For each of these Portrait Playing Cards I first prepped each card by painting what would be the "face" of the card with a parchment colored acrylic paint. Next I hand sketched each portrait on a sheet of graph paper (I used the grid method to ensure I didn't mess up the face too much😂) using between 2B and 4B graphite. Once the sketches were done, I transferred each sketch from the paper to the painted card using a gel plate. For most of them I didn't require any additional paint when transferring them to the cards, but, for a few I used the same parchment colored acrylic paint over top the print on the gel plate to transfer the pencil sketch to the card.
Each of these men have influenced, inspired or affected my life in some way or other. Either through their sheer talents as a performer or through their independent outlooks on life as they saw it. There are countless more, but I limited myself to these 13😂. And all of them were made using primarily Gelly Role gel pens, but I also used Crayola's Colors of the World makers, Posca paint markers and Derwent's Inktense Washes.
From the left is the
Ace played by
Mr. Tyler Thomas, an LGBT film director based in OH. The
King is the legendary
Mr. Robin Williams. The
Queen is played by the
powerful Mr. Tim Curry. And the
Jack is played by the adorable digital creator
Mr. Dimitry Loubry. Next is the
10 played by the amazingly talented artist
Mr. Ben Fink. The
9 is played by the hilarious and adorable
Mr.Terry Crews. The
8 is played by the dandy
Sir Ian McKellen and the
7 is played by The Grandfather of Cinema
Mr. Alfred Hitchcock.
The
6 is a
double feature with the host and co-host of the British game show,
Taskmaster.
5 is played by the deeply funny
Mr. George Carlin.
4 is played by the outrageously talented
Mr. David Bowie.
3 is dandily played by the handsome
Mr. Jack Nicholson.
And last, but never least, is the 2 played by the absolutely adorable and talented Mr. Jim Varney.
Well MMP Fans, that is the entire suit of Clubs in my
Portrait Playing Cards deck. I hope you liked them! They're not perfect and, of course, there are some that just got away from me 😂, but, overall, I'm quite happy with my boys. Each was a challenge to draw, transfer, color and protect. But now they are all snug in plastic protective card sleeves and always happy to be whipped out and be shown off! If you ever decide to commit the lengthy commitment of customizing YOUR OWN playing cards, tag me on social media so I can see YOUR creations! And please feel free to let me know YOUR thoughts on these tiny portrait playing cards. If you would like to
challenge me, please check out my
Contact Me page, or, if you'd like to purchase one of my works or a work of your own design, check out my
Commission page.
Till next time MMP Fans!
