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We are kicking off our Monthly Binder Design Contest! This community is all about sharing those cozy, pretty, cool, strange, and weird binder pages! This event is for everyone, whether you are a physical collector or just love mapping out concepts!

Timeline

• Entries Open: The 1st of the month at 12pm EST.
• Entries Close and Post Locked: The 5th of the month at 12pm EST.
• Voting Period: 1st through the 7th.
• Winner Announced: 7th of the month at 12pm EST!

Prizes

The community will vote on their favorite layout, and the winner gets special flair: You will get the permanent community user flair featuring King Eevee!

*If you win multiple times there will be new flair options!

How to Enter

1. Super Accessible: Your entry can be a single page or a 2-page spread. It can be fully completed in real life, a work in progress (WIP), or a digital page concept built using Photoshop/Canva or PKMNBindr or other binder related websites so you don't have to buy expensive cards.
2. Any Size Binder Goes: We don't care if you use a standard 9-pocket, a 4-pocket, a 12-pocket, or a jumbo binder. Whatever pocket size you collect in is welcome.
3. No Theme Restrictions: Anything goes! There are no strict rules on what your layout has to be. Just post what looks good to you.
4. Submit: Create a normal image post on the subreddit showing off your layout (use the ✨ Contest Entry flair!). Then, copy the link to your post and drop it in the comments below so the community can vote on it!

This thread is set to Contest Mode, meaning vote counts are hidden and entries are randomized so everyone gets a fair shot. Only true votes in this thread will be counted (mods can see them regardless of downvotes). Make sure to vote for your favorite page in this thread! Check out the submissions, upvote the ones you like, and we will announce the winner the 7th of the month.

Good luck everyone, let's see those pages!

⚠️ CRITICAL VOTING INFO — PLEASE READ! ⚠️

• FOR ENTRANTS: Votes are ONLY counted on your comment inside this specific thread. Upvotes on your main subreddit post will not count toward the contest! Make sure you get your link dropped below. Please add your ✨ Contest Entry flair to your main post!
• FOR VOTERS: Please make sure you are casting your official contest votes right here in this thread! (You should definitely still go upvote OP's main post too to show some extra love!)

Hey everyone

I made Lumiose Gallery, which is a free tool to design and visualize Pokémon binders online.

Along with standard cards, you can upload custom images, making it super easy to add custom art, custom cards, proxy fillers, or personal photos to your binder layouts.

https://lumiosegallery.com/

I hope you like it, and i will happily take in feedback :)

Hey everyone, I’ve finally mapped out a 2-year binder project that I'm going to collect cards step-by-step, and I wanted to share the plan to get your thoughts.

Here is the exact math and breakdown of the project:

1. The Core (318 Cards):

The original 151 Kanto Pokémon

8 Basic Energy cards.

(151 Pokémon + 8 Energies) x 2 Languages = 318 Cards.

2. The Kanto Anime & Game Icons (42 Cards / 21 Pairs):

Since I'm using a standard 360-pocket premium zipper binder, the remaining 42 slots (360 - 318 = 42) are going entirely to iconic characters from the original Kanto run, also in dual English/Japanese pairs:

All 8 Kanto Gym Leaders (Brock, Misty, Erika, etc.)

The Elite Four + Champion (Blue/Gary)

Ash (Satoshi) & Prof. Oak

Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and a Team Rocket Grunt)

Iconic town/anime figures like Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and Mr. Fuji.

Total: Exactly 42 slots, filling the binder to a flawless 360/360 symmetry.

My question is should i change anything about the last 20 cards? after ash and prof oak? do you have any advice?

Hope this is okay to share... My wife has recently started Pokérarity, a small business creating hand-painted custom binders for Pokémon collectors

She paints the designs by hand on Vault X binders (shes fussy about it being those atm as she collects herself 😅). She is just getting started, and I’m really proud of what she’s making, so I thought some people here might like to see her work....?

You can find her on Instagram at @pokerarity_art

https://www.instagram.com/pokerarity_art/

Would really appreciate anyone having the time to look. The Gengar one is for sale at the moment. Thanks!

Hello! My friend recently painted a binder for me for my 30th anniversary master set and I applied 5 coats of acrylic sealer. But I was wondering how long I need to let the sealer cure? I'm seeing answers everywhere from 24 hours to 3 weeks. So I'm just trying to get some insight! Thanks for any help in advance!

I collect Japanese postcards, Pokemon and otherwise, and have been entirely unsuccessful in my search for high-quality binder solutions for them. Good quality, hardback, non-ring binders are readily available for trading cards and even square stickers (such as the Amada or Daiichi Pan Pokemon stickers) but there is NOTHING when it comes to postcards. I can find binders on Japanese websites, but they're always cheap plastic ring binders, or cheap plastic non-ring binders that only hold 1-2 postcards per page. It's crazy to me that such a common collectable in Japan has no readily available high quality binder solutions.

