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DeviantART: Playing Cards by Alexey Lipatov

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

© Alexey Lipatov

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

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Posted by Collector on 03.02.2013 in DeviantART, Playing Card Art, The Jack of Clubs, The King of Clubs, The Queen of Clubs, The Queen of Hearts

Tags: Alexey Lipatov, art, Baraja, cartes à jouer, design, DeviantART, игральные карты, Gangsters, godfather, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, Tommy Gun

Lucky Deck Playing Cards by Jessica Siemens

03 Feb

Lucky Deck Playing Cards are comprised of 54 unique watercolor paintings by Jessica Siemens. These cards are 100% plastic. The cards are available on Etsy. © Jessica Siemens

All red (Hearts, Diamonds) court cards are the same as well as all black (Spades, Clubs) court cards. The King of Hearts is armed with swords and shields. The King of Clubs is armed only with sword. The Queen of Spades is armed wit a sword and dagger. The Jack of Diamonds is a hunter with a falcon on his hand. The Jack of Clubs feeds a squirrel. Each symmetrical part of court cards has different elements (faces of royals, colours, etc.). Pips of Aces evoke thoughts about cut jewels or medieval stained-glass windows.

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Playing Card Art: Playing Cards by MushfaceComics

03 Feb

This is a project by MushfaceComics on http://www.redbubble.com © MushfaceComics

This is a funny interpretation of Wild West heroes. Western Skulls 🙂 It hasn’t been printed as a deck of playing cards. I hope sometime it’ll be.

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Posted by Collector on 03.02.2013 in Playing Card Art

Tags: art, cartes à jouer, cowboy, design, Joker, MushfaceComics, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, redbubble, skull, Spielkarte, western, Western Playing Cards

Playing Card Art: Queens by Anatoly Vorobyev

03 Feb

Anatoly Vorobyev cuts out figures of queens from paper with a special knife. The results are amazing. I think even made in Black & White these queens can be a beautiful part of some deck. © Anatoly Vorobyev

The Queen of Spades