Here you will find
information about the team that came together to produce this site,
its purpose, our storyboard, and a short cheeky bio about the project
participants. We hope that this is the most fun "about us"
page that you will ever visit!
Hi
All. My name is Dee. I have been collecting playing cards all my life.
I enjoy playing card games online, with friends and family, as well
as an occasional game of solitaire.
Ihave an Associate Degree in Graphic Design that I received
at the Community College of Southern Nevada. I am currently going to
school at Chaffey College. I will have an additional three certificates
this May. They include Web Page Development, Level One and Level Two,
and Internet Support Specialist.
John
Logan is co-founder of “Cards are Us” and a US based artist. John has
been designing playing cards since 1954 when his “Rancho Cucamonga Nowhere”
deck was published by the Pick Wick Artworks. Since then he has self
published several Limited Editions: “What Me Worry” and “Ghostbusters
Delight” (both including braille for the blind) and more recently co-published
“Just Joking”, a full color transformer deck and collectors edition. John likes hidden
detail and the concept of transforming pips & pictures to create
interesting cards that subliminally teach subjects like Spanish and
Math. John has a number of new projects completed and waiting in the
wings for investment money for co-publishing. Anyone interested? John wants to
set up a web site to provide a resource to other designers. He also
feels that the collective knowledge and skills of like minded artists/designers
and manufacturers will continue the fascinating history of the Playing
Card.
Rochel
! Yeah folks, you're dealing straight from the hip when you hit on the
Queen of Diamonds! Rochel is originally from the beautiful paradise-like
byways of Detroit Michigan. She has been involved in design in one form
or another since the early 70's. After a stimulating career in Architectural
and Interior Design in western Florida (during the 80's), she delved
in choreography and exotic performance art, then, upon coming to California,
took up psychology, as a means to understand the ways in which design
can affect and facilitate the perfomance of the individual in work and
lifestyle. Her current passion has led to Web Design-who knows what's
next!
With a
background like this, it's no wonder that she is fascinated with
the design of cards throughout the ages and throughout the world's
different cultures. If it takes that certain flair-Rochel's there!
She stands a statuesque 5'-8", a delightfully dimpled Libra,
and vangard of the bold & beautiful wherever it can be found,
in spirit, and intention. She is complicated in psyche, and simply
in love with life, color, form and function wherever it might prevail.
What a vibrant jewel you find when you get dealt our Queen of Diamonds,
Rochel!
With
20 years as a professional musician, Gary Roll's experience in cards
comes from playing card games during the breaks between sets. The band
always takes a short break every hour, and what better way to fill the
time, than to play cards. Always carry a deck or two in your gig bag!
Gary brings
experience to Royal Flush not only in professional music and audio,
but a photographer's eye, having been an amateur photographer for a
number of years. Web design is simply the extension of years of musical
and visual creativity.
Quite the family
man, Gary lives and plays in Southern California, with his wife, three
sons, and three Boston Terriers-quite a full house--ah, Royal Flush.
Ina-well,
she is something else. You can always find her home in her backyard,
either playing around with her 2 beloved guardian angels,
reading a book, or
studying. The name of her favorite guardian angel is Pepper. As you
might guessed, Pepper is a cat. Ina's other guardian angel is Snowy
who is just plain lazy and is all white. Ina also loves to see nature,
the birds, the trees, and the beauty of the mountain and its surrounding.
She said it just took her mind off daily problems and the problem of
the world.
Studying, and working, without being able to enjoy life is just not
complete. So try her philosophy, work hard - and have some fun, spend
some time with your family, your community and friends, and especially
have some time for yourself to relax and gives thanks.
The
purpose of this site was to bring together the most interesting facts
and trivia about cards that we could find in a delightful, easy to use,
and fun format. We made every attempt to incorporate some of the neat
features we have learned how to use in the Dreamweaver software suite.
These included Flash, Fireworks, Form Development, and Javascript. In
our attempt to create a user friendly site, we have tried to be comprehensive
on the topic, without being too dull. We are students from Chaffey College
in Rancho Cucamonga, Califormia. We are collectively studying Web Design
and Development, with the intention of becoming world class entrepreneurs
in the field. The areas that we focused on were sometimes challenging
because there was an overwhelming amount of information to sift through.
Being a very typical, (and often taken for granted), game in almost
everyone's household, it was fascinating to find out more about cards
than I or anyone else ever knew!
There
were some humps along the way, which included formatting issues, creating
the style sheets, and dealing with each other on a project of this size,
and importance to our grades. In the beginning, I think that everyone
was enthusiastic, and raring to create, but scattered energies led to
some spinning without ground. When we came into a centered consciousness
as to what the parameters were, direction solidified, the group really
began to put out the goods. John [and that is why he is the King], created
the placeholder pages, preformatted them, and then there was a web!
He was a real rock throughout this process, supporting everyone and
offering to help break through bugs. Rochel was Miss Congeniality, and
helped to keep spirits up with witty e-mail, and encouragement. Ina
kept us clean and simple by not letting us go hog wild with embellishments.
Gary and the irresistible Dee rounded out the circle with a lot of hard
work and kept a steady point and click in full effect. We tried to get
together outside of class but it was pretty impossible. That was a big
downside. If we had more time to refine the site, and consult with each
other on ideas, there might have been even more fun going on here. Nonetheless,
the site is well developed, looks clean, and is easy to navigate. We
hope that anyone visiting will also find it informative. If you have
questions or comments, you may forward them to us through the "contact
us" page.
The Storyboard
John - Worked
on the opening graphics for the logo design of the Home page and
created a Products page.
Dee- worked
on the Games page as a main focus of her work, but also created
a links page to games on the net, and a short history of cards.
Ina-
worked on the Homepage and created the Royal 5 Flush part of the
logo, and the opening content. She also created a contact page that
incorporated the form to sign-in and leave us the e-mail of any
curious folk.
Gary- was
focused on finding all the news fit to share about tournaments for
cards, including poker, bridge, and spades, and a host of other
games that are quite popular all around the world. He also designed
our cascading style sheet to add format, and continuity to the design
of the project.
Rochel- looked into
the history of card design around the world and produced a small
but fascinating
mini-web within the site. She also developed this "about us"
page.
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studying. The name of her favorite guardian angel is Pepper. As you
might guessed, Pepper is a cat. Ina's other guardian angel is Snowy
who is just plain lazy and is all white. Ina also loves to see nature,
the birds, the trees, and the beauty of the mountain and its surrounding.
She said it just took her mind off daily problems and the problem of
the world. 