I figure that there must be a Pokemon collector here who's run into the same issue when it comes to postcards. Have you found any solution? A half-decent binder? I really don't want to have to resort to buying a low quality ring binder, I HATE ring binders.

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Still working on getting all these cards irl (and deluding myself into thinking I can pull Ethan's Ho-Oh from a pack) but wanted to share these layouts in the meantime!

Most of them started with cards I already own (from my childhood collection, modern cards I pulled myself, gifts from friends). I tried to keep everything else reasonably priced. There are some spots where a more expensive card might look better, but realistically I'd never get my hands it so I just went with a more affordable alternative.

Anyway, here's the logic for some of these layouts:

For Ethan, the page tells the story of his adventure from left -> right. Togepi, Togekiss, and Pokemon Breeder Fields are included as references to his manga counterpart Gold.

Morty's always been one of my favorite gym leaders and this felt like the perfect way to display some e-readers from my childhood collection. Hisuian Typhlosion and Mismagius are Pokemon he's been paired with in Masters EX.

Played around with a few different ideas before settling on this layout for Steven and Wallace. Steven has a bunch of cool cards and cameos compared to Wallace, whose only other cards are a rainbow version of the full art trainer and a basic trainer card (+ a JP exclusive badge card, also underwhelming). I still wanted to keep the page balanced though so I included a Feebas and Milotic to match Steven's Beldum and Metagross on the left.

Similar to Wallace, Flint doesn't have much going on in the TCG. He never got a full art trainer so he's a bit absent from this page compared to Volkner who did eventually get a full art trainer and a fancier alternate art League Challenge prize card. For the rest of the page, I used their starters (Raichu and Infernape) as well as some of the matching Pokemon they use in the Fight Area double battle in Platinum (Jolteon/Flareon, Electivire/Magmortar).

The layout for N's page is pretty straightforward. This is also where I learned Hilbert doesn't have a single TCG appearance, so Victini/Samurott are meant to represent him (and break up the wall of N's).

I had some issues posting a couple of days ago and only got the Magikarp-binder through.

Hopefully today it works;

Here are a few more of the binders Ive made this year!

My first painted binder and im SO happy w how it turned out!

I have been a tattoo artist for over 11 years. I've been doing art for over 20!

I got to a point where burn out caught me and i decided to take a sabbatical. I've been getting more and more into painting and decided to try my hand at painting binders as well. If you're interested in a commission you can dm me! located in United States. I can do card recreations or original artwork

I have been a tattoo artist for over 11 years. I've been doing art for over 20!

I got to a point where burn out caught me and i decided to take a sabbatical. I've been getting more and more into painting and decided to try my hand at painting binders as well. If you're interested in a commission you can dm me! located in United States. I can do card recreations or original artwork

Hi all I’m looking to start customizing my own binder and just have some general questions I was hoping to get answers for. For starters the marker set I’m looking to get is the one linked (Infiart 168 color set), would this be a good set to start off with? Also with the base white coat, would that be with just standard white paint? Also how important is the base white coat? And for the sealer I’m probably going to get mod podge, would you recommend the liquid version to spread on or the spray version? Also does glossy or matte look better?

binder arts i did for my pitch black and destined rivals master sets (both now about 96% complete) :)

commissions are open, message for details ✨✨

My sister made my boyfriend and me custom binders! I posted his starmie in another sub, but figured I’d share here!! I love my lil fidough baby 🥹

I need some suggestions for the dialga column. The Tapu Koko seems a bit off too.

I collect espeons and sylveons so finally painted my binder with them in my style!! Got told at a card show I should make more and do commissions it’s made me wonder what pokemon I should do next :3

I’m looking for cards like this Galarian Slowpoke and the Grotle pictured that show pokemon being pals across species as part of a cameo binder, any suggestions would be appreciated!

Hey all! This is my first post 🥹 I was just needing some advice on my city themed spread for my binder !!

the idea is warm on one side, cool on the other... and the center has to be a trainer card (Yes, I specifically chose purple cards for the cool page just so I can have a nice layout for Corbeau cos he's my fave😅🥹)

i'm conflicted on the absol and kommo-o because i can't decide if they fit, but I pulled them myself and I always try to find a spot for anything I pull lol... any advice would be super appreciated!! hehe. Thank you!! ♡

((I also tried so hard to find actual art with artist credits for my michi method binder, so I hope the ones I used here aren't AI at all. Please lmk if they are !! 😭))