Beauties, this deck is nothing I have planned for this year but I wanted to share with you the idea. From all my Black Roses decks the Red Roses are probably my least favorite cards. That may sound worse than it is but one deck is always the least favorite.
The Red Roses idea was born when I did my first crowdfunding ca...
2021-06-08 13:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I've added an uncut sheet bundle to the Dondorf Kickstarter campaign.
For 28€ plus shipping you receive TWO uncut sheets for the price of one.
A blue Dondorf uncut sheet and a White Gold Edi...
I wanted to add this image to the campaign page and I found a mistake on the card. Maybe you'll also find it now. It's funny because I've posted it a few times on Instagram and I've never seen it. I'll write USPCC since it's also wrong on the printed proofs. It could be too late to change it. I also don't really want to chang...
2021-06-05 14:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
A few days ago I saw the Private Reserve Makers from Dan and Dave. This deck has MetalLuxe in combination with normal ink with the same distance like my Hotel deck. So of course I was wondering why USPCC can print this deck but not mine?
So with renewed hope I contacted USPCC again. This was their response:
"Ah yes ...
I know it never looks like that but I never worked longer on a Kickstarter page. First I wanted to make the environment look more vintage. I thought a white background is too monochrome with a deck that also has a lot white on the tuck and back. I had a few different plans for the whole layout. But at the end I think simplici...
2021-06-04 17:11:19 +0000 UTC View Post
As you know, the Black Roses Immergrün Playing Cards are currently in production and the Dondorf Playing Cards Kickstarter campaign is right around the corner. I'm pretty sure you like this idea - as Patreon mem...
2021-06-01 22:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the rewards that you can choose in the Dondorf Kickstarter campaign this weekend.
2021-06-01 13:08:22 +0000 UTC
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I asked for this a while ago, but I realized that there are some of you that I don't follow on Instagram.
So please write down your IG name in the comments and I'll follow you.
But please write the whole link (https://www.instagram.com/...
Today's spontaneous idea - the Black Marble Box for two gilded Dondorf decks. You'll get this box for free on top if you add at least two gold gilded Dondorf decks to your pledge in the Dondorf Kickstarter campaign 2021-05-25 22:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Jesus Christ… I have no idea how else to start this topic.
There is this guy who asked me a while ago what the difference would be between my Red Roses Playing Cards and my Blue Magic Playing Cards. “Just got your decks. A bit confused. Red and blue are different only 12 cards?” I asked him what he means with only...
2021-05-23 16:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I wrote USPCC today to figure out how I should mark MTLX objects in my files.
Turns out I just need to place all MTLX objects on a separate layer - great. But I'm not able to print my Hotel deck like I've imagined it with MTLX - not so great...
USPCC can't line up the thin border to the teal background ...
2021-05-19 19:40:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Only 2 1/2 weeks until the Dondorf Playing Cards are live on Kickstarter. Time flies and there is still a lot stuff on the Kickstarter page that needs to get done. I worked on this image for the "First Come First Serve" reward today. I'll make this the campaign image on Kickstarter in the next 1-2 days to promote this reward ...
2021-05-18 21:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Just ordered a bunch of ceramic poker chips. You'll receive them for free on top to your Dondorf Kickstarter reward. Both sides are the same. I had two different ideas for a different back but it didn't look cool and I like the simplicity of these two roses.
Let me know which extras do you look forward to the most when ...
2021-05-18 12:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I've made a few changes on the Queen of Hearts for the Black Remedies. Everything you see here on this one single card took me around six hours today. Think about it, all these extra hours of work just so that some fool will end up saying what a lazy color change the deck is. I'm so tired of explaining my art. However, I know...
2021-05-15 16:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm very stubborn when it comes to my work but I value your opinion. In my last poll I asked you if the next Black Roses Casino deck shoul...
