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DESIGN-A-DECK Competition by Murphy’s Magic

Murphy’s Magic has a new annual “DESIGN-A-DECK” competition.

“We’ve been fortunate enough to see our playing cards go from imagination, to conception, to being distributed worldwide! As we have a very close relationship with the United States Playing Card Company, we’ve decided to give one of you a chance to see your project come to life! We’re looking for the best, undiscovered deck design out there!” ~ Murphy’s Magic

Murphy’s offering:

2 000$ cash;
One gross (144 decks) of cards;
Fastest turn around possible;
Cinematography for a trailer courtesy of their studio;
Collaboration with their creative team and artists;
Worldwide distribution and recognition for the design.

Read more about their art request HERE.

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Posted by Collector on 08.03.2015 in Post (Information) Update

Tags: art requests, トランプ, cartas de baralho, carte da gioco, cartes à jouer, design, игральные карты, Murphy's Magic, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing card art requests, playing cards, Spielkarte, 撲克牌

Playing Card Art: Pin-Up Joker by Paul Green

08 Mar

Paul Green is a comic artist. He designed this Pin-Up Harlequin Joker for one of two Joker Cards featuring in a Game App by Megu. This is a coloured sketch.

© Paul Green 2015

Pin-Up Harlequin Joker

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Posted by Collector on 08.03.2015 in Joker, Pin-Up, Playing Card Art

Tags: art, トランプ, cartas de baralho, cartes à jouer, игральные карты, harlequin, naipes, Pin-Up, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte

DeviantART: Melancholia Queen of Hearts by Jon Wesley Huff

07 Mar

This Queen of Hearts was designed by an American artist, Jon Wesley Huff (JonWes). It’s inspired by Lars Von Trier’s film, Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Cameron Spurr, and Kiefer Sutherland. The film was presented 18 May 2011 at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Dunst (Justine) received the festival’s Best Actress Award.

Melancholia consists of two parts: “Justine” and “Claire”. These are names of two sisters, main heroines of the film. The story revolves around them during and shortly after Justine’s wedding, while an approaching rogue planet is about to collide with Earth.

Trier’s initial inspiration for this film came from a depressive period he suffered and the insight that depressed people remain peaceful in catastrophic events.

© Jon Wesley Huff (JonWes) 2012

The Queen of Hearts

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Posted by Collector on 07.03.2015 in DeviantART, Playing Card Art, Playing Cards and Cinema, The Queen of Hearts

Tags: art, cartas de baralho, cartes à jouer, игральные карты, Lars Von Trier, Melancholia, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing cards, Spielkarte, The Queen of Hearts

Playing Card Art: Pin-Up Playing Cards by Fay Dalton

06 Mar

Fay Dalton is a London-based freelance illustrator, the winner of the 2010 Pickled ink Award. She combines traditional drawing and painting methods with digital painting using Photoshop to achieve Vintage stylised Illustrations. Fay’s works are incredibly detailed and boast a vintage quality, reminiscent of 1950’s Mills and Boon novels and the infamous Coca-Cola adverts.

These are her Pin-Up playing card queens made in her distinctive style. It’s nice to see some “classic” Pin-Up playing card artworks these days. These can be nice queens for some Pin-Up transformation playing card deck.

© Fay Dalton 2014

Pin-Up Playing Cards by Fay Dalton: The Queen of Spades

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Posted by Collector on 06.03.2015 in Pin-Up, Playing Card Art, The Queen of Hearts, The Queen of Spades

Tags: art, cartas de baralho, cartes à jouer, игральные карты, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, The Queen of Hearts, The Queen of Spades

Bēhance: Citrus and Christian Mythology Playing Cards by Ana Zuniga

05 Mar

Sometimes artists in their search of various artistic forms and senses try to cross completely different things. Here is an example of this. A Costa Rican artist, Ana Zuniga, crossed her vision of Christian Mythology with… citrus plants.

It’s clear that stained-glass windows are strongly associated by her with Christian Mythology. I subjectively can’t say that these court cards unambiguously reflect Christian Mythology because this isn’t the first thing the pictures make me think about. But they definitely are pleasant artworks reflecting the art of stained-glass windows. She nicely incorporated signs of citrus plants into the design of the playing card artworks. Unfortunately, all court cards are almost the same – only “black” and “red” suits are indicated by main green / light-green and orange colours – lime and tangerine with notes of lemon.

These artworks were her academic work. Playing card has the bridge size. The deck hasn’t been produced.

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