Illustrating and Designing a Custom Deck of Playing Cards with Adobe Illustrator
A Roadmap for Your Cards
A course by Billy Baumann , Graphic designer and illustrator
About the video: A Roadmap for Your Cards
Overview
“For my project I’m doing Greek gods but what are you going to do? During this unit, you'll see how to come up with the idea and the plan to make it true. ”
In this video lesson Billy Baumann addresses the topic: A Roadmap for Your Cards, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating and Designing a Custom Deck of Playing Cards with Adobe Illustrator. Discover the creative process behind custom card design. Learn to sketch, design, and illustrate in Adobe Illustrator for a consistent style..
Partial transcription of the video
“So in the last lesson, we learned a little bit about the history of playing cards, of everything that goes into a deck of cards. In this lesson, I'm going to be showing you how I came up with my idea for my custom deck, and we're going to help you come up with your idea for your custom deck. So let's get into it. This lesson is about creating your plan. A deck of 52 cards, plus the jokers, plus the backs, plus the box. Not going to scare you here. But it's a big project and without a plan, you're going to get lost. but I'm going to help you. And this plan is really the start of the creative...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating and Designing a Custom Deck of Playing Cards with Adobe Illustrator
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
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Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Screen Printing, Vector Illustration
Billy Baumann
A course by Billy Baumann
Billy Baumann is a graphic designer, illustrator, and co-founder of the Chicago-based studio Delicious Design League. With over two decades of experience in branding, packaging, and screen-printed posters, he has built a career blending commercial design with bold, personal expression. His work draws from a deep love for vintage aesthetics, comics, and experimental typography, and has earned him recognition across music, design, and art communities.
Billy’s creative process centers on storytelling through structure and style. He guides students from raw sketches to finished vector illustrations, emphasizing design fundamentals, stylistic cohesion, and practical execution in Adobe Illustrator. Whether designing a custom deck of cards or leading client projects, he champions creative independence and encourages playful exploration rooted in strong conceptual thinking. His teaching offers practical tools and inspiration for turning ideas into polished, portfolio-ready work.
- 92 students
- 17 lessons (3h 11m)
- 16 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Spanish, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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