We got the tarot card sample last week, and I was so excited to make an unboxing video for y'all and get these puppies manufacturing....
Aaaaaaaaand they were me...
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Atomic Pixies
2 months ago
Update-Nothing exciting really, but hello!
Hello!
I just wanted to check in with you all and let you know, depite it being Halloween, we absolutely haven 't ghosted you!
:^D
...all right, to business.
Tarot Deck ...
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Atomic Pixies
3 months ago
Edits done!
Quickly, a shipping update!
All pins are backed! We're waiting for our pin partner to be ready to send those off.
As discussed before, when we pulled up the art it didn't ...
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Atomic Pixies
5 months ago
Pics and more!
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, I had an update I didn't realize hadn't posted when I was coming to apologize for THIS one being late and....opps. Thankfully that's always the most b...
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Atomic Pixies
8 months ago
AND we're done!
Sorry for the late update, both Sarah and I thought the other had posted it!
We are done, and we funded ALL four pins AND the Tarot deck. While we didn't quite make it to the b...
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Atomic Pixies
8 months ago
3 DAY LEFT! Let's GOOOOOO
Hello all!
We have 3 days left, and we are steadily inching up towards that physical booklet! Wanna see what that booklet has? You can download it here right now!
Word of mouth...
We got the tarot card sample last week, and I was so excited to make an unboxing video for y'all and get these puppies manufacturing....
Aaaaaaaaand they were messed up.
We tried to do metallic foil AND gold edge, and apparently the two together cause a drying issue with the ink, cause streaks and thumbprints all over it.
We are talking to the manufacturer now, and will likely drop the gold edges, as nice as they look, because the metallic looks amazing without that issue.
Attaching the images so you can see what they will be....but also why these ones ain't it:
I just wanted to check in with you all and let you know, depite it being Halloween, we absolutely haven 't ghosted you!
:^D
...all right, to business.
Tarot Deck is in production. Everything is going fine, but production is always a slow process.
And unfortunately, as most of you effected probably know, our co-creator had a mistake from her manu for the pins and is resolving that. However, because we are shipping together, this hold us up as well.
Since this has already been a long wait, we are going to sort through orders and find the few that aren't effected by the above, but that's like...5 of you.
Thank you guys again for you exquisite patience with this.
All pins are backed! We're waiting for our pin partner to be ready to send those off.
As discussed before, when we pulled up the art it didn't match our manufacturers guidelines, so we had to reformat each card. And in the process we realized the art quality could be better. So we started cleaning up each card. That is done, and we will be ordering the deck ASAP, however this is our first time ordering a large order of paper products from a manufacturer, so while that shouldn't take LONG i don't have an estimate.
And with the deck fully touched up, I wanted to share the process!
If you have any artistic projects you work on (Or anything I imagine that takes a lot of detail and learning) you know the danger of "re-doing" a project. It's a good way to get caught forever looping, recreating the same thing over and over every time you get "better" and often losing something special in overworking it. So we set ourselves some limits.
-Most changes were for clarity, whether in the art, the content, or the message of the card. For example, in the three of tides, the color choices make the forms unclear. The back was changed because we wanted a back that didn't reveal whether a card was upside down or not before it was turned over. Things like that.
-No re-dos. Besides one card that was TOO unclear and had gotten multiple comments of confusion, every card is the same drawing. Just edited.
-Not messing with too many layers. There wasn't a hard limit on how many layers we could play with, especially because art was saved in different ways. But if I started getting into building it up from scratch again, I stepped back and reassessed what I didn't feel like was working, and what was best to change.
-What didn't print right. Computer to print is different, and a lot of subtle shifts in color and shading were made so art prints as accurately and enjoyably as possible.
Here's some examples, including those mentioned above!
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, I had an update I didn't realize hadn't posted when I was coming to apologize for THIS one being late and....opps. Thankfully that's always the most boring update, after the end of the campaign but before anything is made so....you didn't miss a lot.
AND THIS ONE HAS PICTURES NOW :D
Pins are here! They are gorgeous, these pics don't even remotely capture them. The Ombres are beautiful, and I didn't realize they're all just a LITTLE different because of how it blends, which is so cool! Everyone's in unique!
The decks are going to be a little while longer, and sadly to the folks who have both, we're going to need to hold your packages till they're done. They're going fine, they're just a bit more of a project than we estimated. Unfortunately, a lot of the original files are no longer suitable for the new printer, so we have to go through them individually and resize and adjust things. It's not a BIG deal, but with 72 cards it's time consuming.
And I broke my arm in the middle of our busy season, so art has been.....a bit of a struggle. So it's moving! Just a little slower than we'd like.
After we get back from vending at San Diego Pride next weekend, we will be working out a packing date with our partner and getting these beauties to you!
