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chicken_ql wrote:
Sorry if this is deviating off the topic a bit. But do the 50% coupon codes from Vanda have a time limit?

Oh, yes...you have 2 more weeks and then they expire at the end of May.

What about three campaigns with four decks each?

I've watched this thread & the campaign 2 weeks now and kept quiet. I wasn't interested in the campaign at all even though i like cardistry decks.
About the decks in the campaign:
7 out of 12 decks had only Black & White Back designs, way too boring for my taste. I like colorful cardistry decks

Deck 1 "Circles" Back design looks like the "Headlong Into Eternity" by Anyone Worldwide. No Faces, a turn off for many people.
Deck 2 "Squares" looks almost like the "Optricks" deck by Mechanic Industries, without the thing in the middle. Faces without index.. + the courts are too similar to each other...
Deck 3 "Bills" Back design is quite ok but not really cardistry intended, nice face cards but still not something to open my wallet.
Deck 4 "Dots" Back design again is quite ok but not really cardistry intended, Faces... no index, a fan would look to be blanc and i would like to see a queen instead of reading "Queen" + the numer cards have actually the double amount of the suits what they stand for (Example: The "10 of hearts" has 20 hearts)
Deck 5 "Tuxedo" has a similar idea like the "Gentleman" deck from Bocopo. The faces are ok.
Deck 6 "Urchin" that's a good one, i like the back design and the faces with index are nice.
Deck 7 "Spectrum" A pure Cardistry deck without any real faces, nice for fanning but that's it.
Deck 8 "Puzzle" same as deck #7
Deck 9 "Cambio" nice, same as deck #6 "Urchin"
Deck 10 "Ren" Back design is ok, again no index -> blanc face fan, courts are very similar.
Deck 11 "Cube" Back desing reminds me of Nicolai Aarøe's first deck "Artistic Spring", Index on face cards are almost useless + i would like to see a queen instead of reading "Q"
Deck 12 "Polaris" pure cardistry deck, no faces. I have the originals, which are really nice! The originals are still available on some websites This would be a downgrade to the originals imo.

Now to new deck ideas:

This with Metallic Inks + nice face cards WITH index would be sick : I also like this version without the shades + the recently shown faces are good too: I wonder why these weren't shown here (Checkout the ideas on instagram --> https://www.instagram.com/cardxtry/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ):

With nice faces....

I really love this :


and also like this:


and this one:


At the end i think it would be a good idea to make it quarterly (3 decks 4 times a year, especially for international customers because international shipping 12 times a year is really expensive! )

Those are pretty dope.

@Azid: Thanks for the detailed feedback!

Here's another design I'm playing with in the Bauhaus style...

I love it

hsbc wrote:I love it

which colors you prefer?

davegk wrote:

hsbc wrote:I love it

which colors you prefer?

I prefer pink orange and pink blue

Love the big courts!

Dave, the ones you've put up on UC are just crazy awesome! I'm just wondering if you'd found a way to release them singlely or in small batches?

Decknowledgy wrote:Dave, the ones you've put up on UC are just crazy awesome! I'm just wondering if you'd found a way to release them singlely or in small batches?

You mean small production runs or fewer deck designs at a time?

Hey David, sent you an email.

davegk wrote:

Decknowledgy wrote:Dave, the ones you've put up on UC are just crazy awesome! I'm just wondering if you'd found a way to release them singlely or in small batches?

You mean small production runs or fewer deck designs at a time?

Fewer deck designs per batch, like 3-5 decks or a half brick of different decks

Decknowledgy wrote:

davegk wrote:

Decknowledgy wrote:Dave, the ones you've put up on UC are just crazy awesome! I'm just wondering if you'd found a way to release them singlely or in small batches?

You mean small production runs or fewer deck designs at a time?

Fewer deck designs per batch, like 3-5 decks or a half brick of different decks

yup, that's the plan (i think i mentioned that somewhere in this thread)...the relaunch will include 3 deck designs and 1 of them will be up for voting/input from backers.

faces maybe something like this...

I am pretty sure that Paul Carpenter of Encarded was also playing around with a similar Bauhaus style with bold colors...you might want to look into that.

shermjack wrote:I am pretty sure that Paul Carpenter of Encarded was also playing around with a similar Bauhaus style with bold colors...you might want to look into that.

Link or pics?

davegk wrote:

shermjack wrote:I am pretty sure that Paul Carpenter of Encarded was also playing around with a similar Bauhaus style with bold colors...you might want to look into that.

Link or pics?

Just spoke with Paul...he doesn't have a Bauhaus project, although his Priory deck has some a geometric pattern.

DIVA and Palette are by far the best known decks that use the Bauhaus art styles, I've done a review for both on my Instagram page

davegk wrote:

davegk wrote:

shermjack wrote:I am pretty sure that Paul Carpenter of Encarded was also playing around with a similar Bauhaus style with bold colors...you might want to look into that.

Link or pics?

Just spoke with Paul...he doesn't have a Bauhaus project, although his Priory deck has some a geometric pattern.

OK, great! It was a while back when I saw it and thought it was similar...glad you can move forward as I really like the looks of the deck, as well as all of the new designs you have shown. This just keeps getting better!

davegk wrote:faces maybe something like this...

bauhaus-2.png

Nice!


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Leaning towards this color palette...you like top or bottom courts better?

Bottom, for sure. I find monotone courts really boring.

Next question...index design: top or bottom?

Top for sure, but I feel like it could be better... not sure how

Replying to your question above, the top one, but it would be better with this index color patch cut out that matches the court character's hat, like this:

davegk wrote:Next question...index design: top or bottom?

bauhaus-4.png

I like the top one. HOWEVER, i do think the serif font doesn't really fit the bauhaus style. I think it might be better to use a san-serif font similar to the one used on the Cobra deck by JP games.

I really like the first colors you posted... blue/pink/purple.
The yellow/pink/purple... not so much.

more revision brings us to this point...

I like both color schemes, can't decide which I like more.

For the top one, though, I'd like to see some red in the black courts and some blue in the red courts to avoid the monochrome look.