Printing and making a deck
Posted: 07 Oct 2017, 16:06
Hello
I wanted to share with you the process I go through when I print my decks (every deck I've owned I have made from scratch)
So, first step, finding all the images from the same deck in good quality: this is probably the longest and most painstaking part of the process, because many sites only show 3-4 cards of the deck, except for decks like RWS or Marseilles, in public domain... From trademarked decks I generally buy the original and simply reproduce it for myself the way I'd like it, keeping the originals as back-up...
In this example, a RWS deck I'm making for my sister, whom just asked me to teach her cartomancy. I think this deck is perfect for a beginner because many of the older decks (like the Marseilles) don't have illustrated Minor Arcana...
Step two: after finding all the right images, I assemble the sheets in Corel...
...and then print them in high quality, thick photographic paper, this gives the cards a glossy finnish I really like, without making them slippery
I'll post the rest of the process later, as I just realized I ran out of X-acto blades...
I wanted to share with you the process I go through when I print my decks (every deck I've owned I have made from scratch)
So, first step, finding all the images from the same deck in good quality: this is probably the longest and most painstaking part of the process, because many sites only show 3-4 cards of the deck, except for decks like RWS or Marseilles, in public domain... From trademarked decks I generally buy the original and simply reproduce it for myself the way I'd like it, keeping the originals as back-up...
In this example, a RWS deck I'm making for my sister, whom just asked me to teach her cartomancy. I think this deck is perfect for a beginner because many of the older decks (like the Marseilles) don't have illustrated Minor Arcana...
Step two: after finding all the right images, I assemble the sheets in Corel...
...and then print them in high quality, thick photographic paper, this gives the cards a glossy finnish I really like, without making them slippery
I'll post the rest of the process later, as I just realized I ran out of X-acto blades...