Unity Frankendeck by DripDrop Sounds and ShuffleCut 52

[kevork]

Dexter Amistad runs a facebook group called DripDrop Sounds and ShuffleCut 52. In this group, he just posted:

I have an announcement to make. An announcement that I hope will make you proud of this group’s symbolic gestures of passion, togetherness, respect, hope and belief. This community of ‘Music and Cards’ has thrived because of all these positive characteristics that ‘WE’ share. There is no ‘I’ in team. And we are the best team!!
As many of you know, I’ve always wanted to design my own deck, a deck that I can share to the world. Although, I’m trying little by little, trying to progress in the design, the process is taking too long (like my videos, ). While I still have the desire to one day create one, I will have to move at this pace for a while.
So I decided to go with another gameplan. And this idea was very ambitious, but the response was a Miracle. A true Miracle!!! A Miracle beyond Miracle!
Symbolically, since we’re a unity of diverse people sharing a common ground of Music and Cards, why not create an idea that might unite some of the best and favorite designers all over the world to possibly collaborate and build a Unique Sort of Frankendeck? This way, in one deck, you can enjoy a ‘Music and Cards’ theme, designed by your favorite designers. I thought that would be awesome, if that could happen?
Well Family, It will happen!!! With these gracious #payitforward designers, it is happening!!! The most elaborate collaboration of worldly designers in One deck. Really, a #payitforward to you from them!! I am forever blessed and honored with their gesture and commitment.
For now, I will call it DripDrop Sounds and ShuffleCut 52 ‘Unity Frankendeck’, but it’s subject to change. Obviously, we are in the very initial stages so there are details to come. I also know that there are some favorites missing. Timing is everything and maybe in the future, we will be more aligned. I love them too. Otherwise, this Dream Team lineup of designers is Heavenly Sent!
I am beyond excited to announce the Gracious Contributors. We love you all for being a part of this movement!!
Members, please stand up and applaud!! Like, post and comment your favorite deck that they’ve created. Show them the love they deserve. Positive vibes everywhere !! For this movement will now reach Epic levels!!
God bless
Here’s the updated list:
(1) Tuck: To be determined
(2) Jokers: Herman and Charmie Ong Herman
(3) Ace Of Spades: Lorenzo Gaggiotti Stockholm17
(4) Ace of Hearts: Jody Eklund
(5) Ace of Diamonds: Jocu
(6) Ace of Clubs: Fabien Barral Mr. Cup
(7) King of Spades: Nicolai Aaroe
(8 ) King of Hearts: Brad Gabbard
(9) King of Diamonds: Jack Penny
(10) King of Clubs : Lotrek
(11) Queen of Spades: Elettra Deganello
(12) Queen of Hearts: Marianne Larsen Isolated Thunderstorm
(13) Queen of Diamonds : Ark Playing Cards
(14) Queen of Clubs: Emily Sleights
(15) Jack of Spades: Peter Voth
(16) Jack of Hearts: Pedro Oyarbide
(17) Jack of Diamonds: Amal Nur Karim
(18) Jack of Clubs: Kyle McIntosh
(19) 2’s Sviatko Bocian
(20) 3’s Ritu Bhattacharya
(21) 4’s FC Designs Jacinto Moyano Guerrero
(22) 5’s Bivas Bhattacharjee
(23) 6’s
(24) 7’s reserved
(25) 8’s
(26) 9’s Todd Merrifield
(27) 10’s Patrick Zhu

For this project, backs will be uniquely designed by each designer, making this closer to the idea of a frankendeck. [...] I really wanted to have the designers to have a whole card to themselves, making this about them and their expressions of Music and Cards on this project.

I for one am excited to see where this project leads. Lotrek designing my favorite card in the deck and the fact that he plays instruments is a cherry on top for me.

[Harvonsgard]

Kudos to Dexter for pulling this of. A very ambitious project indeed.

[STLBluesNut]

awwww. no gio? i suppose he could have been asked and declined.

i would nominate sviatoslav patsuk. perhaps zcape hec who has done 2 decks now.

