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@arthurR980 The project is still running, although slower than expected. Here are some news: The front of the tuck box was a big challenge for me ...and I think I said that for every single artwork of the project >< If you go a few pages before in this thread, you'll find the old front...

As always, thank you Dragonbones for the feedback. We've decided to follow most of what we described: the French pattern, and french language even for the cards. To answer your question, looking at the dates, it seems highly likely that Robert-Houdin was actually using the French pattern, since...

Another month since the last update, but there was so much happening! First of all, I'm so happy to announce that I'll work together with Biz, who created "The Magicians playing cards", confirming that the Robert-Houdin playing cards will at least reach the state of the Kickstarter campaign, and...

Hi there, almost two months since the last update, but here is something new! - Reworked Ace of Spades with the same artist who already reworked the Ace of Clubs - Reworked Ace of Hearts - Investigation for custom font (not sure about it yet though...) ...and, where I am mostly interested by...

Worked with another artist to redo the main two cards, Ace of Clubs and soon the Ace of Spades. Really happy about the result, it almost looks like a figure Robert-Houdin could have had in his notebook :) In the meantime, I am still trying to clean the Ace of Heart

Thank you both! I will try to work with an actual illustrator to rework the ace of Clubs and Spades, let's see how it turns out... Indeed, I'm primarily interested in licensing the design, because I don't see myself doing another deck afterwards, and because the risk is not null. Having said...

Hi everyone, Small update this weekend with the rework of the Ace of Diamond with the engraving style, and integrating the son of Robert-Houdin performing a levitation trick based on your advice Kent :) It brings a bit more details and interest, so I'm quite happy about that!

Hi there, as always, thank you so much for the advice. I will reply to you when working on each of the points you mentioned to see if and how I implement all those ideas. I've achieved quite a milestone now for the back of the cards: "vectorisation". So far, the designs were made in a bitmap...

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Hi Kent, Again, thank you so much for your feedback and advise. I'm glad to read that you also admire the beauty of the orange tree trick and therefore understand the choice to highlight it into an ace. It is really impressive that you learnt so much about Robert-Houdin and it makes your...

Weird, the integration of the Vimeo video doesn't work, and I can no longer edit my message... Here is the link without the https:/, otherwise it tries to integrate it and fails: vimeo.com/511294112

Hi EndersGame, very sorry for the late reply and thank you very much for your feedback. The project has been on hold for almost a full year now, after having investigated many options to turn it into reality. I contacted a few playing cards companies and while some showed interest (or was it...

Thank you ForceProof! Yes I put some effort for the rendering (and especially the modelling of the tuck box), but it was worth it because I can now visualize embossing / gold foil effects much better. For the front of the tuck box, I struggled quite a bit to be honest: I worked with a font...

Update: Here is the latest progress of the tuck box! Black and white versions, I still don't know which one I prefer. For the back, I've simply embossed the back design of the cards. I'm note sure it would actually be technically feasible (to emboss so thin), but I think it looks very classy...

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me! Unfortunately, I think my decision will go against your recommendation, but after I've put a bit more effort on the tuck design, it makes me a bit more confident to go for the traditional style. I believe indeed that they not only match better...

Update: Attempt of a modern back design, still inspired by Houdin's spectacles. It might look good, but I actually believe it would not fit the other cards, especially the Aces. So the former traditional style might be better. Would you agree?

Thanks for your feedback @Bricard, it helped me making decisions! I removed the human like figure which, although was part of Houdin's trick looked indeed too agressive/messy. I've replaced it by Houdin's son performing a levitation like shown here: And went for the Orange tree that looks...

I fully agree with you Bricard! And talking about the back design, here are a few options. As always, any feedback is very much appreciated! General: Ideally I wanted to use a timeless standard back design, and that directs me towards Bicycle cards' back And like you said Bricard, because the...

Thank you very much Magic Orthodoxy, a few words but it so much to me! I've made some progress on the project that I'm happy to share with you: I thought having 2 Aces was strange, so I decided to go for all 4! What is new: - Ace of Heart (still in a quite draft state, like hands are not...

Hi everyone and happy new year! I'm designing a custom deck based on the magic theme (it doesn't sound very original yet I haven't found one yet! ...not that I actively looked for one either.). The goal is to prototype them at Shuffled Ink (thank you @EndersGame for your detailed review!) I...