2021-05-11 15:33:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, one of my main goals here on Patreon is to offer you exclusive content. Stuff that no one else can get. The Black Roses Supporter Edition was a huge step in the right direction but with USPCC’s minimum order quantity of 1000 decks, the print run of the Supporter Edition was too huge to offer it exclusively to you....
2021-05-10 14:59:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are Clubs court cards of the Dondorf deck. I'll send out a newsletter in a few hours but only with a smaller version of this preview image. But you can take a closer look below.
I've found two big mistakes on the Dondorf ...
2021-05-07 17:44:18 +0000 UTC View Post
We can't promise anything but a Black Remedies release this fall seems pretty realistic at the moment. You know me, I want to change some details in every deck. Otherwise the cards would be already in production.
Yesterday I had a flash of inspiration. What if I take the original Rounders photos shot by Peter McKinnon a...
2021-05-06 15:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, you may have noticed I stopped posting about the Dondorf deck in the past few days. It all happened because of an issue that got solved today. Let me explain to you what happened.
As a huge playing card enthusiast, I'm very fascinated about vintage playing cards. A few years ago I came across the playing card ...
2021-05-05 16:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post
After the 3rd and 4th Orbit deck where Chris more or less just changed the color of the tuck box I thought that can't be the long term goal. Without having the original tuck box file, I redesigned the whole tuck for the 5th edition just by looking at previous Orbit decks. I got the right sizes with a ruler and I’ve changed ...
2021-05-02 10:13:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't really want to write anything to influence your answer. Just let me know which seal color you prefer. There is no right or wrong.
2021-04-29 18:22:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I realized I stress myself way too much because of future deck releases, even though I know that I have all the time in the world.
Right now I'm thinking about five new deck releases after the Dondorf campaign. I know that can't be healthy so I try to slow down a bit. But as a workaholic it's a also difficult ...
2021-04-27 13:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
From all Dondorf courts are the Queen and King of Hearts definitely the most difficult ones to get used to if you are so used to the standard court cards like I am. On the Queen, the shoulders are too thin and on the King they are too broad. The King also looks a little bit too far straight forward for my taste. I haven't see...
2021-04-24 13:10:26 +0000 UTC View Post
What you see on the image is an idea that I have since I started to work on the Dondorf deck in 2018. I wanted to print the deck with the original tuck box. This tuck box is one reason why it took me forever to send the deck into production. The standard USPCC tuck box is more or less a compromise.
But I called a press...
I've already heard USPCC would be back on track with the old production times but I didn't believe it. So I was even more surprised to receive the digital proofs a few minutes ago.
These digital proofs are a bit of a joke because you can't really see a lot details. But hopefully the printed proofs will be sent out to me th...
Thank you again for following the Dondorf campaign on Kickstarter. As you can imagine, a large amount of people who follow the campaign also means more support immediately at the launch. I know, it's very unlikely that the Kickstarter campaign would fail, but it still makes me less nervous, knowing that enough people are inte...
2021-04-17 13:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all thanks for following the Dondorf campaign on Kickstarter. Please check out the link and hit the "notify me" button if you haven't done it yet:
https://blackroses.cards/ks
50 followers until tomorrow should be possible and would be more than beautiful.
2021-04-15 20:15:31 +0000 UTC
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Beauties, the Dondorf pre-launch page is finally online:
https://blackroses.cards/ks
I'll start to share it with the rest of the world tomorrow. But I want you to see and follow the campaign first.
Please hit the green "Notify me on launch" bu...
2021-04-15 16:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post
My cynical side tried to prevent half brick boxes for a long time. On one side I still think it's more or less an admission that it is too hard for people to sell twelve decks. So the simple alternative is to cut the box in half. But without the glasses of ignorance I know not many people are able to order twelve decks at onc...
2021-04-14 16:53:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I already told you this month is a special month. Exactly a year ago today, I created this Patreon page without really knowing where the journey is taking us. I really had no big expectations so that I was completely overwhelmed by your support. In 2019 my Kickstarter campaigns already reached funding goals that I c...
2021-04-12 16:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
