Sketch & Draft Bicycle Playing Cards on Kickstarter

Now on Kickstarter, the Sketch & Draft Bicycle Playing Cards are designed by Randy Butterfield of Midnight Cards, and produced by Will Roya of PCD. Two decks are available during the campaign, Sketch and Draft edition. 

The fully custom sketch deck features USPCC’s Maiden Back and standard modern Court Cards in a hand-drawn sketch style design.

To finish the sketch vibe, accent shapes/markings and spiral rings are added symmetrically throughout each Face Card. The Ace of Spade and Jokers feature a wood mannequin hand model. 

The Tuck Box for the Sketch Bicycle Deck emulates a traditional sketch pad. The spiral rings are visible on the front and back, and the sides graphically feature the individual edges of each sheet. The pencils, eraser, and copy treatment on the front complete the sketch pad look in the design.

For the Draft edition, the sketch style drawings from the Sketch edition deck are inverted to create a traditional white line art on blueprint grid paper look. To maintain familiarity, the Hearts and Diamonds large pips contain Red borders throughout. To complete the blueprint feel, accent shapes and markings are added symmetrically to each Face Card. 

The Tuck Box for the Draft Bicycle Deck emulates a blueprint drawing pad. The black bounding at the top wraps over to the front and back, and the sides graphically feature the individual edges of each sheet.

Similar to Sketch Tuck, the pencils, eraser, and copy treatment on the front complete the drawing pad look in the overall design.

Printed by the UPSCC and available NOW on Kickstarter for $11.

The TWO New Decks From Fast Food Playing Cards

Here are the next items on Fast Food Playing Cards‘ menu, Burgers and Craft Beers! These classic comfort foods are practically a national pastime, and now that they’re coming in the form of 2 shiny new sets of playing cards, there’s no doubt they’ll keep you and your friends entertained all night!

Fully custom, both decks come with custom card backs, courts, Ace of Spades, and Jokers. The card back design maintains the traditional circle motif and frilled bordered design.

With illustrations of beer bottles and burgers with the work front and center, there are dozens of dashes of details to draw the eye and a meticulous balance of design elements in line with all the best time-tested recipes.

The Royals are traditionally styled yet all original, custom-patterned, and carefully composed. The court cards for Burger and Craft Beer each proudly partake of their own personal favorite brands of Fast Food beef and ales.

Meanwhile, the Burger deck proudly displays all its hand-picked, choicest toppings in a whopping series of power pips for each mouth-watering suit. Craft Beer also has completely new art for the aces, fully displayed in a fun and celebratory scene illustrated extra large for each of the four suits. The recognizable hometown burger joint and commemorative micro-brew bottle caps make up the jokers.

The decks are packaged in stunning tuck boxes featuring hot-foil, deep-embossed, individually-numbered foil seal. The BURGER deck is stacked with an array of embossed gold filigree, red and green foil accents, and subtle fun details. The CRAFT BEER tuck box looks incredible with Foamy white, hop green, and liquid gold foils!

Only 1800 of each deck will be printed! The Fast Food Playing Cards – BURGER & BEER Editions will be printed by Taiwan Playing Card Company on their legendary LUXURY FINISH. Available NOW on Kickstarter for $13.

On Kickstarter, Juggler (Marble Ruby Edition) Playing Cards

The latest edition of the Juggler deck is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter. The Juggler (Marble Ruby Edition) Playing Cards is already 171% funded with 10 days to go.

Designer Julio Ribera wanted to create a deck that allows us to express and convey things that would otherwise be impossible… to develop our creativity and ingenuity.

The inspiration for the deck comes from a new art form, popular music festivals, that allows you to paint your body with a design similar to a tie-dye T-shirt by introducing your arm in a container with liquid paint.

The marble design element is prominently featured on the tuck box, the mirrored 2-way back design, Aces, and pips.

The colors of the traditional court cards have been updated to match the overall theme and look of the deck. The Juggler Marble Ruby Edition will be printed by Hanson Chien Playing Card Company. Available now on Kickstarter for $17.

Deck View: Balance (Black Edition) Playing Cards

Minimal. Equilibrium. Style.

Art of Play‘s Balance playing cards is a fully custom deck of playing cards created in collaboration with SDCO Partners. The deck evolved from the deconstruction of a standard deck of cards. The contemporary deck features a black colorway with a minimal design inspired by the equilibrium between interacting elements. The reductive design explores the interplay of tradition and style, weighing that which is familiar with a contemporary aesthetic.

The card backs sport a simplistic borderless design, with a similar style used on the face cards and matching jokers. Packaged inside a premium foil-stamped embossed tuck box. Balance Playing Cards is a celebration of design philosophy and the art of playing cards. Available now from artofplay.com for $15.