Bicycle Club Tattoo (Blue) Playing Cards
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The artists at Club Tattoo, one of the most famous tattoo and body
piercing studios in the world, designed the original art on every card
in this colorful deck. Club Tattoo founders Sean and Thora Dowdell, and
Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, sat down with Club 808 to talk more
about the inspiration behind the deck. Each suit has its own style of
tattoo art, including skulls, traditional Japanese, Day of the Dead, and
traditional tattoos.
Bicycle® Club Tattoo Playing Cards contains
original artwork on the front and back of each card and the tuck. Made
in the USA at The United States Playing Card Company on premium stock
with a quality finish.
Bicycle® Club Tattoo Playing Cards has four distinct tattoo styles for each suit:
Spades: Skulls
- The popularity of skull tattoos can probably be traced back to old
prison and gang tattoos, because a skull tattoo represents one's
mortality. In this suit we included a reaper, a corpse bride, and a
skull-headed spade king.
Diamonds: Traditional Japanese -
Probably the most popular tattoo style. Classic images like a geisha,
samurai, hannya mask, koi, as well as foo dog are represented in this
suit.
Clubs: Day of the Dead - Inspired by Mexican
celebration of the dead, this is a very popular tattoo style now. We
included a Mariachi skeleton, a female made up as a muerto, and a skull
adorned with markings as seen on sugar skulls.
Hearts: Traditional
Tattoos - The classic old school designs. We included classic designs
from old tattoo flash like anchors, sparrows, gypsy girl, roses, a
pirate ship, heart and dagger.
Joker: A female face is
presented in a style that's popular with Hispanic tattoo artists from
the southwest. They are well known for their female designs with clown
make-up, done with fine lines of black and gray.