Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Find out about the latest and greatest playing cards hitting the market.
User avatar
Decknowledgy
Member
Member
Posts: 2221
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:12 pm
Collector: Yes
Location: Scotland
Has thanked: 1209 times
Been thanked: 1275 times
Contact:

Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by Decknowledgy »


Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
"We look at the present through a rear-view mirror; we walk backwards into the future."
                        -- Marshall McLuhan (Media Theory Giant)
Decknowledgy™ (Ted)
Instagram Reviews: https://www.instagram.com/decknowledgy

Portfolio 52
User avatar
BaconWise
Member
Member
Posts: 1532
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:58 am
Collector: Yes
Player: Yes
White Whale: Gold Arabesque
Decks Owned: 225
Has thanked: 2596 times
Been thanked: 1286 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by BaconWise »

I love the artwork on the court cards and the card faces. It's sophisticated and quirky! The tuck box design is a nice match as well, but it's the card backs that have me hesitating. I'm not sure if it's too modern, or if the features are too bold/thick, or perhaps a mixture of the two. I might come around on this one, but it's a pass for now.
"But why male models?"

Curio Playing Cards

Web: www.curioplayingcards.com
Instagram: @curio_playingcards
Facebook: Curio Playing Cards
friendofcards
Member
Member
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue May 19, 2020 11:11 pm

Flemish Hunting Deck - Oldest Playing cards Reprinted

Unread post by friendofcards »



The deck i am longing for years, in the shape of normal playing cards, nice back design.
User avatar
BaconWise
Member
Member
Posts: 1532
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:58 am
Collector: Yes
Player: Yes
White Whale: Gold Arabesque
Decks Owned: 225
Has thanked: 2596 times
Been thanked: 1286 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck - Oldest Playing cards Reprinted

Unread post by BaconWise »

Please merge, Mods! This was posted a bit ago, by Decknowledgy
"But why male models?"

Curio Playing Cards

Web: www.curioplayingcards.com
Instagram: @curio_playingcards
Facebook: Curio Playing Cards
User avatar
vasta41
Card Oracle
Card Oracle
Posts: 5712
Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:45 pm
Location: Boston, MA
Has thanked: 1563 times
Been thanked: 1693 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by vasta41 »

I don't like the one-way courts and I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately. I hope that's not a new trend... They are well drawn though. Very rustic and vintage. Which is why the back is awful. Or vice versa, however you want to look at it. Either way the backs and fronts look like they are from two completely different decks. Both very nice, respectively but together, an identity crisis.
User avatar
Harvonsgard
Member
Member
Posts: 9746
Joined: Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:53 am
Cardist: Yes
Player: Yes
White Whale: Your Mami
Decks Owned: 420
Location: Paro
Has thanked: 1792 times
Been thanked: 4565 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by Harvonsgard »

Urgh... like most mentioned already, the combination of modern back and antique courts is awful. Even more if the borders are indeed white and the faces feature an off-white back ground. Dunno if I've ever came across a heavier disconnect than this.
You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that’s being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.

avatar credit: 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯 by Gands the Scholar @g_a_n_d_s_

rousselle wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 4:52 pmI very much want this in my collection, but at long last... I have to stop the insanity.
User avatar
PipChick
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2001
Joined: Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:20 am
White Whale: StrangeLove + Italian Cats
Decks Owned: 200
Location: Internet
Has thanked: 465 times
Been thanked: 1101 times
Contact:

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by PipChick »

Harvonsgard wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:43 pmEven more if the borders are indeed white and the faces feature an off-white back ground. Dunno if I've ever came across a heavier disconnect than this.
This alone makes me cringe really really hard... those white borders are gunna be so stark compared to the off-white background of the faces which totally throws off the illusion of replicating a vintage/antique aesthetic of an old deck and the design choices of the backs desperately need to be reconsidered for more cohesiveness in style overall.

I'd really like to see these areas re-worked and wish the designer/creator the best of luck!
brownsl
Member
Member
Posts: 1891
Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:20 pm
Collector: Yes
White Whale: UUSI Le Jeu De Tarot
Decks Owned: 10000
Has thanked: 1218 times
Been thanked: 972 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by brownsl »

Harvonsgard wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:43 pm Urgh... like most mentioned already, the combination of modern back and antique courts is awful. Even more if the borders are indeed white and the faces feature an off-white back ground. Dunno if I've ever came across a heavier disconnect than this.
+1
CPPCC
Member
Member
Posts: 45
Joined: Mon May 04, 2020 3:36 pm
Collector: Yes
Decks Owned: 350
Location: Germany
Has thanked: 76 times
Been thanked: 20 times
Contact:

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by CPPCC »

vasta41 wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:58 pm I don't like the one-way courts and I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately. I hope that's not a new trend...
Well, this trend is more than five centuries old ... ;)

Here are images of the original:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collectio ... nformation
User avatar
Adonael
Member
Member
Posts: 758
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:20 am
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 356 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by Adonael »

This is a travesty. The card faces themselves are great, I'm completely on board for that, obviously they know how to effectively re-work those old existing artworks. But the tuck and backs are so clearly done by somebody with only a basic knowledge of photoshop, one of the worst things for me is when you can see that they've used the bevel/emboss function or similar. And the gradient applied to the whole thing means the backs aren't symmetrical. I wouldn't call them modern, I'd just call them bad. They should fit the style of the faces first of all, even just remove the shading, remove the gradient and desaturate the colours a bit and see how that looks, I'd be interested to see.
User avatar
theCapraAegagrus
Member
Member
Posts: 5486
Joined: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:28 pm
Has thanked: 514 times
Been thanked: 1067 times

Re: Flemish Hunting Deck / KS

Unread post by theCapraAegagrus »

Yeah, that back design does not match the style of the face cards (which are pretty good for today's standards).
rousselle wrote:You are a fussy, picky guy.
Lotrek wrote:Given the number of morons produced in the world every day, a pessimist is actually a well informed realist.
Räpylätassu wrote:"Tyhmyydestä sakotetaan." You get fined for being stupid.
♥ ♦ Portfolio 52 Pro ♣ ♠
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Strag, synedrionmg, tantairuoxi and 7 guests