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MagikFingerz wrote:Considering you've reached 1000 posts, let me just say how great it's been having you be a part of the community, Sunish! Both as a creator and a "regular" member, you continue to add valuable information, insights, and other high quality content

Magic Tapp wrote:Thanks Sunish. That is interesting - a Bosch-inspired deck head-to-head between you and Lotrek. Can’t wait.

guru wrote:A work in progress sneak peek everyone.

I can't share more for a simple reason that divulging the illustrations will take away a surprise element which will be appreciated by all collectors and playing card enthusiasts once the deck is in their hands. Just trust me on that.

I am looking for some feedback. Though this is an art deck and it won't be appreciated by everyone out here, but I am still looking to see how to make the deck somehat playable. Can you please check if the suit indicators are looking good or if you have any suggestions to make it somewhat playable, please feel free to share.

It is going to be a full bleed decks unlike anythingi have done before. Any special considerations I need to keep in mind?

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RichK wrote:
Can you darken the suit number, Joker, etc. Bit tough to see. Looks good otherwise.

Decknowledgy wrote:What I feel here is that the values and the suits are randomly placed to form the bigger picture. Is there a reason why the uncut render isn't sequential?

Eric Lee wrote:Full bleed, that's what Bosch's art demands. However, it will lead to the deck being 'marked' or coloured if viewed from the sides. (Pipmen world is a prime example) Not a problem for me as it's an art deck and I believe it'll be too random for the casual player. Just something to note.


Based on what I can see on my screen, the pips blend in with the background too much. Is there a way to make the pips be more visible? Like put a white shadow or border? Something similar to what Ben did for his Pipmen world. (That's the only full bleed big picture deck I have nearby atm)

guru wrote:

RichK wrote:
Can you darken the suit number, Joker, etc. Bit tough to see. Looks good otherwise.

Hey Rich - Hope you are doing good.

What else? The suit indicator is just a draft, it is not final. One other idea in mind is to have a thin white outline like a shadow around the suit indicators. Still looking for more suggestions.

Eric Lee wrote:That's the problem of looking at cards from the screen. They are seldom at the same size of the actual card and the colors on the screen most likely doesn't match what we'll actually see as well. Can we see the other face cards you showed us earlier of the hearts and spades with the white halo? That scene is darker than the clubs scene you showed us.

Having said that, this definitely makes the pips pop more without getting lost in the art. (which is amazing)

RichK wrote:... a solid black number might be needed because the smaller size card images look blurry and the 3 looks like an 8 to me.

Escher is always described as a one-man art movement. An artist who doesn’t subscribe to art movements, trods his own path and didn’t copy anyone else’s work whatsoever. But for one artist he made an exception: Hieronymus Bosch.
It is virtually unknown, but in 1935, Escher made a copy of a work by this medieval master from ‘s-Hertogenbosch: a lithograph of a part of Hell, the right-hand panel of the Tuin der Lusten (The Garden of Earthly Delights) triptych.

It is precisely this scene from Bosch’s work that is the only work of another artist that Escher ever reproduced. In 1922, he saw The Garden of Earthly Delights in person during a visit to the Museo del Prado, but it wasn’t until 13 years later that he made a copy of part of Hell." - Dunja Nadjézjda Hak
Former curator at Escher in Het Paleis