You are Here:
Ripley's Believe it or Not Playing Cards

Author (Read 4219 times)

Ripley's Believe it or Not Playing Cards
« on: March 03, 2018, 12:44:31 PM »
 

52friends_and_me

  • Junior Member
  • *
  • 16
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
I work at Ripley's Believe it or Not in Branson, MO and during the off season it was really slow so I decided to design a deck of playing cards centered around the museum. I do not plan to sell these cards as this project was for fun/practice but I would appreciate critiques as if I was selling them so i can get better :) I only really focused on the Jokers, Ace of Spades, and the court cards.

Here's the pictures! Thanks in advance!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137616776@N04/?

I almost forgot. Here is a list of what each court card is.
KC- Robert Wadlow (Tallest Man in the World)
KH- J.T. Saylors AKA "Rubber Face"
KS- Robert Ripley
KD- Jo Jo the Dog Faced Man

QC- Dislocating Eyeballs
QH- Rose Siggins (Born without legs)
QS- Maria Jose Cristerna AKA "The Vampire Woman"
QD- Padaung Woman

JC- Erik "The Lizard Man" Sprague
JH- Longest Nose in History
JS- Weng AKA the Human Unicorn
JD- Fattest Man

AS- Two Headed Calf (Polycephaly)
Jokers- Tsantsa AKA Shrunken Head

« Last Edit: March 03, 2018, 12:58:15 PM by 52friends_and_me »
 

Re: Ripley's Believe it or Not Playing Cards
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2018, 06:16:38 AM »
 

Don Boyer

  • VP/Dir. Club Forum/DAC Chair, 52 Plus Joker
  • Administrator
  • Forum Sentinel
  • *
  • 19,172
    Posts
  • Reputation: 415
  • Pick a card, any card...no, not THAT card!

  • Facebook:
I work at Ripley's Believe it or Not in Branson, MO and during the off season it was really slow so I decided to design a deck of playing cards centered around the museum. I do not plan to sell these cards as this project was for fun/practice but I would appreciate critiques as if I was selling them so i can get better :) I only really focused on the Jokers, Ace of Spades, and the court cards.

Here's the pictures! Thanks in advance!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137616776@N04/?

I almost forgot. Here is a list of what each court card is.
KC- Robert Wadlow (Tallest Man in the World)
KH- J.T. Saylors AKA "Rubber Face"
KS- Robert Ripley
KD- Jo Jo the Dog Faced Man

QC- Dislocating Eyeballs
QH- Rose Siggins (Born without legs)
QS- Maria Jose Cristerna AKA "The Vampire Woman"
QD- Padaung Woman

JC- Erik "The Lizard Man" Sprague
JH- Longest Nose in History
JS- Weng AKA the Human Unicorn
JD- Fattest Man

AS- Two Headed Calf (Polycephaly)
Jokers- Tsantsa AKA Shrunken Head

There's actually some real potential for a good deck here.  You would have to make sure you get the rights for it, though - and there's always a good chance that whoever owns the Ripley's IP already sold those rights to another company, which would complicate matters.

In your shoes, rather than using manipulated images of standard court card faces, I'd go for more realistic images of the actual Ripley's "exhibits" instead.  There'd be more interest in them, I think.  You could go "full length" on them, making full-body portrait images instead of the traditional two-headed images, if you wanted to really show them off in all their glory.  In fact, I'm certain there's enough history to Ripley's that you could easily fill at least one full deck of cards with unique images on each card.  You likely even have enough for two full decks - a red-backed deck and a blue-backed deck, perhaps?
Card Illusionist, NYC Area
Playing Card Design & Development Consultant
Deck Tailoring: Custom Alterations for Magicians and Card Mechanics
Services for Hire - http://thedecktailor.com/
Pre-Made Decks for Sale - http://donboyermagic.com/
 

Re: Ripley's Believe it or Not Playing Cards
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2018, 10:56:57 AM »
 

Eddie Hughlett

  • 52 Plus Joker Member
  • Elite Member
  • *
  • 144
    Posts
  • Reputation: 6
Don't forget to include Jamie D. Grant. One of the nicest and most inspirational guys on the planet not just in Ripley's.
"...almost every ruse in the game is more or less dependent upon another one."

 - S.W. Erdnase