For the illustrator-specific collectors out there, I’m genuinely curious how you organize your collection/binders. Would love to hear your explanation as well!
Also curious if I’m the only one who organizes by dex entry (I know it’s a nightmare whenever a new card comes out and I have to shift them all, but it looks so nice to me!)
I have a couple of “mini-binder” artist collections. The goal isn’t to collect every single card by every artist, rather to create a small showcase of art by different artists I like. Because it’s just to get a sense of the vibe, I’m not too particular about organizing by release date or anything.
I keep them in these mini photo albums from Amazon, each page is intended to hold 1 Polaroid but it works well with a single Pokemon card in a perfect fit sleeve. I wouldn’t store anything particularly valuable in here, but it works well for bulk
I also organize by dex entry most of the time as well as painful as it is having to shuffle things around whenever a new batch of illustrations is released haha. It’s always worth it though to see the evolution lines in order especially when the illustrations tell a story like the Ralts, Kirlia, and Gardevoir cards
OK, Seriously. By artist and then loosely by release. I put all my artists save arita in the same binders, so I try to keep sets together, but have to throw-in promos and one-offs to try to keep artists together.