Disney Lorcana TCG

Assignments: On various sets, graphic design of packaging components, art direction for set look and feel, art direction of set logos, 3D renders of product imagery, layout and typesetting for all English cards (on all sets to date), creation of automation systems for card layout, design and art direction for special print treatments such as OPWs, hot stamping, spot UV, etc., art direction for special card illustrations, graphic design or art direction of new card frames…

AUTOMATION TOOLS & CARD LAYOUT

During development of Set 1 “The First Chapter,” I was able to spend time leveraging a plugin for InDesign called “Easy Catalog” (originally meant for book layout and catalogs) to develop a sophisticated method for automating card layout, similar to InDesign’s Data Merge function, but with more flexibility. Using GREP tools and regular expressions, I was able to put together a system that allowed me to generate 204 cards (a full set) in a few minutes, with nearly finished styling.

Then, with the help of a programmer, we created a series of Apple Scripts to help batch artwork into the various assets we would need to drop into an InDesign file. With both of these processes in place, I was able to typeset all the cards for every language by myself.

RISE OF THE FLOODBORN

Duties:
Art direction (set branding and logo, card white plates)
Graphic design (packaging - starters and boosters)
3D Renders
Card layout and typesetting (English, French, German)
Press check

When we began designing the second set, “Rise of the Floodborn,” I directed the new look and feel of the set, re-theming all the packaging and assets to fit the narrative of the new set. Set 2 was all about Floodborn characters and their origins, and I drew inspiration from the Peter Pan’s Shadow card shown here, where the shadow flies through the “ink caverns.”

I worked with the artist of that card to create a new repeating pattern based on the cave walls from the illustration, which became the basis for much of the packaging.

D100 CARD COLLECTION

Duties
Graphic design - card frames, white plates
Card layout and typesetting (English, French, German)
Press check

As part of Disney’s D100 celebrations, Lorcana was able to make a very special set of 6 cards featuring alternate art drawn by legendary Disney artists such as Erig Goldberg and Mark Henn, to be released in a gift set along with “Rise of the Floodborn.” For these cards, I designed a new card frame that allowed us to blend our own look with Disney’s D100 style guide.

I created the white plates and did all the layout for these special cards. Getting to work on art drawn by the original animators of some of these classic characters was an unforgettable experience, and a real honor to be entrusted with making their work look as good as it could.