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Playing Card Art: Playing Cards by Molly Maloney

Molly Maloney, an Ameriacan artist, has some stories in her mind which provoke her to design playing cards. Someday she plans to complete a full deck of playing cards devoted to the several stories. Each suit will tell a separate story. Court cards will be devoted to main characters of appropriate stories. Each number card should be a part of the respective story. Molly named only the story for Diamonds, the story of Kaguya Hime. I guess the full set will force the artist to name all stories.

Kaguya Hime (Princess Kaguya), also known as Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), is a 10th-century Japanese folktale. It tells the story about the life of a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime, who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

© Molly Maloney

Playing Cards by Molly Maloney – Kaguya Hime: The Ace of Diamonds

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DeviantART: Joker by Karen and Sara (TheUrbanTeam)

Two artists from Mexico, Karen & Sara (TheUrbanTeam), designed this Joker. Their inspiration from anime seems obvious. Young ladies made him quite cocky. It’s interesting what he has in his right hand. Anyway, if you even have two aces, don’t hold cards in such way playing any game with people – they can lose their interest to cards and knead their muscles.

© Karen and Sara (TheUrbanTeam) 2013

Joker by Karen and Sara (TheUrbanTeam)

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Playing Card Art: Playing Cards by David Kapah

An Israeli artist, David Kapah, designed this set of playing card artworks devoted to fantasy worlds. Some demons, servants of the Death, ghosts, and cursed warriors were prisoned in one deck of playing cards. A sinister company, but interesting art. Number cards are the worst part of this pack. The back design could be also better. But aces are really stylish.

© David Kapah 2013

Playing Cards by David Kapah: The Ace of Spades

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Posted by on 18.06.2015 in Playing Card Art

 

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Kickstarter Digest #2: New Playing Card Projects Waiting for Your Support

There are always some interersting playing card projects on Kickstarter. Today PlayingCardCollector.NET wants to draw your attention to Cultura Playing Cards by Mankin Chan. The deck has interesting cultural concept, and consists of 54 different artworks. It is inspired by the cultures of Italy, the Netherlands, USA, and China. Every suit is devoted to the country: Spades – Italy, Hearts – the Netherlands, Clubs – USA, Diamonds – China. Four cards of each number represent different categories: ace – flags, two – countries themselves, three – drinks, four – bread, five – dishes, six – sports, seven – transport, eight – houses, nine – landmarks, ten – animals. Jacks and Queens demonstrate traditional clothing and other specific cultural elements. Kings are represented by historical characters of appropriate countries. See it on the “Kickstarter Projects” page.

Cultura Playing Cards by Mankin Chan

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And don’t forget about other interesting playing card projects ending on Kickstarter:

  • Bicycle the Lumberjacks Playing Cards [2nd Edition] by Vadim Smolenskiy;
  • Bicycle Celtic Myth 3d Edition Playing Cards by Cultúrlán Enterprises.

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Posted by on 17.06.2015 in Kickstarter

 

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2015 [week 24] – Upcoming Decks

  1. Kings of India Playing Cards by Humble Raja [will be on Kickstarter in July, 2015]
  2. Owls (Strigiformes) Playing Cards by Renee LeCompte [will be on Kickstarter in August-September, 2015]
  3. LUXX 2nd Series Playing Cards by JP Playing Cards [will be available – summer, 2015]
  4. Gemini Playing Cards by Stockholm17 [will be on Kickstarter in 2015]
  5. Wicked Kingdom Playing Cards by Wylie Beckert [will be on Kickstarter in late 2015 / early 2016]

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Posted by on 17.06.2015 in Upcoming Decks

 

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