Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Lucha VaVoom Card Deck COMPLETE!

I did it!  It's actually done!  All 52 cards done as well as two Crazy Chicken jokers.  This deck looks great and I can't wait to see what it's like when it comes back from the publisher.
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.
The joker card for the Lucha VaVoom poker deck
Nailed it.
The cards have been uploaded to the Game Crafter and I'm just waiting around by the mailbox for the delivery.  I'll post pix when they arrive.