These playing cards (a project) were designed by Hungarian artist AXL (nickname). His main inspirations for creating the deck were: the black and white world of the film noir genre, paper collages and the style of cigarette cartons with parallel lines and geometric shapes. AXL adhered to the rotated figures of traditional playing cards and he also kept the line-drawing style.
The artists used the four suits of playing cards to describe the different groups of characters. Basically the figures under the same sign are together, like they were in a film situation. He revealed the face and only one hand of each character to explore its personality and insider intensions. AXL also put symbolic objects around them to show their occupations or interests. There are some additional symbols on the ten cards too which can help with additional identification of the characters.
© AXL 2012
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Playing cards (artworks) were designed by the Polish designer Sylwia Pakulska (SylwiaPakulska) and are dedicated to four elements of Earth. © 2012 Sylwia Pakulska
The Queen of Spades (water)
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Playing cards (artworks) designed by the Polish artist Piotr Maciej Jurkowski (PiotrHarold).
The Queen of Spades (Emma Watson)
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These queens were designed by the American artist Andrienne Trafford (Pennsylvania, US). She used pen (ink) and watercolours to create them. © 2009-2010 Andrienne Trafford
The Queen of Spades
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This deck is a graduate project of the Brazilian artist, Raquel Sordi. Its theme: Universal’s Classic Monsters. Graphic style: Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The author was inspired by Nosferatu’s film poster, Aubrey Beardsley’s illustration, Penguin’s The Picture of Dorian Gray book cover, Si Scott’s illustrations, Dan & Dave Smoke and Mirrors.
- Spades: Werefolf (Wilfred Glendon); Lisa Glendon; Dr. Yogami.
- Hearts: Dracula, Mina, Renfield.
- Clubs: The Monster, Elizabeth, Dr. Henry Frankenstein.
- Diamonds: The Mummy (Imhotep), Helen Grosvenor, Frank Whemple.
© 2012 Raquel Sordi
Aces
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PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 