William Blake was an English painter, poet and printmaker. Although largely unrecognized during his lifetime, he is now considered a essential artist of the Romantic Age. Songs of Experience deck is inspired by one of his best known works. Created by no-reply design, each card features original artwork, closely following Blake’s own imagery and style, using oil-based inks and watercolors. […]
They created Black Book of Cards, an inspiring work and something completely new on typographic cards. Now, Sara and Scott (Uncommon Beat), go beyond that idea reinventing their own project with a new deck of cards: The Black Book Manifesto. This is something more than a deck of cards, it is something they have defined as an […]
They tried it some weeks ago but they didn’t get funds. Now, Spicy Pickle Creative strikes back with a renewed project of The Gorilla Deck of Playing Cards. Designed by David Edgerly (Dia de los Muertos deck), This deck pays tribute to all the big simian in the world. The main difference between both projects is that this […]
Gambler’s Warehouse is a huge place for card fans and with a large experience in the playing cards industry. Bicycle Blackout Kingdom is the third project they launch through Kickstarter although they have created and produced other cool decks along last months. The inspiration for the design is a story, a legend, about the alliance between rich […]
Robert Tomlinson designed a series dedicated to war conflicts from the United States Point of view. He already successfully funded the first and the second ones, Civil Unrest and Global Unrest, dedicated to civil and world wars. Each one had its own style and editions. He has recently launched the third and last of […]
Max Playing Cards has been supporting and spreading the voice about playing card designs from artists all over the world. The main objective has always been to help them to see how their dreams come true and to see in the decks something more than a set of cards, but an authentic story. I […]
Crowdfunding has become almost the perfect (sometimes the only) way for creators to make their deck of cards. This funding model has worked really well along last years and Kickstarter has become a reference for crowdfunding and playing cards projects. Nevertheless, Kickstarter has shown its dark side. Funded projects unfulfilled, terrible delays, and a […]
Here you have the last creation by Collectable Playing Cards: Bicycle Bacon Lovers deck. Inspired on one of the most worshiped foods in the world, the bacon, this deck has been completely customized and the court cards have been illustrated with funny pigs in royal poses. They wouldn’t be so happy if they knew […]
This will be a fast article, as fast as the campaign itself. It was going to last five days and the decks has been almost gone in less than one. Lotrek (Half Moon Playing Cards), creator of Venexiana and Grothesque, decided to challenge all those who said it was impossible and proved that it was not, […]