First, I cut 4 pieces of posterboard to the dimensions of a large playing card. I then sketched each of the four kings using Bicycle playing cards as reference. This took way longer than I expected, probably because I was so picky about getting the measurements correct.
Be sure to let your cat "help" at this stage because he will feel left out if you don't let him give input.
Next, I inked each of the four drawings using a Sharpie marker. This allowed me more detail than I could produce with my amateur painting skills.
After that it was a matter of painting. Painting took a million years.
But I finished it.
It nearly killed me to have to cut them up after all that work, but it was in the cards (aha).
I drew one card each from two decks and swapped the squares that matched the suit and value. I did this through one cycle of the deck.
I could have continued at this point, but I liked the aesthetic of the kings still being somewhat recognizable, albeit rather mixed up. If I were to do this project again, I would print them rather than paint them. I wouldn't have as high a quality of product, but I'd have more time to devote to playing around with the process.
The finished product!
And bonus: the making of VIDEO!
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