After revisiting my earlier "Wonso" concept, I took a little more 'radical' approach. Trigrams uses all eight trigram symbols, instead of the 4 from Wonso. As a nod to some traditional Chinese card games, I worked on a narrow card versus the normal Poker size.

Wonso (Korean for "elements) is a non-traditional design I've been tinkering with for a bit. This is the Poker deck version, as I've also developed the start of an octagonal card deck as well. Colors and elements are pulled from Korean themes like the flag and the trigrams (bars on the flag) and associated Bagua themes from Taoism.

Trying my hand at a more traditional-styled deck. Theme is based on cloak-and-dagger/espionage themes. Numbered cards will be traditional offerings, while the courts will be based on the overall theme.  I've finished the back, Ace of Spades, King of Spades and King of Clubs.

A little background on the title and iconography. The "subrosa" is an old English icon for espionage and intrigue. The cloak and dagger are more modern odes to this theme. Suit courts will carry subtle hints to four of the main intelligence disciplines: signals, geospatial, human and technical/scientific.

Don,

Thank you for the comments. I've named the deck "Cartographica" [altered the thread name as well]. I reworked the pips, indices and corrected the binary. I drafted a back [shown on the tuck case]. Tuck case is still draft. I used USPCC's template, but haven't decided on printers yet.

I recently started designing decks. First one stalled due to licensing. So here is my first design without those restrictions. Inspiration comes from my job and some other graphic design projects I've done. Pips and general layout are done, but haven't complete any one suit yet. Probably some minor issues, but I can touch those up. Courts are still pending and will feature work from my other major project. Back design is also still in works.