I was grateful to be commissioned by Pierre Huetter from Aleseva to illustrate and design The Kelly Gang Playing cards. The deck tells the time when European civilisation was only starting to take hold in outback Australia, Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang waged war on the property and all the props of civilisation – police, bankers, squatters, teachers, preachers, the railway and the electric telegraph.
The villains of the deck are the four members of the Kelly Gang. These original illustrations capture the youth and destructive urges of the four outlaws, and each design captures a unique element of their outlaw character. The outlaws’ weapons are based on the weapons of choice of the actual Kelly Gang.
We were very happy that our campaign for this deck on Kickstarter got funded more than 100%.
The villains of the deck are the four members of the Kelly Gang. These original illustrations capture the youth and destructive urges of the four outlaws, and each design captures a unique element of their outlaw character. The outlaws’ weapons are based on the weapons of choice of the actual Kelly Gang.
We were very happy that our campaign for this deck on Kickstarter got funded more than 100%.
