Kickstarter: Ocean Kingdom Playing Cards

Hong Kong-based designer Amelia Chan has a fascination with mythology. She is currently exploring the folklores of mermaids, aquatic creatures with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish (merman is the male counterpart of a mermaid). Ocean Kingdom Playing Cards explore these folklores and tell the story of mermaids.

The cards would have customized illustrations on both the faces and the backs. The artwork has a mythical aquatic life under the sea: mermaids, mermen, and sea creatures. For the royals, the Jacks represent the princes or brave warriors, the Queens represent the princesses, while the Kings represent the ruler of the ocean kingdoms brandishing a trident.

All of the Aces featured a sea creature each in a power pip. The back design features an assortment of shells and sea waves – you can also notice the mermaids swimming in the arrangement.

Two editions are available during the Kickstarter campaign: the foil edition and the UV edition. The foil edition featured a bright color scheme in aquatic colors of teal, pink, and white. Completing this edition is the silver cold foil – a silver metallic foil that sheens rainbow when viewed at an angle.

The UV edition featured a darker color scheme in black, teal, orange, and purple. The inks for this edition are UV reactive, which will glow under blacklight. Both editions will have matte laminated tuck case, individually shrink-wrapped in cellophane.

Pledge starts at $16 for the Foil deck OR $24 for the UV deck (comes with UV flashlight) on Kickstarter.