Spouse Command. The true command that many servicemembers and others who serve overseas ultimately report to. This design grew out of a tongue-in-cheek reference I've used before and others have alluded to. As a result of a recent discussion, I whipped this patch/logo design up to commemorate those who are 'members' of SPOUSECOM. CINCHOUSE = … Continue reading Spouse Command
My son is a railfan, to put things mildly. I've thought for awhile about creating a custom livery for him, but hadn't gotten around to it. Well, the other day I sketched out a concept and fired up Inkscape. After a few tweaks here and there, I finally had a logo/livery he liked. Rail Livery … Continue reading Rail Livery
A while back I tinkered was tinkering with some concepts for blood type and allergy tabs often seen on military combat uniforms. One concept I has was a hexagonal modular concept, where each component was its own patch that aligned with others. Here's a conceptualization of the idea with rank, rate (navy job), blood type, … Continue reading Hex Rank Concept
Normal life has kept me busy of late. However, I did experiment with a way to honor the traditional Goita tile. But instead of just creating a copy of the shape and fitting all the elements in it (aka tile on a card), I went with a little more subtle, but still apparent approach. Subtle … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – More design adjustments
Decided to test out the prototype deck while visiting family, especially since my wife's family is big on games. After reading through the directions, we gave it a try and it turned out to be a fairly quick and fun game. The directions do make it sounds somewhat daunting, but we think some of that … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Testing and Revisions
The prototype decks arrived from MPC. Overall, not bad. I did notice some spots where I will need to revise the design though. Pawn and score tokens Information cards Poker and mini card comparison These will be distinguishable from future versions for a few reasons. First, the MPC cards a little wider than I had … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Prototypes Arrived
I just ordered 3 prototype decks for Goita (ごいた). Learned a few things in the process today as well. The printer's templates don't exactly match their online deck builder, so I had to make some adjustments on the files, including some tweaks to the score tokens. Also learned it's much cheaper to use image files … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Prototypes
Worked out of the basics of the deck. I decided to use the mini card size from PrintNinja as the basis, which is 1.65"x2.5" (still roughly half a Poker card). As of now, the deck will be 54 cards (32 tiles, 4 information cards, and 18 score tokens). The main card, or tiles, didn't change … Continue reading Goita (ごいた) – Deck Concept
The Goita (ごいた) deck is going well. Worked on a back design, with a change in card size (mini cards versus micro). Mini cards are roughly half the size of a poker card (cut across the narrow part), with the exact size varying between printers. Switching to the micro size might not be difficult, using … Continue reading More Goita (ごいた) Work
My family is a frequent backer on Kickstarter, having helped fund many playing cards decks and a few games. A recent backing (Junior Hanafuda) got me thinking about more Asian-style playing cards. We have a Hanafuda deck I picked up a Korean grocery once, and I started thinking about adapting parts of the Bagua deck … Continue reading GOITA (new card project)
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