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Hello again. I am writing this post in an effort to genuinely and honestly try to open a constructive conversation with the UC community in an effort to mend bridges. I am open to civil questions and discourse in an effort that I might answer them. I can't promise I will remember every detail about every question, it has been almost 2 years since the last time I was here but will try to be as transparent and honest as possible.

Wish the best,
Jackson

Welcome back, but your a little late to your party!

Wow, you found an old thread in our discussion dungeon.

We have fed most of the offending persons to the alligators in my back yard. Some new folks like me, read through all of the old posts and couldn't figure out what all the hullabaloo was about anyway.

Now, I just need to get one of those slots for the monthly experimental decks. Now if I DON'T get one of those slots, WATCH OUT! Just kidding. Sort of.

Bradius wrote:Wow, you found an old thread in our discussion dungeon.

We have fed most of the offending persons to the alligators in my back yard. Some new folks like me, read through all of the old posts and couldn't figure out what all the hullabaloo was about anyway.

Now, I just need to get one of those slots for the monthly experimental decks. Now if I DON'T get one of those slots, WATCH OUT! Just kidding. Sort of.

Ha! Thanks. I think I have all the technical stuff worked out... fingers crossed it works like it is supposed to.

Welcome back, Jackson. Glad to see you return.

I'm still new here, but, I'm glad you're back! I am a big fan of many of your decks.

I am also eagerly awaiting the chance to score a subscription.


P.S. Any chance you might release a Navy themed deck?!

Welcome back, Jackson! Good to see you back!

Welcome back, Jackson....great to see you back here at UC.

Welcome back!

And all is right with the playing card world again!

CBJ wrote:Welcome back!

And all is right with the playing card world again!

Agreed [emoji5]


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CBJ wrote:Welcome back!

And all is right with the playing card world again!

+1

New Back design I'm working. I'm calling this deck "Crimson Stripe" The plan is for it to be Gold Metal Lux on the back.

I like this a lot. I'm curious, though, if the very fine lines (such as those emanating in waves from the circle in the middle) might be a bit too fine for Metalluxe to handle? I love the detail line work; it would be a shame to dumb it down if Metalluxe can't handle it.

rousselle wrote:I like this a lot. I'm curious, though, if the very fine lines (such as those emanating in waves from the circle in the middle) might be a bit too fine for Metalluxe to handle? I love the detail line work; it would be a shame to dumb it down if Metalluxe can't handle it.

Good point for sure. You would be surprised at how fine lux can go. It's better than hot stamp for sure but not quite cold foil.

Uspcc will most likely make me beef them up a bit but I will probably do an ink version because ill have to sale blood to pay the premium for lux. So the design here will see the light as well.

One if the points from the get go for this design was I wanted to completely fill the area with line work. So if I have to compromise to much and lose my originally intended affect I'll just have to wait on kux till another design.

rousselle wrote:I like this a lot. I'm curious, though, if the very fine lines (such as those emanating in waves from the circle in the middle) might be a bit too fine for Metalluxe to handle? I love the detail line work; it would be a shame to dumb it down if Metalluxe can't handle it.

Ha! I went back and read the uspcc lux guidelines... I will most likely have to pass on lux for this one. I basically break every rule.

IMO gold metallic ink will still look beautiful.

vasta41 wrote:IMO gold metallic ink will still look beautiful.

Thanks! I think you are right for sure.

Maybe this would be a good candidate for your first Cartamundi cold foil deck?

Also, I agree that doing this with USPCC's metallic gold inks could be truly amazing.

Dang, that back design looks great!

TwoPiece wrote:Dang, that back design looks great!

Thanks!

Here is a shot of the current tuck case art. I'm planning on changing the name to "Gentleman". The plan is for the tuck case and separate wrapping band to be intaglio engraved with metallic gold ink. The same shop that did all of Alex's engraved tucks is on board with me. I still have art to do for the flap and a pattern to create for the inside. We will also duplex red paper stock on the inside with a gold printed pattern of some sort.

I chatted with both USPCC and Cartimundi about doing the back in Metal Lux or Cold foil. I'm waiting on seeing some test runs to see if it is possible. I have never worked with Cartimundi, this might be a good first chance.

The red band on the tuck case looks nice. However, it looks like part of the strap will fold over halfway in the middle. You might want to make the flap side a crescent so that it will fold over and just touch the crescent and not potentially mess up the back red seal. Just a thought. Maybe it tucks under the back seal, in which case it might make sense the way it is designed.

Bradius wrote:The red band on the tuck case looks nice. However, it looks like part of the strap will fold over halfway in the middle. You might want to make the flap side a crescent so that it will fold over and just touch the crescent and not potentially mess up the back red seal. Just a thought. Maybe it tucks under the back seal, in which case it might make sense the way it is designed.

Overlapping is exactly the plan. Overlapping a seal like that actually creates a more solid closer of a seal, and less chance once side comes "popping" off the tuck. Also trying to get things to match up perfect or just touch is really hard especially when you aren't personally hand applying each seal yourself.

Here is a link that has a video of what the back overlapping seal looks like.

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Ah. The band is separate. When I was looking at the design it's flat, so it looks like a single piece that would need to be folded. I expected a slit or something to tuck, but it's clear in the insta video what's up.

You working with Cartamundi would be really cool.

There was about a year where your decks weren't interesting me. I thought you'd lost your touch, but this (along with some of your other recent designs) shows that you definitely haven't.

My only critique so far is the name. Not the name in general but the size of the font. I think it looks great and very classy as-is but it kind of blends in with the design. I'm sure that was on purpose but my first thought was, "I wonder if it could be bigger or somehow "pop" more?"

vasta41 wrote:My only critique so far is the name. Not the name in general but the size of the font. I think it looks great and very classy as-is but it kind of blends in with the design. I'm sure that was on purpose but my first thought was, "I wonder if it could be bigger or somehow "pop" more?"

Yes, it was deliberate. I actually debated not even have a title or name on the tuck. From the get-go, on this design, I wanted to create a design that was basically "wall to wall" line work, so I had a few earlier versions that didn't even have a title. I can't quite nail down a good name for this deck. First, it was Crimson Stripe then it was The Gentleman, no I need to change it because neither one of those names goes with the style of the court that I've created (to use with the Cartimundi cold foil).

I think a name that has some type of Metallurgy theme to it would work best. So if anyone has any ideas, fire away, I would love to hear your thoughts.

to use with the Cartimundi cold foil

JacksonRobinson wrote:I think a name that has some type of Metallurgy theme to it would work best. So if anyone has any ideas, fire away, I would love to hear your thoughts.

You could just simply call the deck "smiths", "smithy" or "smithery" as in reference to the people that work with various metals the most; ya know - blacksmiths, goldsmiths, silversmiths, ironsmiths etc. - than ya got all your bases covered lol

Very much like that Queen.

Other possible name suggestions:

Wrights

or

Forged