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​  Playing Arts

The History of Playing Cards 

Playing cards are believed to have originated in China during the 9th century AD and spread to India and Persia, and then Egypt, and Europe during the late 14th century. Playing cards were hand painted artworks for the wealthy whose images portrayed a reflection of society.
The artwork began by depicting romances, fables, and scenes from
daily life and later evolved as a way of ideologies, information,
and propaganda to spread. When printing technologies began
to flourish, cards became more common but were also being banned
in many places. Authorities believed cards promoted gambling, social
disorder, and moral corruption. However, this did not prevent cards from being created. The evolution of cards began as a game
and admiration, but were transforming towards
 religious purposes, telling the future, and educational purposes. To this day,  artists worldwide continue to design playing cards as a way to illustrate modern society.

More on Playing Cards
Playing Arts is a collective project where designers and illustrators worldwide express their visions via ordinary playing cards.


Click on the Playing Arts button to check out thousands of artists, their inspiration, their brainstorming process, and their designs  >
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​For this project, you will choose a playing card at random and will re-design the card to reflect on today's society. It can reflect pop culture (music, celebrities, the news, technology) OR it can relate to characters, books, movies, and everyday life. 

Before designing our card, we will be learning about some important elements used to create a successful design, such as 
Balance, Line, & Shape as well as some research & brainstorming in our DO NOW Portfolio ​
Playing Arts


Balance:

When we talk about balance in art, we are not referring to how well one can stand on one foot and draw us a picture. Balance in an artwork refers to the stability and the weight of the piece. If every object in a still life painting is on the left side and nothing is on the right, it will look off balance, or asymmetrical. If you were to create a portrait of someone, you would want to make the face balanced, or symmetrical - otherwise you might not ever get asked to do another portrait again throughout your art career! So as you may have already predicted, balance is extremely important when designing and creating an artwork!
SYMMETRICAL: When each half of an artwork is identical or similar 
ASYMMETRICAL: When each half of an artwork is different but equal in visual weight
RADIAL BALANCE: When there are equal parts that radiate out from the center 

Balance Examples in Playing Cards:


DO NOW; Playing Arts

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Your Mission:

As you have learned, playing cards were originally small paintings and the scenes depicted everyday life or scenes from folktales, romances, and other stories. You have the opportunity to design a playing card that tells your story via images, design, and illustration. You have complete artistic freedom with this project to express yourself, your ideas, point of view, or your love for pop culture. What story will your design say? 
Be Sure To:
  • Create an original design - you are not just copying someone else's artwork 
  • Fill the entire artboard (composition)
  • Consider balance - is your card design going to have asymmetrical, symmetrical, or radial balance? 
  • Express yourself creatively 
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Mrs. Mendola's 8 of Clubs Radial Balance
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Mrs. Mendola's 3 of Clubs Asymmetrical
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