Good news. Marci Brinker relaunched her Bicycle Gods of Mythology playing card project on Kickstarter (with the help of CollectablePlayingCards.com).
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Tag Archives: mythology
Bēhance: Legends and Playing Cards by Anna Bucciarelli
Playing cards are designed by the Canadian artist Anna Bucciarelli. She dedicated them to her favorite Greek myths. © 2013 Anna Bucciarelli
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The Two of Diamonds – Nemesis (Fortune and Retribution)
“In Greek mythology, Nemesis is the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to arrogance. The word originally meant “the distributor of fortune”, neither good nor bad. According to some legends, Nemesis produced the egg from which hatched two sets of twins, including Helen of Troy.” ~ Anna
Bēhance: Playing Cards by Meg Doyle
These playing cards were designed by the American artist Meg Doyle. Each of her cards illustrates a scene from the life of the person designated to that card. © 2012 Meg Doyle
Icelandair Playing Cards by Thorbjörn Ingason
These playing cards were designed by Thorbjörn Ingason for the Icelandic creative agency – Islenska. Islenska was hired by Icelandair (a customer-oriented travel service company in Iceland). Icelandair was interested in a deck of playing cards for their international flights. This nice deck was available on Icelandair’s international flights in 2010.
Bēhance: Trumplust Deck of Cards by Yanko Tsvetkov
“I’ve been dreaming of designing my own set of playing cards for a lot of time. The idea first came in 2007 when I was working on my Theogony project. For a brief time I was even considering turning the whole project into a tarot deck. Last year [2011] I finally started making drafts for the more widely used French deck and that’s how my Trumplust Deck of Cards began to take shape.
PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 