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Whether it means taking the easy way out of doing dishes, or how to be a loving husband; these 50 cards have it all.
A guide to help men survive in marriage. Whether it means taking the easy way out of doing dishes, or how to be a loving husband; these 50 cards have it all. Of course there are many other ways to have a good marriage, but this particular guide attempts a somewhat irreverent and humorous approach to surviving marriage.
The inspiration for this project, believe it or not, came from my wife. I needed to come up with an idea for 50 Cards that would be both entertaining and usable. She recommended a survival guide for men. I started thinking what if this card set was given as a kind of wedding present?
It was decided. I wanted this to be a kind of field guide for newly married men. It would help them with situations that they encountered and how to hilariously deal with them.
In coming up with the aesthetic, I looked at quite a few field guides for birds, snakes, and even surviving a zombie apocalypse – had to cover all my bases.
Drawing inspiration from the animation style of this guide of 28 things to do with baby, in combination with the aged looking post-apocalyptic survival guide of Fallout®. I was well on my way to some pretty fantastic ideas.
The inspiration for this project, believe it or not, came from my wife. I needed to come up with an idea for 50 Cards that would be both entertaining and usable. She recommended a survival guide for men.
There was a certain style that I landed on upon completion of my visual research.
In essence, I wanted it to look retro-modern. In simpler terms, I wanted the colors to look old, retro, cold war era manual style. then the illustrations would be modern-looking. I also incorporated a system where the main character has a mustache.
As the consumer takes the cards out of the box they will find a list of all 50 of the cards. This is meant for easy navigation of the set.
