Beauties, I hope you are doing well. It took me a while again to create the Kickstarter page and I'm still not finished yet. I'm still thinking about the last "All-in-One" reward. I created this instead of the two brick reward since not really a lot people are interested to get two bricks. But I'm not 100% happy with it right now. So maybe I still change that reward completely.
Nevert...
2021-01-27 22:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I put a lot thoughts into the right extras for the limited "First Come First Serve" Kickstarter reward. I know a lot people are already happy with just a few extra stickers but that simply can't be the long-term goal. If you support one of my decks you should know that you also really get more for your money.
The last two "First Come First Serve" rewards were limited to the fir...
Beauties, I finally received my Blue Magic decks today and I thought I could share a quick tutorial with you, how you can use the Moving Rose gaff.
My first video tutorial. So grab your Blue Magic deck, enjoy and let me know what you think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDbWknzht8
Much love...
2021-01-19 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in case if you didn't know it yet - I'm a perfectionist. I don't get tired of mentioning it. :D I don't look at my deck designs just a few times before I send everything to the printing company. I spend days looking at files before they go out. But if you design 54 face cards, a back design, the tuck box plus extra ad-cards, then it happens that you'll find details in the final printed dec...
2021-01-16 16:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The court card faces from the Black Roses Lavender and Polyantha decks will look familiar if you already had the chance to check out the Blue Magic Edition. It's important for me to do a bit more customization on the courts. I think you deserve that when you spend your hard earned money for a deck of cards. That's why I changed a lot faces and even whole court card designs from deck to deck. 2021-01-15 21:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post
From the designer perspective the Polyanthas have something really special that no other custom deck did before. Let me explain why.
A few days ago I received an email from USPCC where I already was waiting for.
They wrote: "the faded roses need to bleed to the last line of the dieline."
For visualization I made this line blue in the image.
Every borderless deck design need...
2021-01-12 19:36:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Deck designers and playing card companies celebrate sold out decks like something special while they artificially reduce the print runs. I'm happy that so many people are interested in my art. But it makes me rather thoughtful at the end.
The Altrosa deck was a spontaneous idea. I've released the first Polyantha deck at the beginning of 2019 - my very first deck without a crowdfunding pr...
Beauties, in the Black Roses Lavender Kickstarter campaign you will be able to get the Polyantha Playing Cards Collector's Box. And by you I really just mean all my patrons. The rest of the world won't get a chance. The best part - the box won't cost you a cent more. It's simply a bonus for you on top.
The Polyantha Playing Cards will be available again straight from the beginning as add...
For once I don't have much to say, I just wanted to show you how great the cards look in red.
2021-01-06 17:43:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The Black Roses Lavender MPC prototypes arrived today. Normally you get prototypes for a few reasons. First of all you wanna see how the finished deck looks like in your hands. So you can be 100% that everything is right. Then you may wanna use it to promote your deck.
Last year I stopped spending money on prototypes since they are ridiculously expensive. I already knew how the decks wil...
Needless to say, what you can see on the photos is just a white sample box to calculate the exact size. But look at this beautiful thing. You get an idea of how the final box will look like.
I requested another sample since I'm not 100% happy with the size right now.
We are just talking about 2-3 mm (0.08 - 0.12 inches) which are too long on one side and too short on the other.
I...
2021-01-05 14:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I wanna give you the chance to order the magnetic Black Roses brick boxes before anyone else. Murphy's Magic will send them out as soon they receive them.
Preorder them here:
https://blackroses.cards/brick
The rest of the world will be able to get an empty brick box after the Black ...
Beauties, I hesitated way too long if I should produce them or not. Simply because it's a very expensive thing to produce. But I always try to improve things and this is simply the next level. What you can see in the image is just a mock up but I contacted a company today who can produce magnetic brick boxes with an UV Black Roses logo on the top.
I hope I can offer those brick boxes alr...
Beauties, you can hit the notification button now on Kickstarter so that you won't miss the limited Early Bird Special:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielschneider/black-roses-playing-cards-lavender-edition
The link isn't public yet sinc...
2020-12-23 22:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I just finished the last court card for the Dondorf Playing Cards and I wanted to share with you the process.
One question I get asked a lot is what programs I use. The only program you really need is a program where you can create vector files. Adobe Illustrator is probably the best solution since everyone is using it and you don't get in trouble with a printing company since they also ...
