Exquisite corpse
I have wanted to do a set of exquisite corpse cards since
doing the project at the beginning of the academic year. This is a step towards another project I
would really love to do, a full set of playing cards. I found this image of uncut playing cards ages ago, and like the potential they have - all those games you could play when they are cut out, although these look more like tarot cards, cups, swords, coins and wands?
I think Exquisite Corpse is a good way to show off
characterization, and also that I can illustrate to set sizes and dimensions. The characters had to hit certain places at the neck and waist, and it was fun drawing those out.
I need to another two characters to really make this set complete, as
there aren’t enough girls to boys ratio.
There needs to be another dress in there and a strange tummy - Queen and Caterpillar, or Griffin. I did sketch out a Queen originally, but she looked too squashed and there was too much red, so she was rejected before I even got to the scanning stage!
Because they easily reproduced, the time is in the designing
and cutting. The cost is in the card and
printing, which is about £2.00 a set. I
printed a set of business cards along with the Corpse cards, so it would be a
cost effective exercise to get a set of cards and envelope on the same A3 piece
of card. A simple band round the cards would bring down the cost, but I do like
that envelope, it has a solidity about it.
I can imagine doing cards with politicians/current affairs,
or maps and machines as a good way showcase some editorial work. I like this product, it feels very me! It’s a product you can play with, so it might
not end up in the bin immediately, and there are lots of opportunities to get
your contact details on the back of the
cards.
As a promotional thing, just like the Itialian cards, you could sell them uncut, printed onto card back and front. This sort of goes with the idea of cut-out dolls, where the buyer has the opportunity to either play with the image or leave it as a piece of artwork.
The thing I am disappointed in is that the backs of my card look much darker printed, than they did on the screen. It obscures my contact details, so I will change that. I also had some trouble getting the back and front lining up. I had deliberatly made the backs into quite organic squares, with the suites not entirely central, to make them look hand painted and not machine made. They need more of a margin to really work, and lighter colours in the centre.
As a promotional thing, just like the Itialian cards, you could sell them uncut, printed onto card back and front. This sort of goes with the idea of cut-out dolls, where the buyer has the opportunity to either play with the image or leave it as a piece of artwork.
The thing I am disappointed in is that the backs of my card look much darker printed, than they did on the screen. It obscures my contact details, so I will change that. I also had some trouble getting the back and front lining up. I had deliberatly made the backs into quite organic squares, with the suites not entirely central, to make them look hand painted and not machine made. They need more of a margin to really work, and lighter colours in the centre.
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