SELF DIRECTED 5 / Deck of Cards - Brief (DISCONTINUED)

DECK OF CARDS

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I wanted to create a pack of cards that wasn't conventional and I wanted to experiment with illustrative type.  

I started the brief by drawing out numbers and basically doodling around then and trying to produce illustrative type. 

I then scanned these in and placed then in illustrator before going round them with the pencil tool. 

I then decided to just play around on illustrator with the pen tool, taking inspiration from the style I had drawn out, but doing it free hand with the mouse. I then placed the number I drew on a card template to give an idea of what it would look like. 

Instead of have the number of suit icons to represent the number, I would have the illustrative number as the main focus and face of the card. 

I decided I needed to go back to drawing the letters by hand first. 

Instead of drawing out each number myself, meaning I would be creating my own typeface within the decorative parts, I decided it would be quicker and neater to print out the outline of the numbers so that I can just concentrate on the decoration around them. So thats what I did. 

I was much happier with these outcomes. I felt they were beautifully decorative, however still very readable. Which is imperative for a deck of cards. 

For the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Joker I did the same thing however tried to make the decoration more elaborative as these were the royal cards. They have a higher status and value. 

These were the final outcomes:

I now needed to figure out the most effective and efficient way of transferring these letters and numbers into digital vectors.