I'll admit that there was a huge gap between the start of this project and the conclusion. I completed about 80% of the cards within a month, but the remaining face cards just took forever to get the motivation back. This was a problem because some of the techniques that I used for the illustrations were complex and by the time I'd returned to this project I'd forgotten the exact steps. This was critical to get right because a complete deck needs to have a united look between cards. It didn't take me that long to replicate some of the effects, but it was touch and go there for awhile.
The hardest cards were the jokers, because those were almost completely freehand. Even though I'm going for a slick 'poster' style for the face cards, I wanted the characters to be instantly recognizable to anyone who has seen a VaVoom match in person.
Nailed it. |