Bicycle® CMYK Playing Cards (USPCC) now live on KS

[badpete69]

[ianeberle]

Hello everyone! I am Ian Eberle, the creator of the CMYK Playing Cards. I'm here to introduce myself, as well as answer any questions or take feedback. I hope everyone is enjoying my project. I have a long way to go in terms of funding, and I can't make these cards a reality on my own.

Thanks for everyone's support so far!

[badpete69]

Ian... Pierre here. Thanks for stopping by our forums and welcome. Be prepared for some questions and comments hehe and good luck with your project

[doobybrain]

I think this is off to a good start. I wonder however if the dots in place of traditional suit symbols makes the cards a little less useful. In my opinion playing cards should be instantly recognizable in terms of what card it is and somehow the dots makes that a bit harder.

Keep up the good work!

[ianeberle]

The dots versus traditional suit symbols was something that I put a lot of thought into. The reason I went with the dots is because the "suits" are the colors of the cards. If I made unique symbols AND the colors of the cards identifiers for the suits, it almost seemed like it was downplaying the fact that the colors are what should be designating the suits. Additionally, I wanted to create this deck to be minimalist, but also functional. I already have one designation for the suits (the color of the cards), so adding another seemed unnecessary. That's why I went with standard dots for all of them. Hope this helps you understand where I was coming from!

[CBJ]

The dots versus traditional suit symbols was something that I put a lot of thought into. The reason I went with the dots is because the "suits" are the colors of the cards. If I made unique symbols AND the colors of the cards identifiers for the suits, it almost seemed like it was downplaying the fact that the colors are what should be designating the suits. Additionally, I wanted to create this deck to be minimalist, but also functional. I already have one designation for the suits (the color of the cards), so adding another seemed unnecessary. That's why I went with standard dots for all of them. Hope this helps you understand where I was coming from!

But the aces are very similar in color, especially if the lighting wasn't the best. I also would rather have pips over dots.

[vasta41]

I also would rather have pips over dots.

Ditto.

[ianeberle]

Hmm... Are all of you backers? Would you be more likely to back the project if I updated them to be pips rather than dots? It's something that I can consider if that's what the community is asking for.

[badpete69]

Yeah i am a backer but pips would secure my pledge hehe

[ianeberle]

When I was considering doing pips at the beginning of the design process, I was considering doing non-standard pips, such as circle, square, triangle, and diamond. That would still keep these cards unique and it would keep the clean lines that I am going for. What do you guys think?