Didn't mean to be rude by not introducing myself...

[Marci B]

I realized that I never did introduce myself, and thought that was a little rude since I've been lurking here for a while and have posted a few times...

I'm Marci and I live in Orlando, Florida. I'm a designer and illustrator. I've been doing art for a long time, but I'm kind of a newbie to playing cards in general. I designed my first deck late last year. It's something I've always wanted to do, because it's a great design challenge to create so many unique pieces of art that still hold together thematically, and to keep them functional and recognizable so that anyone can use them for games or tricks. I'm in the midst of my first Kickstarter project right now, and I made a post about that under "Playing Card Plethora."
This forum is great - full of useful information, informed opinions, and talented designers. Nice to be here!

[Don Boyer]

Welcome, Marci - glad to have you!  I've been looking forward to seeing this deck when Collector first posted about it here!

Best of luck on the KS project!

[Marci B]

Thank you, Don!
I took my time with it to make sure I had as many bases covered as I possibly could before I launched, but I have to admit, I was getting pretty antsy to get it out there. I'm really excited now that it's underway. Now I just have to push and get the word out

[xela]

Ayooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo holla!

Sorry I've run out of original welcomes. :|

[Don Boyer]

Thank you, Don!
I took my time with it to make sure I had as many bases covered as I possibly could before I launched, but I have to admit, I was getting pretty antsy to get it out there. I'm really excited now that it's underway. Now I just have to push and get the word out

As far as getting the word out, you're in one of the several right places!

[Antoniodr710]

I realized that I never did introduce myself, and thought that was a little rude since I've been lurking here for a while and have posted a few times...

I'm Marci and I live in Orlando, Florida. I'm a designer and illustrator. I've been doing art for a long time, but I'm kind of a newbie to playing cards in general. I designed my first deck late last year. It's something I've always wanted to do, because it's a great design challenge to create so many unique pieces of art that still hold together thematically, and to keep them functional and recognizable so that anyone can use them for games or tricks. I'm in the midst of my first Kickstarter project right now, and I made a post about that under "Playing Card Plethora."
This forum is great - full of useful information, informed opinions, and talented designers. Nice to be here!

Hi Marci:
My name is Antonio and i am photography. Just curies have you try to visit makeplayingcards.com to create your own deck yet? I am about time to design one but not sure rather go to kickstarter or makeplayingcards. Any info can share will highly apperciate. Thank you

[Marci B]

Ayooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo holla!

Sorry I've run out of original welcomes. :|

Hi Alex! Well, that's a good sign then, because it means you've had many people to say hello to!

As far as getting the word out, you're in one of the several right places!

That's for sure - you guys know your subject well here!

Hi Marci:
My name is Antonio and i am photography. Just curies have you try to visit makeplayingcards.com to create your own deck yet? I am about time to design one but not sure rather go to kickstarter or makeplayingcards. Any info can share will highly apperciate. Thank you

Hi Antonio, there are probably many others here who know a lot more about this than I do. I did look at makeplayingcards.com at one point, as well as many other sites. I'm not sure what their printing process is, but I know that some places print on stock that isn't great quality, often on digital print machines and not printing presses. What made me decide to put mine on Kickstarter to try to raise the money to have them printed by the US Playing Card Company is that they are considered the gold standard for quality playing cards. It's what card collectors want, because they are made well and they last. It's not inexpensive to have them do the printing though. And Kickstarter is a lot of work - you have to really plan out how much it will cost so you don't end up setting a funding goal that's too low and will end up costing you money if you get funding and still don't have the money to cover the costs for what you've promised your backers. And if you set it too high, you might not reach it. You also have to promote it and get lots of people to know you're doing a project, and then you have to deliver the goods if you're successful. But some people have done really well with it. It remains to be seen if I'll be one of them... I'm sure that if you search around this forum and maybe ask your question in its own thread, you will find a lot of helpful information here. I hope that helps! Like I said, I don't have a lot of experience with it myself, so others will be able to be more informative than I can. Best of luck with your stuff!