The Great Creator - Case Study

“The Great Creator” is set of two decks of playing cards. Designed by Widakk Design studio and produced by Riffle Shuffle playing cards co. It is inspired by ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. Created in respect and honor of those who were here before us, their culture, religion and mythology.

Tuck Box

Comes in two epic editions: Earth & Sky Edition, representing Sumerian God of Heavens AN and Goddess of Earth KI

The two editions complete one another by forming an entire Entire Globe on the tuck case.

Court Cards

Court Cards represent the Anunnaki.

In the earliest Sumerian writings about them, the Anunnaki are deities in the pantheon, children of earth and sky; An, the sky god, and Ki, the earth goddess, and their primary function was to decree the fates of humanity.

It was really fun, working on these court cards, creating illustrations based on ancient carvings. I tried to stay true to these old carvings ( hand positions, crowns, things they hold...) but to create them in my own style.

Fully custom design, where everything is unique: tuck box, back design, court cards, jokers, aces and number cards.

Jokers

While doing my research for this deck, I stubbled upon this paragraph, which inspired me for design of Jokers.

"According to the creation story, An, the main God of the Ancient Sumerians saw that the labor on Earth was too great. The Son of An, Enki, proposed to create a species that would inhabit the planet and bear the labor and so the Gods created man. One of the Ancient Sumerian Gods was put to death and they mixed his blood with clay from Earth. Out of this material the first human was created in he likeness of the Gods."

Half-Brick Box

The Custom Half Brick Box has intricate artworks all over it. With Embossed Gold hot foil stamping on a premium soft touch 330GSM paper, the half brick box will secure your decks safely but also allow you to open it without any hassle. 

Srdjan Vidakovic
Widakk Design Studio

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