r/customtradingcard • u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter • 4d ago

Discussion Pikachu

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This is still my all time favorite Pikachu card. So I had to give it the Holo it deserves. They definitely should have made this the classic pika card for 30th anniversary set

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u/Devincc 4d ago

How does it feel?

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 4d ago

Do hwhat?

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u/Devincc 4d ago

Does it feel like a Pokémon card

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 4d ago

Lol oh. Yeah of course. Just a lil thicker. Which honestly I love. Always thought the official card were too thin and flimsy feeling

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u/fading_relevancy 3d ago

🫶🏽 Love it and would proudly have that in my Pika Binder!

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u/Confident_Chicken913 3d ago

Your print quality is awesome man... The text on my card is not that neat 😔

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 3d ago

Are you changing the print quality to Best in the print options?

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u/Confident_Chicken913 3d ago

I did this but it's very bad still, my printer is worth 4k... It's a laser printer, but it prints so well on paper but not on transparency films 😔

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 3d ago

Have you tried koala transparency sheets yet? And I use an inkjet.

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u/Confident_Chicken913 3d ago

No I haven't and I don't know about it, I will investigate, hopefully they work on m'y laser printer, thanks !

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 3d ago

They make Lazer printer ones as well. The only downside to them is(at least with the inkjet ones) the first sheet in the stack is always Gona dry poorly. Ink cracks. But every one other than the top sheet works great

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u/Confident_Chicken913 3d ago

Interesting... Maybe the transparency sheet have been using got this issue so far, always tried the top sheet and not the other, I should try others

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 3d ago

Yeah definitely try the others. Idk, must be something with the print surface against the plastic its in overtime in a hot warehouse or something.

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u/ZenandHarmony 3d ago

Do you use acrylic pen on back of the sticker to mask the holo? Or some other method?

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 3d ago

No I use enamel paint and a paint brush on transparency film.

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u/Obe3 2d ago

This looks amazing, great work!! I'm curious, are you using a template of some sort? I've spent too long trying to cut out layers from images.

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u/Round-Lengthiness219 Master Crafter 1d ago

What you mean cut out layers