For the big convention last year, my dear Spouse wanted to have a souvenir to give to other players who attended a meeting he was hosting in character. The game uses Rock Paper Scissors to determine outcomes and RPS is a psychological game that some people are really bad at. The solution is Rock Paper Scissors cards. This makes the outcome really randomized.
Of course, if my Spouse wants something made, he usually comes to me with it. So I buy a laminator and I come up with a back for the cards but finding graphics for Rock Paper Scissors and Bomb is just really not happening for me. How does the solution find me? In My DREAMS!!!! Yes, I dreamt that I paid someone to draw me simple graphics of the hands making those signs. This artist is someone I work with and the next day I said, "Hey David, I had a dream about you last night! Will you draw 4 simple line drawings for me for a small but significant amount of money?" He was all about it and by the end of the day I had 4 8 1/2" x 11" drawings of hands.
I scanned those puppies and threw them on the backs of the cards. I used a copy machine to do double sided copies and a paper cutter to make them the size I wanted. Since then I've moved to using the business card template and business card stock to save time. This does NOT save money. But time is money so maybe it does...
Lamination 101. There are basically 2 kinds of lamination. There is the adhesive kind that is two pieces of plastic with goo in between. You put your stuff in between the plastic and press it closed. The second kind is better and more expensive. This is heat lamination. You have a hot machine with rollers that you put a plastic pouch with your stuff inside it into. The rollers run it through and it melts the plastic together. This stuff doesn't come apart! The laminator is fairly cheap - I got mine for $35. The laminate - the plastic - is where they get you - kind of like ink jet cartridges... A box of 100 business card sized laminate pouches is $20. Putting your stuff through the laminator is super easy - just make sure its straight and you put the closed part of the pouch through first so you don't get bubbles.
If you need to make RPS cards, drop me a line on etsy and we'll talk. If you want me to make them for you - same thing - drop me a line.
This was an expensive endeavor, but I now have the ability to create RPS cards or other laminated stuff at will. The end result was very good and people liked the product.
Of course, if my Spouse wants something made, he usually comes to me with it. So I buy a laminator and I come up with a back for the cards but finding graphics for Rock Paper Scissors and Bomb is just really not happening for me. How does the solution find me? In My DREAMS!!!! Yes, I dreamt that I paid someone to draw me simple graphics of the hands making those signs. This artist is someone I work with and the next day I said, "Hey David, I had a dream about you last night! Will you draw 4 simple line drawings for me for a small but significant amount of money?" He was all about it and by the end of the day I had 4 8 1/2" x 11" drawings of hands.
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Lamination 101. There are basically 2 kinds of lamination. There is the adhesive kind that is two pieces of plastic with goo in between. You put your stuff in between the plastic and press it closed. The second kind is better and more expensive. This is heat lamination. You have a hot machine with rollers that you put a plastic pouch with your stuff inside it into. The rollers run it through and it melts the plastic together. This stuff doesn't come apart! The laminator is fairly cheap - I got mine for $35. The laminate - the plastic - is where they get you - kind of like ink jet cartridges... A box of 100 business card sized laminate pouches is $20. Putting your stuff through the laminator is super easy - just make sure its straight and you put the closed part of the pouch through first so you don't get bubbles.
If you need to make RPS cards, drop me a line on etsy and we'll talk. If you want me to make them for you - same thing - drop me a line.
This was an expensive endeavor, but I now have the ability to create RPS cards or other laminated stuff at will. The end result was very good and people liked the product.
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