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DeviantART: Delirium Playing Cards by vasodelirium

Playing card art by vaso (vasodelirium) on DeviantART.

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Posted by Collector on 03.02.2013 in DeviantART, Playing Card Art

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DeviantART: Voodoo Loa Cards by UlaFish

03 Feb

Kings and Queens designed by the American artis Kindra T. Haugen (UlaFish) [UlaFish’s gallery on DeviantART].

© Kindra T. Haugen

The complete set of kings and queens of each traditional suit of playing cards, represented as different spirits of the voodoo pantheon. Voodoo deities are usually represented by images of catholic saints rather than direct depictions, so these portraits are derived from author’s own vision of them.

Voodoo is a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti and the Haitian diaspora. Practitioners are called “vodouists” or “servants of the spirits”. Vodouists believe in the distant and unknowable the Creator (god Bondye). Bondye does not intermediar in human affairs. So vodouists direct their worship toward spirits subservient to Bondye – to Loa. Each Loa is responsible for a particular aspect of life. Vodouists cultivate personal relationships with the Loa in order to navigate their daily life. They present offerings, create personal altars and devotional objects and participate in special ceremonies of music, dance and spirit possession.

King of Spades – Baron Samedi

Baron Samedi is one of the Loa. He is a Loa of the dead and the head of the Guédé family of Loa. “Samedi” means “Saturday” in French. His wife is the Loa Grann Brigitte.

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DeviantART: Tash Playing Cards by zaib

03 Feb

Tash Deck of playing cards designed by Jahan Zaib (zaib) [Zaib’s gallery on DeviantART].

These playing cards (project) are based on Chess theme. © zaib

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DeviantART: Playing Cards by Alexey Lipatov

03 Feb

Playing cards designed by the Russian artist Alexey Lipatov [Lipatov’s gallery on DeviantART].

They are dedicated to mobster’s years… for example, of Chicago. Tommy guns were the best friends of mobsters (gangsters) and Fords were their reliable vehicles. But those vehicles quite often required some care of a mechanic after another redivision of territories. And all that was for the benefit of a boss (a godfather of mafia). And of course any boss had to have a beautiful lover.

The King of Clubs