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Bēhance: KHLim Playing Cards by Nancy Schokkenbroek

KHLim – Limburg Catholic University College – a member of the University of Leuven association, the university network of Leuven University and twelve university colleges in Flanders, reaching from the Dutch border to the North Sea.

A little strange detail – traditional indices for Dutch Pattern are: Ace – Ace ; Heerser (or heer) – King; Vorstin – Queen; Bengel (or boefje) – Jack (knave). But Nancy uses Dutch “H” for kings and English “Q” for queens.

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Posted by Collector on 16.07.2013 in Behance, Playing Card Art

Tags: art, Baraja, Behance, cartes à jouer, design, игральные карты, KHLim, Limburg Catholic University College, naipes, Nancy Schokkenbroek, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte

Playing Card Art: Playing Cards by ccourts86

16 Jul

Playing cards designed by the Canadian artist ccourts86 (nickname).

The Queen of Hearts

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Posted by Collector on 16.07.2013 in Playing Card Art, The King of Hearts, The Queen of Hearts

Tags: art, Baraja, carta, cartes à jouer, design, игральные карты, Karte, naipes, Playing Card Art, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, The King of Hearts, The Queen of Hearts

Important Information for Artists and Designers

16 Jul

Dear artists and designers, you could notice the special banner in the right upper corner of the sidebar regarding playing card art requests. It was connected with the art request of Zeixs.

Now I am happy to announce that it is and will be connected with a special page dedicated to playing card art requests of different companies, organizations and independent projects. I hope it will be useful for both parts of such collaborations.

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Posted by Collector on 16.07.2013 in Post (Information) Update

Tags: art, art requests, collecting, design, Playing Card Art, playing card art requests, playing card collecting, playing cards

DeviantART: Playing Cards by Benjamin Arce

16 Jul

Nintendo Playing Cards by Benjamin Arce
Star Wars Playing Cards by Benjamin Arce

NINTENDO PLAYING CARDS

Playing cards based on characters form Nintendo’s games and designed by the American artist Benjamin Arce (benarce).

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company and one of the world’s largest video game companies. Originally it was founded as a card company in late 1889.

Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong

These characters are from the Donkey Kong series of arcade games developed by Nintendo. The first arcade game was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and released in 1981.