Here is what I have so far with the Jacks.  I am still looking to change the font in the scroll, so for right now I just put the name of the card there as a filler.  Wanted to share with everyone the progress. 

Hey Alex,  You make good points and thanks for the feedback.  I defiantly hear what your saying about the Royal rankings and you and Don make a good point.   I did some research on different crests when I was looking for inspiration for my deck.  Some of the images I put in the different cards were inspired by my own families crests.  I wanted to take inspiration for the crests and create my own.  I really wanted to make some cool images with a coat of arms theme and hopefully people enjoy the art.   

Thanks for the feedback everyone, you guys make good points and have some great ideas.  I will be able to take your feedback and tweak my deck.  I am already working on some of the tweaks people have given me.

Hey Don,

Thank you for your input you have some great ideas.  I have some ruff sketches for the back but not really close to post anything yet. I am working with some ideas for a coat of arms for the back.  I have some ideas on how I am going to have some of the weapons on the back.  I want to position the weapons to make some cool designs when people fan the cards. 

My name is Justin and I am creating a new deck of cards to put on Kickstarter. The deck will be original art. My Theme is Coat of Arms. Each card will be unique art. Each court card will have a different coat of arms. Kings and Queens will have crowns and the Jacks will have Knight helmets. The number cards will have a shield in the background and the suits will be laid out on the shield. The Joker has a jester hat in place of a crown.  I thought it would be cool to incorporate a little history into the deck. In the 18th century the Swiss and German culture used different images for the four suits that are common today. They used roses, bells, acorns and shields. So throughout the deck you will find the old images incorporated in with the new. You will find hearts with roses, Diamonds with bells, clubs with acorns and shields with spades. Here is what I have done so far.

Let me know what you think!