Choose the Custom Card Sleeve!
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Posted on Oct. 5, 2014, 8:38 p.m. by Femme_Fatale
I'm really thinking of ordering myself some custom card sleeves from Inked Play Mats and was wondering if anyone has any experience with these sleeves or purchased from the company before. I don't want to dump in $40 just to have the sleeves come out as bogus.
In that regard, custom sleeves must have a border around the sleeve image in order to be tournament legal, because of the ability to mark the ones that don't have them. After filtering around with photoshop and the border template, I started changing the border style of these images to see which ones are best, and now I can't decide. So I want the community to help me decide! Choose which version of each image set would look best on the back of a custom sleeve.
Image set 1) Image A has a blue underlying border while image B just has a black one.
Image set 2) Image A has a red underlying border while image B just has a black one.
Image set 3) Image A has a purple underlying border while image B just has a black one.
Image set 4) Image A has only a coloured border, image B has a roan underlying border while image C has just a black one.
Image set 5) Image A has only a coloured border, image B has a roan underlying border while image C has just a black one.
Of course, I'll be asking the owners of the images of if I can use them for personal use.
I am also looking at the custom playmates from the same company, but I can't seem to find an image around the resolution of 3675 x 2175 @ 150 PPI/image proportions of 24.5" x 14.5". Basically, I want an elegant and feminine image to use.
Thanks for the help in advance~
Epochalyptik says... #3
Image set 1:
B. The black border flows so much more naturally into and out of the image.
Image set 2:
B. This one is a closer call for me than it was in IS1, but I think B looks a little better.
Image set 3:
B. The black border looks a little cleaner. The purple border on A is a little hazy and kind of messes with the way my eye traces the image.
Image set 4:
B or C. The borders both seem natural and clean, so it's a matter of preference.
Image set 5:
B or C. The borders both seem natural and clean, so it's a matter of preference.
October 5, 2014 9:02 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #5
I was planning on writing an in-depth explanation of how I feel, but then I realized that I feel the exact same way as Epoch in all the cases lol
So basically,
DITTO
October 5, 2014 10:03 p.m.
I haven't purchased any of the sleeves from the company, but I've gotten 2 different playmats made and they came out absolutely fantastic, and fast as well. So I would recommend the site for sure
October 6, 2014 12:23 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #7
I've got a new alteration to the last three sets here, MagicalHacker, Epochalyptik and quesobueno123.
Basically, all I did was take the solid colour and gave it a black underlay.
October 6, 2014 12:44 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #9
Heard that vampirelazarus bought inked playmat products.
October 9, 2014 10:17 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #10
Literally just one playmat :P
And the experience was great. They shipped it in a very sturdy "cardboard" (quotes because its so sturdy, Im not sure its cardboard) tube. I think it took like two weeks to arrive, I can't remember....
Top quality, very good bang for my buck.
quesobueno123 says... #2
For me I like option a on all of them, the underlying borders look awesome!
October 5, 2014 8:41 p.m.