Beauties, this year I designed the following decks:
Red Remedies
Blue Remedies
Green remedies
Black Roses Blue Magic Edition
Daniel Schneider Playing Cards
Black Roses Supporter Edition
Black Roses Hotel V2
Black Roses Casino V2
Black Roses Lavender Edition
Polyantha Playing Cards V2
Orbit V8
Orbit V8 Parallel
Black Roses x Hanson Chien
I al...
Lately I have to fight with a lot mood swings so the progress that I've made on the Dondorf deck in the last two, three days was important to get a little sense of achievement.
In all my previous decks the flaps are nearly blank. So it was pretty fun to use this space to design something. The "Poker 52 Cards" text is slightly curved. I'm still not 100% sure if it should be straight or cur...
2020-12-15 19:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The current delays at USPCC completely mess up my schedule. I thought about a summer Kickstarter launch. Normally enough months left to finish the deck. But with a production time of four months, the deck should normally go into production now.
I try to finish the Dondorf x Black Roses deck with the biggest respect for the original design. So you can imagine how much time I put into every...
2020-12-12 14:31:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, this is how the second edition Polyantha tuck box looks like. The tuck will get Air-Cushion finish as well. I would be a dream if the inside of the tuck would look the same but that is certainly beyond any budget. Nevertheless, at least I'll ask for the price. Without all these crazy delays right now at USPCC, inside print would be a beautiful stretch goal in a Kickstarter campaign.
Gina is the Queen of Spades in all my regular Black Roses decks. She was one of the first persons I met on Instagram, seven or eight years ago. Our contact became less frequent as time passed but her card is a nice memory for me of how it all began.
I'm so happy about her new court card that you'll find in the Black Roses Lavenders.
As you can see in the image the card looks complet...
2020-12-09 17:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The explanation may look complicated but really just on the first glance.
You can read the deck by looking at the first four roses on the bottom left.
Every rose stem has four leaves. The first rose tells you the suit.
Only one leaf is bigger than the other three and you read it from left to right.
If the first leaf is bigger it's a ♠️
If the second leaf is bigger i...
Beauties, check out the complete marking system of the Black Roses Lavenders.
My very first marked deck are the Polyantha Playing Cards. I absolutely love the system of this deck but I also understand the criticism that the markings are too small for some people. That is definitely no longer the case in the Lavender...
Check out the second Christmas gift. I wrote a few sentences about the gift as well on the page:
https://blackroses.cards/pages/black-roses-vip-patreon-christmas-package
I wrote everything on a separate page. Just in case if you don't wanna know before Christmas.
Yes...
Beauties, they are finally finished. I put an insane amount of time into the redesign of the Arrco faces but I know it was worth the work.
...
2020-12-01 23:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Lately I have seen a lot of comments that my cards would be underrated. You would not say that if you never noticed the quality and potential. So I am glad that people think that.
But underrated measured by what?
Are there other companies who are more successful? Yes, that is not even a question. But it does not really bother me. You need to keep in mind that I am a "one-m...
Beauties, it took me a while but "Black Roses Lavender" has grown on me.
For one second I thought about using the German word "Lavendel". That would fit to the titles of the ImmergrĂĽn and Altrosa edition.
But I also love ambiguity in pronunciation Lavender / Love Ender - whatever that means :D it's open for interpretation.
This year I think I overused the option to print gaff...
2020-11-10 01:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Only 53 days until Christmas. Reason enough to show you what you receive as Black Roses VIP Patreon from Santa.
I wrote everything on a separate page. Just in case if you don't wanna know before Christmas.
https://blackroses.cards/pages/black-roses-vip-patreon-christmas-packa...
2020-11-01 19:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, you can pre-order the deck now - have fun:
https://blackroses.cards/pages/blue-remedies
This is a pre-order for you, the Malliance and friends.
I'll do my best so that Murphy's Magic send out your decks this week. Like that you should get them before anyone else.
... 2020-10-27 17:30:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Beauties, I can already hear those people who will say how lazy it is to release the same deck again just in another color. And like I have already said in my last post, I’m really tired of defending my work. Even if I would explain it, people will still say what they want since they don't read things. However, at least you should know what's new and what got updated since a lot things aren't...
2020-10-26 15:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post