{"id":113177,"date":"2022-05-18T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=113177"},"modified":"2022-05-18T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:33:53","slug":"official-the-lord-of-the-rings-themed-playing-cards-are-going-gangbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/05\/18\/113177-official-the-lord-of-the-rings-themed-playing-cards-are-going-gangbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Official The Lord of the Rings-themed playing cards are going gangbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since early childhood, artist Jackson Robinson has always wanted to do something artistically inspired by The Lord of the Rings. Recently, he’s finally been able to turn that dream into reality with a wildly successful Kickstarter project launching a deck of The Lord of the Rings-themed playing cards<\/a> featuring his own hand-drawn art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 6,400 people have backed his The Fellowship of the Ring deck of luxury playing cards in just under a month. It’s now 25 times more successful than its initial goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring playing card deck, standard edition (front side and rear side of pack). Source: Kings Wild Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“I knew it would succeed just from the love of the IP and my followers, but I had NO idea it was going to be as successful as it has been,” Jackson told TheOneRing.net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson says that he’s worked as a professional illustrator for more than 20 years on big brand names and franchises ranging from Star Wars and Marvel Comics to Disney and Coca-Cola, but he’s always loved The Lord of the Rings. His favorite artists working in Tolkien’s milieu includes John Howe<\/a> and Alen Lee, but he also loves the work of Donato Giancola<\/a> and the woodcuts of Tolkien Society best artwork category award-winner Tomas Hijo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Like many others, the richness of the story and characters within Professor Tolkien’s work drew me in. I also always found it fascinating that I could never seem to be at the bottom of the well of creativity in any of his works or worlds,” Jackson says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says that the first significant piece of Tolkien artwork he made was a map of Middle-earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I did this over 20 years ago, during my undergraduate years at the University of North Texas. The map still hangs in my office today.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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