Here's a write-up I did about the current Fashion 2 project, along with some more pictures.
TCC Fashion V2 Playing Cards by TCC (Kickstarter)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tc ... ying-cards
Four custom decks with unique themes: pets, royal courts, cherry blossoms, and peacocks.
Kickstarter ends: Tuesday, August 27, 2024
In 2023, TCC produced a set of four custom decks dubbed TCC Fashion Playing Cards: Rainbow Holo, City of Mirrors, David, and Lithography. One of the goals of this project was to showcase new features in playing cards, including rainbow holographic foils, lenticular printing patterns, embossing, and UV color-changing ink.
Now they are producing a follow-up set of four custom decks, which again focus on novel effects and features. These are:
● Cat & Dog:
Pet-themed illustrations and raster effects
● Fortress:
European court illustrations with embossing and gold foil
● Sakura:
Vibrant cherry blossom metallic foil
● Peacock:
Peacock elements with flipbook animation
These decks will retail at around the $11.95 price point each, but are being offered for $6.99-$7.99 each as part of this Kickstarter project. All the decks are standard poker sized (62mm x 88mm), with 52 cards plus two jokers and two ad cards, and use TCC's M23 finish.
Here's some information about the four decks, and the features that are unique to each:
1. Cat & Dog Playing Cards
The ad copy mentions how many people consider their household pets like family, and TCC deliberately designed this deck with warm tones to depict our beloved fur babies. Orange and yellow have been used for the card faces and the pips. Some of the pips incorporate miniature cats and dogs.
A real highlight here is the tuck case, which has lenticular printing pattern, and depending on the angle at which it is viewed it changes from Cat to Dog.
2. Fortress Playing Cards
The goal of this deck is to pay homage to the glory, grandeur, and chivalry of the medieval castle. The courtly atmosphere surfaces on the court cards and number cards, with a truly customized look all round.
But the real feature here is the shimmering red foil and heavy embossing on the tuck box, which creates striking looks and a tactile feel, combined with an elegant design.
3. Sakura Playing Cards
Just like the Rainbow Holo deck from the initial Fashion project, the Sakura deck showcases the possibilities of holographic foil in an eye-catching way. There's metallic gold foil on both sides of the cards, and turning it in the light shows a spectrum of colours produced by the holographic effect.
The design gives a nod to tradition, but is still fully stylized, but there is a sense of minimalism, so that all the focus can be on the holographic foil.
4. Peacock Playing Cards
To capture the magnificence of the peacock's famous tail feathers, the card backs of this deck use holographic foil. The design of the court cards incorporates many peacock elements, and the number cards are also fully customized.
As a special feature, you can use your thumb to riffle the cards, to produce an animated flipbook animation that makes the feathers on the card backs move.
Add ons
Addons include uncut sheets, storage options like display cases and boxes. A gilded version of each deck is also available for $20 each ($30 retail), in a limited edition of 300 per deck. Wow do those look gorgeous!
Kickstarter link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tc ... ying-cards
@playingcardophile
City of Mirrors is probably my favorite art-wise, but the courts on the three I have range from weird to awful
