Yes the historic cards had no pattern to them but I'm slightly leaning toward flipping. Tho she doesn't look right flipped. Ok thanks guys, will keep plugging

MagikFingerz wrote:Photos and playing cards does not match.

That is all.

Haha I like how you're always to the point Tom

Hey thanks Sprouts, I knew I'd seen Jackson's work somewhere ;) Really deserves his success, they're one beautiful deck of cards. Kickstarter vid.. I prefer being in front of a screen to in front of a camera myself. Here are the latest workings guys. Still refining the details but be good to get you...

Hey Jackson, really nice to hear from you, I was just reading your piece on Loops. Thanks for the advice. Yes I've head nothing but good things about USP. Figured I'd need to be patient, expect they're flat out with the number of decks flying around. Awesome to hear they're flexible, have a couple o...

Hey thanks BRooke, that's pretty slick. Yes I contacted them a couple of weeks ago requesting a quote and details but haven't had a reply yet. Was starting to think this could take a while. I'll contact them again, cheers. I guess leading into Christmas may stretch things out a bit. Hey nice blog/si...

Haha was always planned, just a tweak.

Finally have a full site up, can get back to the design. Does anyone know what the turn around with USPCC is? I heard around 8 weeks?

Thanks guys, yes Dazz, early days but I would like to offer the decks on the site with a few changes. Paper wrap would be too difficult on a large run but a smaller collectors edition perhaps. Thanks Utter, well I can understand your thoughts on the Queen, I was still working to find a balance betwe...

Hi everyone, I've just put together a little teaser with the early design for the next court card. Hope you like it

http://vimeo.com/rickdavidson/origins-a-beginning

Haha well early days but I'd like to keep you guys in mind down the line, see if I can come up with something

Hi everyone, busy week! Thanks again for all your comments and thoughts, appreciate them all and they do help in the process. To wrap up the first week I'd like to have a list of people who have shown an interest and have helped with comments, my 'foundation' supporters. There are people here I can ...

Yes true, its a different beast. But the thought of a short run at a higher spec with a special wrap. I might follow that up. Be interested to know on that second run with USP. Still waiting on a response there.

And I have to say, Randy's cards are awesome. Very talented guy

That sounds like a good option to me. I guess it depends on what UPSCC would consider a small run. Those are great links, all good info. The woodcuts are brilliant. I had been wondering about the little extras like packaging and boxing, paper wrapper was a thought. likely unrealistic. Cheers JM :)

Thanks Magic, yes there are some standards out there in design that are hard to avoid. Gold embossing has always been a symbol of quality - particularly in royalty. Royal seals have always been red. The case I'd like to see on a 'royal' blue, but going dark is needed to lift the gold. Looking around...

Thanks guys. My first priority is that professionals will consider these top of the crop as far as performance goes so thanks for the thoughts Sin. Of course this all comes at a cost so I have to be realistic, will all depend on the backing. Cutting Evan. Haha no thanks, I take it as a compliment, t...

I'm just looking at the specs I want these produced at. I do want them at the higher end and aiming for this with USPCC. Let me know if you have an opinion.

Texture - Smooth/Ivory
Finish - Performance
Stock - Bee Casino
Quality - Q1 or Q2

And thanks to admin for the excellent post

Thanks Dazzle, I like your thoughts. Yes totally agree on the line colour, and the stock, I'm also keen on a smooth finish. And yes a little artistic license on the clavicle, and the anatomy in general.. in an effort to merge the old and new styles. But I have tweaked the detail, thanks for the comm...

Hi everyone, I feel very lucky that my card designs have already been mentioned here but I thought I should officially introduce myself. I'm a designer and illustrator and I love cards for their aesthetic appeal - but ask me to attempt cardistry and I'd be picking up cards all day. So kudos to those...

Thanks everyone. I've put up the beginnings of a site with a sign up if you would like to stay in the loop. I appreciate your early support, hopefully I can offer you a little thank you in time http://originscards.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="windo...

Thank you all, i really appreciate the comments. I would not have pushed on with this project if interest was low. I hadn't seen the bad feedback re Kickstarter thankyou, tho I had seen previous card projects making promises I thought they could never keep! I will do my research, thanks for the head...

Hi everyone, This is Rick. Thanks so much for the feedback, it means a lot coming from this group. To give you a little detail, the project is in it's early stages, but I definitely intend to produce these, most likely through Kickstarter to raise funds. These are early designs but I do want the dec...