View Full Version : I found my pencil!
That means I can get on with working on my deck - what little there is of it - and will soon be posting cards for review. Fair warning: They're done one at a time, no particular design in mind (except the devil and the 2 of pentacles), no rhythm or rhyme to what order or the style they're done in, and are in black and white.
Be prepared. :D
Sea Sprite
25-11-2002, 17:24
Hi cricket,
I look forward to seeing your work! :D
Here's the devil. :) Those of you that have been around long enough might have seen the sketch for it. The finished product looks a little different.
SherryZoned
25-11-2002, 19:56
Glad you found your pencil!! I like the devil..different..is this a color your own deck??
Me too! I was lost without it. ;) If (or when) it ever gets published it would be, if the person that got it chose to color it in. It's meant to be a black and white, but most are more comfortable with color in their decks, so I'm trying to do it in a way that leaves that option open for them. If that makes any sort of sense.
SherryZoned
25-11-2002, 20:24
HEHE...that works....options are good..!!
Hmm... the picture didn't work for me... :( Maybe it's my computer... Can't wait to see it! :D
dangerdork
26-11-2002, 09:50
VERY cool cricket!
Meep! I uploaded it here http://www.photocountry.com/users/3318/devil.jpg but it ended up being a lot bigger than life for some reason. It's actually the size of a standard RW card.
Next up: *insert drumroll here* 3 of swords! Should be up either later today or tomorrow.
I'm liking it a lot so far!
I especially like the rounded curves to the edges of the design. The overall effect: it's similar to the incidental illustrations that you find in science fiction/fantasy monthlies of the forties and fifties. Is that kinda what you were going for?
I think I'd personally prefer the black and white illustrations over colored ones. This idea seems to really be about contrast and draftsmanship, not brilliant color.
dangerdork
26-11-2002, 12:37
Originally posted by cricket
... it ended up being a lot bigger than life for some reason. It's actually the size of a standard RW card.
Cricket - even if you design a card at 300 DPI for printing, it will always be extrapolated to 72 DPI for screen display.
SO, an image 600 pixels wide printed at 300 DPI (that's dots per inch) will print out 2 inches wide, but will take up 3/4 the width of your screen at 800x600 resolution...
Originally posted by rota
I especially like the rounded curves to the edges of the design. The overall effect: it's similar to the incidental illustrations that you find in science fiction/fantasy monthlies of the forties and fifties. Is that kinda what you were going for?
The rounded edges were definitely planned for the whole deck. There's just something more natural about the curves, and they're easier on the eyes. The older illustrations might have been in the back of my mind somewhere when the 'look' of this particular card came up, though I'm not sure the rest of the deck will be anything like it at all. They will all have similar features, but they're designed as they pop into mind.
There's no rhyme, reason, or rhythm to which comes next, or when they'll come to mind, or even exactly what's going to be on them. The 3 of swords came as a complete surprise to me - it just appeared a couple of nights ago. I expect that's how most of them will be.
I think I'd personally prefer the black and white illustrations over colored ones. This idea seems to really be about contrast and draftsmanship, not brilliant color.
Remind me to send you one of the first ones off the press if it ever gets printed. :) This truly is/will be less about the colors (if people decide to color it in) and more about the pictures themselves. Black and white has as much 'speaking' power as color if it's handled correctly, and that's what is supposed to happen. The colors would simply distract from the meaning.
Magic Bean
26-11-2002, 19:46
I'm liking it a lot so far!
Wow - great one Cricket!!! I am hanging out to see some more cards... :D
Very dramatic and powerful for sure! :)
tarotbrat
30-11-2002, 23:06
I really like it Cricket, I can't wait to see more.