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
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
This Green Queen of Diamond was designed by an American artist, Ryan Wood. One way, quite unusual size of the card, but amazing artwork.
© Ryan Wood 2006
The Queen of Diamonds
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Imperial College London (The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, which specializes in science, engineering, medicine and business. Established on 08 July 1907, it became fully independent on 9 July 2007. Its main campus is located in the South Kensington (Albertopolis) area of Central London, with additional campuses in Chelsea, Hammersmith, Paddington, Silwood Park and Wye College.
The three main historic icons of the College are the Victorian lions, the Queen’s Tower, and the statue of Queen Victoria in the main entrance of the college. Beth Elzer, a British artist, decided to use them for composing 2014 Alumni Reunion invitations. She created a playing card visual theme to bring a sense of fun to the invitations.
© Beth Elzer 2014
The King of Spades
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PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 