Over the holidays we have received our first submission of final card art! It's wonderful. Thank You VIRGINIA! As soon as a few more pieces are submitted, we will start posting them to the blog so you will get a taste of how the deck is coming along.
Don't forget that the current deadline for submitting final card art is February 27th, 2012.
Finally, we are trying to find qualified artists with a web presence in Puerto Rico and The US Virgin Islands. If you know of any, please send us their info as soon as possible to info@artinhandcards.com. Currently, we are asking that the artist actually live in these locations but as the deadline looms, we may loosen our rules a bit. SO....... if you know of any artists and you aren't sure where they actually live, send us their info anyway just in case.
Happiest New Year to you all - Cheers - Dione Goyett
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Use Of The Digital Suits & Numbers
A few of you have noticed that previous 'City' decks have stylized suits and numbers designed by the artists. This is a trend we started with our first deck, the Charlotte deck, and by refining our guidelines in subsequent decks, we managed to create increasingly functional cards. However, we have decided to try a different avenue for the National deck for a few reasons.
First of all, we are going to market this deck to much larger national retailers and felt that if we were ever going to opt for standardized markings in our commercial decks, this would be the time to try it. Secondly, we created an institution deck last year that used the standardized markings and surprisingly (to us anyway), this did not detract from the artistic integrity of the images. SO....the decision was made.
I know you all will be absolutely thrilled with the outcome. We have been looking over the styles of all the contracted artists and are getting SO EXCITED about how this deck is coming together.
Be sure to send any questions you have about the process and we will aim to answer them as best we can here on the blog for all to see. No question is a bad one. This can be a confusing process and we want to make sure you are all totally comfortable with every step.
Cheers - Dione Goyette
First of all, we are going to market this deck to much larger national retailers and felt that if we were ever going to opt for standardized markings in our commercial decks, this would be the time to try it. Secondly, we created an institution deck last year that used the standardized markings and surprisingly (to us anyway), this did not detract from the artistic integrity of the images. SO....the decision was made.
I know you all will be absolutely thrilled with the outcome. We have been looking over the styles of all the contracted artists and are getting SO EXCITED about how this deck is coming together.
Be sure to send any questions you have about the process and we will aim to answer them as best we can here on the blog for all to see. No question is a bad one. This can be a confusing process and we want to make sure you are all totally comfortable with every step.
Cheers - Dione Goyette
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