Bertrand
Hello Garmonbozia,
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I like your observation about the backgrounds, when I test printed the pictures I thought the colour differences were in a sense compensating the "black-and-whiteness" of the pictures and that's why I kept them that way - which in my opinion make them more "lively" than pure black lines on a white background, and it keeps a bit of the "handmade" feel of the original deck.
Do all the illustrations fit within the cards ? I don't mind about inaccurate registration but very few cards I got (a couple or three) have a small bit of the lines cut by the border of the card (some were hard to fit completely within the "safe" area).
Making the machine-printed deck smaller than the original is one of the reason I chose to make it happen, because I'm not feeling like I'm making a "fake". So you lose around 30% of the whole card size but only less than 10% of the illustration size (the original handmade deck has large margins)
Now that I think about it I may have an idea but I have to try it and see how it works so it will take some work and some time.
Bertrand
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I like your observation about the backgrounds, when I test printed the pictures I thought the colour differences were in a sense compensating the "black-and-whiteness" of the pictures and that's why I kept them that way - which in my opinion make them more "lively" than pure black lines on a white background, and it keeps a bit of the "handmade" feel of the original deck.
Do all the illustrations fit within the cards ? I don't mind about inaccurate registration but very few cards I got (a couple or three) have a small bit of the lines cut by the border of the card (some were hard to fit completely within the "safe" area).
I didn't realize it was cheaper from TGC ! I must have been confused by the currency conversion.I'm glad that I was able to get them when I did. Selling them on your website is probably the best option for those outside of the US, but Gamecrafter is a convenient and cheaper option for those of us in the US.
One other thing that worries me with direct ordering from TGC is that I can't control potential registration errors.Having purchased from GameCrafter before, I knew the wait time can vary and that I could check to see what # I was in the queue.
I'm really glad you like them ; regarding the size, the illustrations are nearly as big as the original handmade cards, they are reduced by barely more than 15% compared to the original surface (that is closer to <10% for height and width).I really love your images. At this small size it is hard to make out some of the details on the cards though. Have you considered publishing these at regular playing card size?
Making the machine-printed deck smaller than the original is one of the reason I chose to make it happen, because I'm not feeling like I'm making a "fake". So you lose around 30% of the whole card size but only less than 10% of the illustration size (the original handmade deck has large margins)
They wouldn't fit a poker card with less borders unless they are enlarged. The miniature size also makes a lower production cost so it's a good compromise between the illustration size which is kept large enough and the overall cost.Or would your images not be able to be expanded to that size?
yes, that is an issue, they should make smaller boxes but alas they don't and they also don't want to sell a miniature deck in one of their poker sized plastic tuck boxes.Also, you'd then be able to include a tuck box on Gamecrafter and "publish" them there so people can find it on the site, right?
Thank you for the suggestion, notes taken, I will eventually try to see if it could work with the medium game box.I could be wrong, but I think this deck could potentially sell well there if people happened to find it. The tarot decks offered on that site are some of their top sellers. I would definitely buy another deck at that size.
Just a suggestion I wanted to make in case you hadn't considered it already.
Now that I think about it I may have an idea but I have to try it and see how it works so it will take some work and some time.
Bertrand