- Deep (Merfolk) Playing Cards [relaunch on Kickstarter – March 21st, 2015]
- Nouveau Playing Cards [relaunch on Kickstarter – March 21st, 2015]
- Outlaws Playing Cards [unknown]
Tag Archives: playing card collecting
DeviantART: Pin-Up Playing Cards by Ted Hammond
These are several Pin-Up playing card artworks by a Canadian artist, Ted Hammond (ted1air). Some Hammond “tortures” cars, other Hammond creates artworks – the equilibrium of the Hammonds in nature.
Ted has been working as an artist for twenty years. He is quite known due to his Pin-Up modern artworks. Several of his artworks have playing card theme. So, enjoy these ladies.
© Ted Hammond (ted1air) 2011
The Queen of Hearts by Ted Hammond
Kickstarter: Innovation Playing Cards by Jody Eklund (Black Ink Playing Cards)
The successful creator of Golden Spike Playing Cards, Jody Eklund (Black Ink Playing Cards), designed his new playing card decks – Innovation Playing Cards. There will be three editions of these playing cards: Standard Edition, Black Edition, and Signature Edition. They are devoted to “…the men and women who changed the world…”.
Four suits represent: Illumination, Transportation, Communication, and Aviation. So, you have a chance to take a closer look at famous inventors and innovators due to your hobby (playing card collecting) and Jody’s efforts.
The decks are planned to be printed by the Legends Playing Card Company (LPCC).
Playing Card Art: Playing Cards by Dave Flanagan
Dave Flanagan is a British freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Among his clients are: ESPN, Manchester City FC (Football Club), Hull City FC, Nottingham Forest FC, etc. He is a big fan of sport, so creates a lot of appropriate artworks. These several playing card artworks aren’t exception.
© Dave Flanagan 2015
His King of Hearts is devoted to Eric Cantona, a French actor and former international footballer (Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes, Leeds United and Manchester United) for the French national team. His most successful football career was in Manchester United. Cantona won four Premier League (an English professional league for men’s association football clubs) titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles (an annual knockout cup competition in English football). Many MU’s fans are sure that he played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force in the 1990s. That’s why he has an iconic status at the club. I guess that is why he is popular for playing card artworks.
The King of Hearts by Dave Flanagan: Eric Cantona
Kickstarter: No.17 Playing Cards by Lorenzo Gaggiotti
Lorenzo Gaggiotti (Stockholm17) started his third playing card project on Kickstarter. This deck, Bicycle №17 Playing Cards, is full of art and imagination as his previous two decks, Requiem Playing Cards and Heretic Playing Cards. Playing cards traditionally have a lot of hidden details, inscriptions, and meanings.
“There is no specific theme in this deck, it´s quite eclectic and I let my fantasy run when I illustrated the courts. The diamonds have clearly an Egyptian resemblance, but overall they belong to a parallel world. There is a thing that connects all the court cards: the text circling the background is a part of the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.” ~ Lorenzo Gaggiotti
There will be five different decks in this No. 17 series. The Bicycle and Unbranded No. 17 decks are planned to be printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC).
PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 