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Hey folks,

Coming soon to kickstarter: Mustache Playing Cards

Attached is a mock up of the tuckbox. More images to come...

Also, we're running a promo contest with prizes including mustache decks and CASH money
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-David

I wonder if the QoS will look like hikeba's avatar

Here's where I'm at with the back design - trying to decide between purple and gray...thoughts?

Well I feel there are so many black decks these days, a deck with more of a "fun" color, of purple would be best, especially since the box looks cheery and colorful.

I think if you went with a deeper purple, and (as Evan will probably mention) thinner borders, it will look a lot better.

Loldudex2 wrote:Well I feel there are so many black decks these days, a deck with more of a "fun" color, of purple would be best, especially since the box looks cheery and colorful.

I think if you went with a deeper purple, and (as Evan will probably mention) thinner borders, it will look a lot better.

I agree with everything this dude said

slightly thinner borders and slightly richer colors...

Here's the look of the four suits...

They both look great, interesting take on a using a quirky idea such as a stach to make a pretty sweet deck of cards

Both colours work imo, i think it has to depend on the face cards before we can make a decision on the back colour

I like that much better. Now another idea is to rotate the center mustaches 45° (or would it be 17.5°), so the mustaches look like they are spiraling in a pattern, I think would be interesting conceptually. Just an idea though.

I think with the faces this colourful (a very good change), perhaps the back being grey would work better

I was going to say thinner borders, but I see you already did that. This is such a clever, original deck!
Personally, I like the gray back design best.

I would like to see you possibly choose a different color for the back.
You are using earthy and primary colors for the front. The purple is a little jarring when placed with the front colors.
I would choose the grey or like to see another color. Maybe a tan

After seeing the faces I have to correct myself and agree with the consensus on grey or indeed another color like Utterfool proposed.

Evan wrote:Personally, I like the gray back design best.

I agree.

If the fronts are going to be 4 different bright colours. Making the backs a nice neutral gray is a good call.
Otherwise it's just ... too ... Much ... COLOOUR!! AAAAHHH!!!

...sorry. I lost my head there for a second.

Otherwise, I like the deck. Nice, clean and simple... but still interesting.

Maybe one of the gaff cards can have Hitler mustaches...

samurai007 wrote:Maybe one of the gaff cards can have Hitler mustaches...

That would just be a short thick line!

Edit: I guess if it was incorporated on a pip, it might work.
Also reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx.

Sharpie wrote:

samurai007 wrote:Maybe one of the gaff cards can have Hitler mustaches...

That would just be a short thick line!

Edit: I guess if it was incorporated on a pip, it might work.
Also reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx.

Hitler permanently ruined that mustache style for everyone after him, as the following video shows:

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The faces are pretty cute, but I kinda feel the back design has a little too much white for my liking.

Love the color and the pips, it's kind of simple, funny, and colorful.

Ohh...I saw Freddy Mercury on the tuckbox
the tuckbox remind me of Queen's Album - Hot Space, which I love the cover pretty much.

and I'd say, I'm gonna love this deck pretty damn much

Keep up the great work!!

I'm definitely leaning towards the gray back and have been experimenting with gradients on the repeating patterns.
I also have a completely different concept for the back...I like both designs so I'm curious what you folks think...

I like the last picture the best.

Thanks!

I like the first design better, but I can't decide on which of the two variants I prefer. I think I would also like to see a variant which is "more" symmetrical, like being mirrored vertically as well as horizontally (if that makes sense). I don't know if it would be better, but I'd want to see it to compare.

I like the first design better as well, with a preference toward the right one with the alternating gray and white. I find it more mesmerizing, especially at a distance.

Evan wrote:..This is such a clever, original deck!...

It depends on what you mean.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mustache/6845703

http://www.behance.net/gallery/mustache/3466099

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mustache/5478529

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Playing-Cards/7619535

...?

Only one of those links is a deck of cards, though it looks like just an art project and not a deck that was produced in any quantity. Also it is not mustache themed (though it incorporates a couple mustaches on two of the court cards, as do most decks of cards) and it hurts my eyes :p

I've looked around quite a bit and found that there are some "mustache playing cards" but pretty much every version of those is a regular deck with a single mustache image slapped on the back. This deck is a complete concept with a unique style for cards

-David

Collector wrote:

Evan wrote:..This is such a clever, original deck!...

It depends on what you mean.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mustache/6845703

http://www.behance.net/gallery/mustache/3466099

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mustache/5478529

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Playing-Cards/7619535

I don't like this deck sorry, the moustache is a trade in this moment. And why surfing on this now !?

This deck is really growing on me. I strongly prefer the first design, but I cannot decide between both those variants. Also, if all those things in the back design are mustaches, how about making them brown or black?

I really like the original back design, but maybe invert the colours.
This will create a more unique border, while the mustaches will be closer to the colour they actually would be in life.

I'd love to see that.

davegk wrote:...?

Only one of those links is a deck of cards, though it looks like just an art project and not a deck that was produced in any quantity. Also it is not mustache themed (though it incorporates a couple mustaches on two of the court cards, as do most decks of cards) and it hurts my eyes :p

I've looked around quite a bit and found that there are some "mustache playing cards" but pretty much every version of those is a regular deck with a single mustache image slapped on the back. This deck is a complete concept with a unique style for cards

-David

Collector wrote:...

@David, that my message was actually aimed at @Evan. I like that collector. He enjoys his hobby like no one else and his comments are always so enthusiastic As I remember he admitted that in self-critical manner by itself on some forum. So, sorry, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation to tease over him in a friendly manner – tried to sow little futile suspicion in him @Evan, sorry, take it in a proper way

As concerns your deck, @David, – I think the idea isn’t original but it’s realized quite well. I understand the back design but I am not a fan of it. I like number cards. When I look at them I feel that I want to smile. It’ll be interesting to see court cards. Will I pledge? I don’t know. Will I support it on my blog? I guess yes, why not. So take it easy. And it wasn’t about plagiarism at all.

okay, after further exploration, here are 3 versions of the back alongside the faces...please lemme know which one you think goes best with the fronts.