In my process I tried a bunch of different versions of my initials. I liked the more organic looking ones so thats what I went with. I used the pen tool in Illustrator to create one side of my initials. I then copied that side and reflected it to make the other side. I scaled that side down a little bit then added both sides to form one shape. I tried to make it look like a spade and I think I did an alright job at that. Since it looked like a spade I figured I'd use a deck of cards as my object. I basically used a bunch of shapes stacked on top of each other. I used the pen tool to draw some things as well.