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Whimsical Playing Cards

Published October 17, 2016 Updated November 11, 2023

Whimsical Playing Cards by Turkish designer & illustrator Oksal Yesilok, 2016.

2016 Turkey Oksal Yesilok Art & Design minimalist Symbols Suits
Whimsical Playing Cards designed by Oksal Yesilok, 2016

Whimsical Playing Cards were created by designer & illustrator Oksal Yesilok from Istanbul, Turkey in 2016. The deck is an original and intriguing re-interpretation of traditional English playing cards produced as vector-based line art in an elegant, minimalist style with precise attention to details. The artist is evidently gifted with a predilection for accuracy and scientific detail in his work. The standard suit symbols have been re-fashioned and given symbolic attributions: ♠ death; ♥ romance; ♦ health & wealth; ♣ war. The back design is a 3D diamond texture.

Whimsical Playing Cards designed by Oksal Yesilok, 2016 Whimsical Playing Cards designed by Oksal Yesilok, 2016 Whimsical Playing Cards designed by Oksal Yesilok, 2016

Above: Whimsical Playing Cards designed by Oksal Yesilok, 2016. 52 cards + 2 jokers + 2 extra cards in box. Deck Size 10 cm x 6.5 cm, hand-painted fluorescent edges. Limited edition of 200 decks.

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Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.


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