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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: The Caveman on September 09, 2015, 05:16:28 AM
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Hi,
my name is Chris and I would like to present you my new kickstarter playing cards campaign of golden cards:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1943909066/vip-artistically-painted-playing-cards
Thanks
Chris
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Hey man.
Welcome to PCF. Before anything else, let me offer some quick advice... please correct the obvious typo (shown in the screen print below) as soon as you can -- the last thing you need is people poking fun at the campaign, especially when the design is pretty cool.
(http://s12.postimg.org/d7khbil0d/IMG_20150909_130118.png) (http://postimage.org/)
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There's also a typo where it says Suite instead of Suit. Maybe the asses like to hang out in suites.
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:D Typo..., made me laugh...hehe
These are nice Chris. Lovely cards, designs. You put a lot of work in your art, I've seen Dia de los muertos cards, imaginative work there too, I especially liked the Joker there.
However, VIP...are actually brooch designs (looks to me), even though they look great like this, not sure the card collectors will want these. Just my opinion. I'd like to be wrong here.
Few suggestions that might increase the support on KS...
A mock-up pic of tuck would be nice. You've got a flat tuck pic there, but a 3D pic is better. Also, the back, you're not gonna have the back pic on tuck?
Speaking of card Back, that one looks kinda like my Phenographic back, with less details ;) and that's cool. I just think it does look too simple, would've prefered to see more stuff, design there.
I think you don't need the center line that divides the mirrored image on faces. So much better without the line.
And, you kinda have too few rewards. Only 3. Backers usually like to choose from many options to pledge, not to say that you don't have early birds or some special offers.
And,...14 euros for 1 deck will probably be too much for most (not sure if that includes shipping, it's not too much if it does), since it is a MPC deck I guess you could've gone with a lower goal too. Also, put euro/$ exchange rate on KS page, people don't like to calculate that much :)
Johnny
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I agree the Typo is fun. I also agree 20 Euro is a whole lot more than I want to spend on an MPC deck. This prices it well outside the range I'm comfortable dealing with even for an impressions deck with the nifty resin stuff on the backs.
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It's not the only typo, the one about the asses in suites. It's "motifs," not "motives" - unless they've been accused of a crime and are being interrogated before someone puts their asses in the suites with the iron bars. :))
Whaam: I don't know how you're accessing KS, but on my screen, there's an auto-conversion of currency to USD, with a little roll-over link to a pop-up of pricing in the original currency. No need for conversion - and considering how currency prices can fluctuate, it's better to let KS do the math for you automatically.
This doesn't convey an expensive casino look as much as it does a jewelry store display case look. Call it "Jewelry" or "Baubles" instead of "VIP," tweak the art to look more like pins, brooches, clasps, rings, etc. and it might do better. Otherwise, it's a serious mish-mash of birds, winged insects and swimming sea life in those courts - there's no theme tying the artwork together into a collection rather than a heap.
For the red suits, rubies would be a better call. Making all the suits in a single color has been done before, to be sure, but it's usually not a good idea - it reduces the functionality of the deck, and some people simply refuse to use a deck with only one suit color. It makes most solitaire games difficult if not impossible.
I'd also check to see if "VIP" is already owned by someone else - it seems to be a really common name, something someone might have grabbed already for their deck.
The tuck box is not bad - I've seen much worse, to be sure.