Glenn Arthur is an artist from Orange County, California, US. He was invited to be in a show at The Alternative Cafe with a fun little steampunk theme called “Parasols and Dirigibles” in 2012. He decided to put together a mini series of four paintings based on the queens from a deck of playing cards. Glenn didn’t want them to look traditional so he threw his own twist on the ladies by painting their faces with the suit that each one represents. Glenn adorned their heads in lilies with spade, heart, club, and diamond shaped stamen in place of crowns. He kept their hair and costumes in muted colors with designs, patches, his “G” key and his speciality hummingbirds to match their suits.
Each queen is an 11×14, acrylic on wood painting. © 2012 Glenn Arthur
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Duke’s Place playing cards (a project) designed by Volkan Nergiz (walkieduke). Look how the Turkish artist combined symbols and medieval characters in these playing cards.
The Ace of Spades (Audaces fortuna juvat [Latin] – Fortune favors the brave)
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The Jack-Queen of Spades designed by Vivian Lee (LadyTempusMori). © 2013 Vivian Lee
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LadyTempusMori’s gallery on DeviantART: http://ladytempusmori.deviantart.com/gallery/
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See other playing card projects on DeviantART (Category: “DeviantART”).
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Gig poster for KISS designed by Matty Watson as The King of Hearts. KISS is an American hard rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. It’s well known for its members’ face paint and stage outfits. KISS rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s with their elaborate live performances.
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Arthur and Merlin playing cards (a project) designed by !Lenxen1984.
Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures.
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur’s story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians.
© 2011 !Lenxen1984
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Edition #1
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PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 