Retro Cartoon playing cards were designed by Amanda Enneking for Boomerang – Cartoon Network in 2011. Inspiration came from various cartoons (the Inspector, Bullwinkle, the Jetsons, etc.) of the 1960s and 1970s. She changed suits – used a boomerang for spades which was a common background element to Boomerang’s titles in the 60s. The club morphed into the flower, representing the social aspect of “flower power” during that time. © 2011 Amanda Enneking
The King of… Boomerang 🙂
This Ace of Hearts is designed by the American artist, Kaly Davis (HanMonster). Such a modern informal angel with threads of death in his hands and eyebrow piercing.
© Kaly Davis 2004
The Ace of Spades – Quin
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Today we are going to speak about Erdnase 216 Bee Squeezers Playing Cards produced by the Conjuring Arts Research Center (CARC). The company produced these playing card in two different colours: tan and green. These two decks were printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC) in 2013.
The Conjuring Arts Research Center is a not-for-profit organization located in Manhattan and dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of magic and its allied arts. It seeks to be an important cultural centre. Appealing to practitioners and performers of the conjuring arts, academic historians, collectors, writers and general enthusiasts, Conjuring Arts fills the gap between private collections of magic related history and information, and the public. In terms of a vault of magic literature it is like some kind of The Royal Library of Alexandria for appropriate target audience. But these guys are not only “librarians”. They are also producers of playing cards. Their decks of playing cards are mainly dedicated to magic needs and quite often have some historical roots.
These Erdnase 216 decks are the same design and similar feel as a rare Bee deck printed by the New York Consolidated Card Company in 1902. The Conjuring Arts Research Center in collaboration with USPCC created special Erdnase Finish for these playing cards to make them feel like the originals.
The deck: 52 playing cards + 2 identical Jokers. Poker size. Playing cards were printed on a special stock and have special Erdnase Finish (smooth). The only differences between these two decks are different colours of backs and tuck cases. There were used vintage court cards, indices and pips.
The Queen of Hearts designed by Eryck Webb (EryckWebbGraphics) and dedicated to Trixi Danger. Who is she? © Eryck Webb (EryckWebbGraphics)
[EryckWebbGraphics’s gallery on DeviantART]
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See other playing card projects on DeviantART (Category: “DeviantART”).
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On more naive, childish but pleasant design of playing cards. This project was created by the Colombian artist Natalia Bedoya. © 2013 Natalia Bedoya
Aces
PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 