind of cool to me seeing just a bit more of the actual picture was what I thought I'd aim for.

I'm still waiting to hear what additionally I can show at this point but I'm glad you guys are seemingly liking what I've got so far.

Hey all my name is John Powell I'm a deck designer and collector from Salt Lake City.
I've previously designed the deck "Occults" by Gambler's Warehouse that was successfully funded earlier this year - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/207925240/bicycle-occults-playing-cards-deck?ref=nav_search
I've also designed the courts for the "Double Black" deck for Gambler's Warehouse as well https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/207925240/bicycle-double-black-limited-edition-playing-cards?ref=nav_search.

I'm currently working on a new deck I'd like to post here to get your opinions on and see what your thoughts are about it and cards in general as well as be on the lookout for great new decks to pick up for my own collection.

I've currently got around 50 decks or so and I try to support as many other custom decks as I can. Excited to be a part of the community and get to know you guys and hear your thoughts as well. Feel free to ask me anything I'm very open to input and making the best custom decks possible. Thanks guys!