Playing cards dedicated to horror movies – notations #1:
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Dawn of the Dead
- Friday the 13th
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Seed of Chucky
- Saw
Monthly Archives: July 2013
D&D: Fantastique Playing Cards by Sveta Dorosheva
We have already devoted several articles to some decks produced by the Dan & Dave Playing Card Company (D&D). As it was said in the article about Fulton’s Clip Joint Playing Cards, the company generally produces playing cards; accessories for magic and card manipulations; books and videos dedicated to those fields of activity. Sometimes they take part in some big projects (“OUR MAGIC“).
This time we are going to say several words about (and to show several pictures of) another deck produced by D&D in 2011 – Fantastique Playing Cards. It is inspired by the apparatus of magic‘s golden age and the automatons of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.
This deck was designed by the Ukrainian artist Sveta Dorosheva (currently based in Israel). She is a freelance illustrator working in the areas of narrative illustration and art for books.
Playing cards were printed by USPCC on casino cardboard (Magic Finish) and have poker size. The deck includes: 52 playing cards + 2 Jokers + 2 blank cards. The Ace of Spades, Jokers and backs are custom with unique illustrations. All other playing cards in this deck are standard (recoloured) Bicycle playing cards.
The tuck case is clickable
DeviantART: King of Stars by Kyle Smith
This card was designed by the American artist Kyle Smith (Torkirby) as an assignment (a self portrait portrayed as a playing card) for his advanced drawing class.
[Torkirby’s gallery on DeviantART]
© Kyle Smith (Torkirby)
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See other playing card projects on DeviantART (Category: “DeviantART”).
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DeviantART: The Five of Diamonds by Tara Williamson
The Five of Diamonds designed by the Canadian artist, Tara Williamson (merlot). This is an interesting semi-transformation playing card.
© Tara Williamson (merlot)
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Bēhance: Gender Playing Cards by Ignat Plot
These Gender playing cards were designed by the Lithuanian artist Ignat Plot.
On each card you can see a standard gender situation. On small cards (6,7) there are the worths situations (man on sofa, women washing the floor). On middle cards (8,9,10) there are situations that look standard for the society (cooking woman, working man). And on high cards you can see best gender situations (working woman, cooking man). And aces are brilliant – man and women do everything together – gender paradise. This system of cards was created to make a feeling during the game what is good gender situations and what is bad, because in each game you try first throw away small cards and left high cards, and that means that you will throw away bad situations and left better. ~ Ignat Plot
In general this is an interesting concept for playing cards and artworks are also interesting. “…working woman, cooking man…” – the best gender situation? really? I suspect he wanted to say about men supporting women in their striving for some self-realization not only as housewives.
© 2011 Ignat Plot
PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 
