Hey folks,
I build websites but I'm ready to make the leap into designing a card game for a client. Can anyone guide me? I'm very fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator. New to InDesign.
Here are some of my questions:
1. Does anyone know where I can obtain some templates for some game boxes that I might slip my designs into? I need a box 1" high that can hold 4 decks of cards and an egg timer. I'm also looking for suggestions as to what the "innerds" would look like to hold these components in place. Must I resort to rubberbanding the decks if we're trying to keep costs down? If so, how do I display them nicely?
2. Is it best to work in InDesign over PS or Illustrator?
3. Does anyone have resources they can send me of things I should know as a beginning game box designer? (I'm interested in the nuts and bolts of delivering an appropriate file to the printer with clear die markings, exact measurments for folds, etc. Working on 3D packaging is all new to me.)
4. Would anyone out there be willing to send me a printer-ready game box file that I might look at to learn from?
Thanks so much for any help you can offer to any of the above questions.
Yours appreciatively,
Howard 8O
"2. Is it best to work in InDesign over PS or Illustrator?"
Well, they're three completely different programs - though there is some crossover, chances are that Illustrator and Photoshop will do what you need for the box, and that InDesign is most suited for laying out the instructions if they're multi-paged.
Without knowing the visual style you have in mind it's impossible to know whether Illustrator of Photoshop is more appropriate.
Cheers
Andrew