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<\/p>\nJack Redd is a busy guy, and\u00a0that’s\u00a0an\u00a0understatement. As most\u00a0sketch\u00a0card collectors and readers of this site will know he’s a very talented illustrator. He has worked on some high\u00a0profile\u00a0sets, and recently created a new card sized digest\u00a0magazine\u00a0called sketch life, which is very very good, oh and he’s started publishing his own card set. \u00a0I have seen a lot of card products but this one really is something\u00a0different\u00a0and innovative. Jack has created a set of cards around the\u00a0zodiac, two basic cards for each star sign and two harder to find chase cards for each month as well. Add into that sketch cards and your looking at a very interesting set.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0release\u00a0is staggered over the 12 months, and the packs are limited to just 1000 every month. Each pack will\u00a0contain\u00a0 both basic cards making this an easy and affordable\u00a0basic set (they are \u00a31.50 ($2.40) per pack) but you also have the chance to obtain the chase cards (two per month) at a ratio of 1:5 packs and the sketches fall at 1:10 packs<\/p>\n
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Every month Jack\u00a0illustrates\u00a0one of the basic cards and has a guest artist\u00a0illustrate\u00a0another, \u00a0keeping the subject fresh and the set full of\u00a0different\u00a0styles.\u00a0![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cult-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/DZcards.jpg\" "\\"DZcards\\"")
The first packs were Aries (pictured above) and they sold out very very quickly, which is only to be expected when you see the cards themselves. They are very high quality with a double gloss coating that really\u00a0accentuates\u00a0the detailed\u00a0art. The image on the left shows both the basic cards and one of the chase (white background) \u00a0cards from the now sold out Aries instalment.\u00a0We are going to be giving away some sets of basic cards to a few lucky winners.<\/p>\n
If you want to win a set of Dark Zodiac Aries basic cards you have to do a little work, you can send your twitter followers to this page by re-tweeting the\u00a0article, Like and repost it on facebook, or if you\u00a0don’t\u00a0do that\u00a0social\u00a0media stuff simply post in the comments. All\u00a0winners\u00a0will receive\u00a0the two card basic set AND some extra bonuses from around the Cult-Stuff offices. The competition\u00a0will close whenever we get around to closing it, so act fast! Winners will be chosen at random and we will\u00a0attempt\u00a0to chose at least one from the comments, facebook and twitter. Feel free to enter in as many ways as you wish.<\/p>\n
Don’t forget to check out the\u00a0official\u00a0ReddLife<\/a> site for updates on both the SketchLife \u00a0magazine\u00a0and the Dark Zodiac sets.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jack Redd is a busy guy, and\u00a0that’s\u00a0an\u00a0understatement. As most\u00a0sketch\u00a0card collectors and readers of this site will know he’s a very talented illustrator. He has worked on some high\u00a0profile\u00a0sets, and recently created a new card sized digest\u00a0magazine\u00a0called sketch life, which is … Continue reading