[krystalie]

Im surprised Jackson Robinson's name isnt up there with all the other trending ones and Gio's too as mentioned by STL

[Harvonsgard]

Seems to me pretty clear why Gio and/or Jackson are missing:

I also know that there are some favorites missing. Timing is everything and maybe in the future , we will be more aligned. I love them too.

[sms69x]

Haven't been this excited for a deck of playing cards for sometime now!!

[Sinecure]

How cool! Really excited for this project and what I imagine will be an amazing deck.

Keen to know more about a couple of the designers listed, specifically Sviatko Bocian (I couldn’t find much on p52, Kickstarter or elsewhere - unless I should be looking under a pseudonym) and Todd Merrifield (I saw his The Cartographer deck which was an excellent concept, but keen to know more.

This is mainly for my curiosity as a relative newbie - and for my designer list which I get a bit obsessive about:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Kg ... IcEpQ/edit. Any info appreciated.

[Leo Scherfig]

- and for my designer list which I get a bit obsessive about:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Kg ... IcEpQ/edit. Any info appreciated.

That list is so impressive. Good work, I get it when you say 'obsessive'.

[Fenrir]

The amount of coordinate that this will take is going to be impressive. That being said, I am not usually a fan of frankendecks but this seems pretty cool.

[kevork]

How cool! Really excited for this project and what I imagine will be an amazing deck.

Keen to know more about a couple of the designers listed, specifically Sviatko Bocian (I couldn’t find much on p52, Kickstarter or elsewhere - unless I should be looking under a pseudonym) and Todd Merrifield (I saw his The Cartographer deck which was an excellent concept, but keen to know more.

This is mainly for my curiosity as a relative newbie - and for my designer list which I get a bit obsessive about:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Kg ... IcEpQ/edit. Any info appreciated.

Looks like Sviatko Bocian is the Facebook profile for Sviatoslav Pashchuk. I hope that helps

[Sinecure]

Looks like Sviatko Bocian is the Facebook profile for Sviatoslav Pashchuk. I hope that helps

Ah, that really helps. Thanks!

[kevork]

King of Diamonds by Jack Brutus Penny

4s by FC Designs

[kevork]

The 9's courtesy of Todd Merrifield.

[Drewser]

Any updates as of late?

[Harvonsgard]

Any update on the King of Hearts? Asking for a friend.

[kevork]

Some more drafts posted.

[kevork]

Designed by Lun Zi from ARK Playing Cards

[Harvonsgard]

I'd buy a deck with those courts asap.

[kevork]

JoD by Amal Nur-Karim

[kevork]

The 10s by Patrick Zhu

Dare I say, I'm not so sure about these ones.

[Swiski66]

Same exact artwork on all four 10s?!!! I thought this deck was going to be 52 unique cards. Ugh!

[balrog326]

I gotta agree 4 of the same card design is the opposite of unique/frankendeck..... Hopefully that gets changed

[hsbc]

The cards are ever-so-slightly different, to be fair

[kevork]

3's by Priscilla Ong
As the trend continues, it appears the number cards have slight variations but it's not entirely different as one might expect from a Frankendeck.

[Honeybee]

Right from the first post we knew that all four of each number value was going to be done by an artist and it turns out with hardly any difference between them. We should probably have half expected that this was only going to be a part Franken deck. Dexter Amistad did say:

making this closer to the idea of a frankendeck

[hsbc]

[Harvonsgard]

Not that I ever expected to be really interested in this deck but the numbers being that repetetive from more than one artist now make it a sure pass for me. Still a lovely idea and great effort. I can imagine managing this project being a good amount of work.

[kevork]

JoH by Pedro Oyarbide

Joker and the Thief series, Kytone, Wayfarers, Dystopia, Happy Sad, Atlantis series, Sacred Fire series, Psychonauts, Victory, Crown Edition (does really nice work - frequently for Joker and the Thief and Riffle Shuffle)

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[kevork]

QoS draft by Elettra Deganello
This one is beautiful

[Honeybee]

I find the 4 hands creepy, better suited to one way IMO