Bicycle Nouveau deck is inspired by the historical and mythological heroes and heroines traditionally featured in the French playing cards since the 16th century. As for the art style and design, Bona Fide Playing Cards wanted to pay tribute to the philosophical and artistic trend Art Nouveau, promoted and popularized in France and contemporary to the birth of the first Bicycle Playing Cards in the late 19th century.
The deck was planned to be printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC).
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- Icons Playing Cards: The Imperial Edition by Lotrek [on Kickstarter – January 20th, 2015]
- Bicycle Anne Stokes Steampunk Playing Cards [January-February, 2015]
- Bicycle 130th Anniversary Deck [January-February, 2015]
- Gettysburg Civil Unrest Playing Cards by RJ Tomlinson [on Kickstarter in January, 2015]
- № 17th Playing Cards v. 02 by Stockholm17 Playing Cards [on Kickstarter – February 17th, 2015]
- De’vo’s Signature Series “Card Masters” [February, 2015]
- Delicious Semi-Transformation Playing Cards by Emmanuel José [on Kickstarter in February-March, 2015]
- Sport [no final name] Semi-Transformation Playing Cards [unknown]
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Tags: Anne Stokes, art, cartes à jouer, Emmanuel Jose, Lotrek, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Semi-Transformation Playing Cards, steampunk, Stockholm17, the Byzantine Empire, The Tomlinson Playing Card Co.
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
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Tags: art, トランプ, Baraja, cartes à jouer, cocktails, игральные карты, fashion, kártyázás, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte
These playing card artworks were created by a French artist, Quentin Vijoux. He planned to create Tarot cards but didn’t have enough knowledge in the field of Tarot. So, the artist created several sketches of playing cards which are more common for traditional Anglo-French playing cards. These are quite vivid and funny. Quentin decided to change his direction of art for his real Tarot, so these will be only artworks… or…
© Quentin Vijoux 2012
The King of Clubs
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Tags: art, トランプ, Baraja, cartas de baralho, carte da gioco, cartes à jouer, гральні карти, игральные карты, karty do gry, naipes, playing cards, Spielkarte, spēļu kārtis
A Brazilian artist, Heloísa S. Flores (HFlores), designed a playing card dedicated to Brandon Flowers. I guess the King of Hearts as a choice of a card is a way to show her admiration for him.
Brandon Richard Flowers is an American musician, singer, songwriter and lyricist. He is best known as the frontman of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers.
© Heloísa S. Flores (HFlores) 2012
The King of Hearts – Brandon Flowers
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PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 