Marco Tóxico, Bolivia
'The basic idea,' says Marc Wnuck, the 39-year-old German publisher and graphic designer behind the project, 'was to have each of the cards individually designed by an international designer or illustrator in their distinct style.' One striking example is Bolivian artist Marco Tóxico's lurid monster heads Photograph: www.marcotoxico.com
Helen Lang, UK
'Working in gouache, watercolour and pencil I adapted my signature style of decorative, vibrant, colourful and gently playful design work to create a shaped tree with nine beautiful birds in intertwined foliage and florals,' says Lang Photograph: www.wetpaint.org.uk
Diego Mazzeo, Argentina
'The illustration technique I use is digital college. This image was part of a series I did called "Fauna Mecánica". Personally, I think this is the most interesting piece of the series because doesn't represent any existing animal – it's a new, imaginary one' Photograph: www.diegografico.com.ar
Craig Watkins, USA
'I tried to think of a time that people relate to diamonds specifically, which lead me to the idea of a proposal,' says Watkins, aka Wotto. 'Faced with the 2 of diamonds I decided to use conjoined twin characters as the focus. This is very reflective of my style – cute but intriguing. I had the ghost as the proposer as a suggested symbol that maybe there was no proposal, it was all just a figment of the twins' imagination' Photograph: www.wottoart.com
Matt W Moore, USA
Moore says he 'works across disciplines, from colorful digital illustrations in his >signature Vectorfunk style, to freeform watercolor paintings, and massive aerosol murals' Photograph: MWM Graphics
Pete Fowler, UK
'I chose the ace of spades mostly because of the Motörhead song "Ace of Spades". Plus I liked the idea of the card being just black and white. I wanted to make a character around the spade shape and, as with a lot of my work, it reflects myself in the design – namely, in this case, my glasses' Photograph: www.monsterism.net
Daniel Bueno, Brazil
Bueno says his work 'deals with geometric shapes, textures, graphic ambiguity, fantasy and the grotesque' Photograph: www.buenozine.com.br
Susanne Eisermann, Germany
'I focus on bizarre figures that are witty and cheeky,' says Eisermann. 'The monster on this card is named Mirko. Something doesn't please him, that's why Mirko is so grumpy. Maybe he has a cold and trouble breathing through his long mouth-nose?'
Photograph: www.susanne-eisermann.de
