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BrittanyRichardson

11-18-2005, 06:15 PM

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Title: Playing Card Design
Name: Brittany Richardson
Country: USA
Software: Painter

This piece was done as my final for my Illustration class. It's a playing card redesign themed, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The characters are all done in Painter IX, and the design for the back of the card is done in Adobe Illustrator 11. My piece shows the heart suit as well as the joker and the cards' back design. This suit contains characters, Oberon (King), Titania (Queen), Puck (Jack), and Cupid demonstrating Love's Folly (Ace). Nick Bottom naturally plays the part of the joker. Although only the hearts are shown here, the other suits would also contain related characters from the same play as follows:
Spade:
King - Lysander, Queen - Hermia, Jack - Egeus, Ace - Cupid demonstrating Love's Loyalty
Diamond:
King - Theseus, Queen - Hippolyta, Jack - Philostrate, Ace - Cupid demonstrating Love's Precedence
Club:
King - Demetrius, Queen - Helena, Jack - The Craftsmen, Ace - Cupid demonstrating Love's Persistence
And that's that. Only one completed suit was required for this project, but I would like to complete the other suits eventually. I'd love some feedback, especially from those familiar with this wonderful Shakespearian play.
Thanks.

Vizualbyte

11-18-2005, 09:22 PM

This is awesome!!! Great renders. you can sell these~

rawwad

11-18-2005, 10:15 PM

Great work! Nice cards design, most I like "Joker" :thumbsup:

Stampede

11-19-2005, 02:02 AM

awesome!! great idea and technique is flawless! i hope see more of them in the future..

MoonVisionStudio

11-19-2005, 04:29 AM

Very well done!! Cupid's left foot looks like a right foot, other than that stellar work A+!

umbrellasky

11-19-2005, 10:02 AM

wow Brittany, these are truly beautiful. I love the theme you have chosen. Nice work!

BrittanyRichardson

11-19-2005, 12:46 PM

Very well done!! Cupid's left foot looks like a right foot, other than that stellar work A+!

OH, you're right... I never noticed that. oops. Oh well, it kind of fits with the theme of "Love's Folly".

Thanks for the comments everyone!

And, I forgot, here are the other suits' icons:
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2472/suits8gt.jpg

milldogg

11-19-2005, 01:19 PM

wow...lovely!! I'd love to get a set of these :D

esternocleidomastoideo

11-19-2005, 01:29 PM

It looks really good. Very nice design. :thumbsup:

Istmo

11-19-2005, 03:11 PM

hah the joker´s the best!:)

alfy

11-20-2005, 12:51 AM

Great work. I would like cards like this! Beautiful.

Mr5

11-20-2005, 09:44 AM

Since I love to play cards, I was totally blown away by your marvelous design. Moreover, I think choosing the theme of the Shakespearean play and dividing the characters into the four suits was a brilliant idea.. ..and I believe completing the other suits would be amazing and rewarding.
:bowdown: definitely 5 stars from me

swarding

11-21-2005, 04:47 PM

Awesome idea and beautifully executed! I actually hadn't checked the title and could already tell that it was A Midsummer Night's Dream. Your style is stunning. Nice work

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