So last year I was bored during school and I remembered that old poem/ song about all the cards and what they showed. This lead me to spend 56 lessons drawing 56 different cards. I never put them through as playing cards, instead I made them into a card game, and only kept 48 in. I gave them to my friend as a christmas present and they loved them - and what I really liked was explaining every card, where the inspiration came from, and I think they loved the fact it was personal. So here is my question...
What do you guys think of a completely hand drawn deck? No editing in photoshop, no errors taken out - a deck of 56 cards, hand drawn, scanned in, and printed on uspcc stock? Obviously you want the backs to look professional and sleek, like a rider back, or club special - but each face (as long as you could tell what the card was) can be whatever surely? I mean, playing cards are art, and we spend most of the time looking at the faces, which are normally blank?! It makes no sense. The deck would be fine in card games, it would totally pop in magic tricks, and (speaking as a collector) it would be a dream for us.
On top of that, the thing that is really important to me is the story, so I was thinking about producing a book (available as one of the reward tears on a funding system) that detailed the story behind every card. Thought this would be cool, and pay homage to that poem I mentioned earlier.
I really like this idea, and chances are I will create another 56 cards for a personal deck - whether I push them through would be decided based on response? Is this a sort of thing that would appeal to you?
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