Project 2 for Julie's Digital Design Issues class.
"Make 4 playing cards out of a fairy- or folk-tale."

I chose the Russian folktale "The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship."
I used to watch the PBS claymation movie all the time as a kid and downloaded the file and bought the DVD just because I was suddenly reminded of it.
Such a great fairytale- definitely my favorite.
It embodies the "hero's journey" perfectly and it's definitely one of the most complicated fairytales ever told.
If you haven't heard of it, go find it now.

Here's an abridged version for the sake of viewing these cards:
In the story, the hero goes on a journey to find a flying ship, which the Tsar decreed would be the price of his daughter's hand in marriage.
On his journey, the hero comes across a forest spirit who gives him a flying ship and tells him that in exchange he must give a ride to whoever asks.
He comes across several travelers who join him, including a forester with a bundle of magic twigs.
Upon arriving at the castle, the Tsar refuses to give his daughter's hand in marriage because they are peasants, and instead gives them impossible task after impossible task to complete.
With each task, the various travelers use their special abilities to accomplish them and the Tsar gives them one final task: to raise an army to rule a kingdom by the very next day.
The forester plants his twigs in the ground and overnight they sprout into a whole army to rival that of the Tsar's.

Here we have the flippable Jack of Hearts.
8 is here: [link]
Jack is here: [link]
Queen is here: [link]

Inspired by the nouveau illustrators Alphons Mucha and Ivan Bilibin. :3

artwork (c) me
story (c) whoever the heck wrote it... some Russian dude
font (c) dafont.com
natural brushes (c)
broken glass brushes (c)