This attractive Queen of Diamonds was created by a Romanian artist, Roxana Gănescu. Queen’s green dress really suits her green eyes. And the Queen of Hearts can obviously be envious of her hair and coiffure.
But don’t be careless. As Jeeves* said, “Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous”.
© Roxana Gănescu 2014
The Queen of Diamonds
These playing card artworks were created by a British artist, Carmen Wong. They are devoted to the 40th Anniversary of a famous English rock band, Pink Floyd. Formed in London, the group was generally recognized in different places of the world due to its progressive and psychedelic music. They became one of the most musically influential groups in the history of popular music.
Four students, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright, founded the band in 1965. They released their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967. Later that year, David Gilmour became the fifth member of the band. Like many other bands Pink Floyd didn’t have constant numerical composition. But all members were kings :).
The band was inducted into the US Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
© Carmen Wong 2014
The King of Spades
These playing cards are artworks created by a British artist, Scott Howard. They all are based on monsters from the Monster Hunter games.
Monster Hunter is a fantasy-themed action role-playing video game developed and initially published by Capcom for PlayStation 2 (a home video game console that was manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment). North America got this game in 2004. The game demands from its player to be a hunter who must accomplish various quests by hunting out specific kinds of monsters to kill or capture. Completed quests help the player to achieve his glory in the fantasy world. The successful first part gave birth to the respective franchise. The game is very popular in Japan. All games from the series had a strong on-line component. But in 2007, Monster Hunter’s on-line servers outside Japan were closed down.
The Kings and the Queens in these artworks are quite similar. But the King of Diamonds is too similar to the Queen of Diamonds… or vice versa.
© Scott Howard 2014
Monster Hunter Playing Cards: Spades
Several playing card artworks created by an American artist, Rujun Christine Liu. These are for her concepts class. Artworks are inspired by fashion of the mid-20th century and classic cocktails.
© Rujun Christine Liu 2013
The King of Spades
Sarah Stephens is a Canadian artist. She had to design three sets of playing cards as part of a school project. Each set should have its own style: a retro set, a contemporary set and a futuristic set. Here you can see the retro set of Diamonds as the most practical example of her designs.
© Sarah Stephens 2014
Retro Playing Cards: Courts
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