r/PokemonBinderDesign

Zoomed in inspiration from the Chinese Gem Vol 3 Cubone exclusive

I've been working on this binder for a little over a week, I'm honestly not super pleased how it turned out but it's okay since it's going to be my own binder for my Arceus pages 😸

Trying to build a binder page around this sort of vibe.

What I like about these cards is that the Pokémon is pretty much the focus of the artwork, sitting right in the middle, with the background framing it. The Palafin and Doublade especially have that dark, black-heavy, slightly edgy look that works really well together.

Not sure how I feel about the Tapu Bulu. I love the card itself, but the green feels a lot more dominant than black and it kind of stands out from the other two.

Any recommendations for cards that would fit this page? Looking for dark backgrounds, centred artwork, moody vibes, and artwork where the Pokémon is the main focus rather than the scenery.

Would you keep the Tapu Bulu or swap it out? Attached the page for reference. 👀

I ordered some new cards to fill up some empty spots. Will soon reorganize the binder with the Michi method!

As for all the themes…

Page 1: Espeon because she is my favorite Pokemon

Page 2: Dutch theme

Page 3: Cats!

Page 4: Berry picnic

Page 5: Japan x Winter

Page 6: Spooky scary yada yada

Page 7: Pokemon with Poképlushies (or cookies)

Page 8: Fairytale

Page 9: Illustrator Sowsow and my favorite Pokemon card Porygon2 (Yes, teddiursa is from a different artist but I thought it fitted in nicely with the other cards)

Page 10: Pastels with pretty backgrounds

Page 11: Cute bugs

Here’s my Clefairy collection ft my handmade binder! I love Clefairy sm I have a lot of cards to go haha

Just some pages in my binder. If any suggestion on improvement or card replacements on certain pages, feel free to leave them in the comments. And share some of your pages as well. 😊

I've been debating awhile what I wanted to grace the front of my vintage master binder with and yesterday I decided to go for it. Took one of my favorite arts from Ken Sugimori featured on the original Carddass Pokemon cards, File 000, and transferred it onto my binder cover! Leaving it black and white cause it reminds me of old mangas/comics as well as the load screen from the original Game Boy games. I think it looks real sharp on the white binder which took very well to the graphite and sharpie, very easy to work with!

Photos go from finished product -> the original idea

I love it and thought I'd share. Would also love to see how you house your vintage collections/pride & joys as well!

Final version (probably) of this page/theme. Really happy with it, now to track down a galarian moltres lol...

I think this is the final product lol

I was struggling a lot to figure out the top portion. I tried to keep the ruins theme while trying have some sort of cohesive display to the Mew card specifically while also not have the Unown stick out like an eyesore amongst the more muted cards. I hadn't considered the Zapdos from 151 initially but I think it evens out the top as well as it is on theme if you've ever watched the 2nd Pokémon movie 😊 I feel the Yamask could possibly be replaced in the future but we'll see

Actually super excited about completing this page irl. Just missing the Zapdos (ofc I add a card I don't have LOL ) & the Yamask!

That feeling when you find that last missing piece. Now I just gotta figure out how to get these cards 😆

Made my binder using this new TCG visual search engine by the way. Really easy to find the specific themed cards you want

https://staiz.io

Some pages have been updated since the picture was taken. This is not the entirety of my collection but other pages have more personal themes to it (pictures of my wife, my siblings, etc.) so I dont feel comfortable posting.

I want to create a binder page with cards that have a forest and sunlight vibe so far. I have the following candidates but I’m missing at least three cards. Do you have any affordable suggestions?

The theme im going for is pokemon around the house in a double page 9 pocket spread. The second picture I’ve attached is a page I’ve already completed. I need help with this page, I own a lot of the cards and they seem to have a lot of blue tones. Any suggestions for other cards or arrangement.

I am open to full quaxly line but tbh not a massive fan other than quaxly himself 😂

First time doing this and it was much fun!