The aim of this project is to design a deck of playing cards. You are in full control of the design and are welcome to use any media, idea, traditional, or cultural design (Please note that we will be talking about Cultural appropriation and Copyright as a part of this project). However, you will be using Illustrator to package your deck, if not make the deck, before you submit your compleated project,
If you are interested in reading about the History of playing cards here’s a post by Adam Wintle
Please look around the site ‘The World of Playing Cards’ as it is an excellent source of information and examples
Let’s take a look at some recently designed decks:
MADDECK Playing Cards By Ozlem Olcer. They’re Magically Cubistic.
VINTAGE PRINTABLE – VINTAGE PLAYING CARDS (VARIOUS, NOT COMPLETE DECK)
Four Point
SHELLEY FOWLES
Dilkhus playing cards for India
Project task:
- Design a 52 card deck of cards
- must have 4 suits
- face cards= J,Q,K, and A
- can use any medium to produce the raw image- collage, paint, digital, ?
- the deck must be assembled in Adobe Illustrator.
The idea for the deck is up to you. The topic could a social issue, or political, or solely aesthetic.
Technical specifics:
- resolution 150 dpi
- CMYK
- card size around 3 x 2.5″ {but please note the shape can be non-traditional}