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Cards 99 and 100 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
Pardon me as I make up some titles here…
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here. Repeating, yet tweaking, images and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
May 2o12
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These was another tricky/frustrating card surface to work on (same as Night of the Living Dead)...
The third of 10 sketch cards done for the Avengers 50th Anniversary trading card series by Unstoppable Cards.
The Avengers was created by Sydney Newman
John Steed, as portrayed by Patrick Macnee
© Canal + Image Ltd, UK
Sketch Card
June 2o12
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Cards 18 and 19 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
A riff on Watching From Mars, card #13 of the original Mars Attacks cards set.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here. Repeating, yet tweaking, images and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 5th and 6th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
August 2o13
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Cards 71 and 72 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
Pardon me as I make up a few titles to these...
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 7th and 8th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
August 2o13
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The 89 and 90th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
September 2o13
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Yet another batch for Treasure Chest.
The 17th of 20 (47th of 50 in total) sketch cards for Treasure Chest of Art charity project.
Treasure Chests are still for sale.
All proceeds from this project will go to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.
Rocket Raccoon created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen
First appearance: Marvel Preview #7, 1976
©Marvel Comics
Sketch card
May 2o13
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This is the 9th of 10 cards that are *currently* up on eBay (along with the 8 previous posts), to raise money for the March of Dimes; Steve Frank’s annual “Steve4MOD” event, this is year IV.
Search on March of Dimes or j(ay) or seller: slfx2
Or use this direct link:
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=j%28ay%29%2C+dimes&_saca...
Space Ghost created by Alex Toth, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera 1966.
© Hanna Barbera
Sketch card
August 2o11
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The 31th of 32 cards for the Great Sketch card Swap 2012 (The cards are imprinted with 2012 but they were received a few days away from 2013). Anyway, the project was sponsored by www.sadlittles.com.
Malekith the Accursed, ruler of the dark elves, created by Walt Simonson in 1984
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
March 2o13
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Oh Dae-Su, from Oldboy, created by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi in 1996
Filmed in 2003
© Shoe East/Egg Films
Sketch card (image shows uncut card, so therefore slightly larger)
September 2o13
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this is a copy of a painting by Frans Hals. Wikipedia says that, called the Gypsy woman, it was painted around 1628-1630. It seems the portrait as painted, was rather bigger than this.
Cards 11 and 12 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 48th and 46th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
September 2o13
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The 16th of 32 cards for the Great Sketch card Swap 2012 (The cards are imprinted with 2012 but they were received a few days away from 2013). Anyway, the project was sponsored by www.sadlittles.com.
Luke (Carl Lucas) Cage, aka the Power Man, created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita, Sr in 1972
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
March 2o13
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The 17th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.
This pose is riffed from Jack Kirby’s cover to Avengers #4…
Steve Rogers, aka Captain America created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Captain America Comics #1, 1941
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #4, 1963
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
January 2o12
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The card that's possibly too late (as a submission) or simply not good enough (let me guess, not "hot" or "sexy" enough) to get me on the upcoming LD project...
Lady Death created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes in 1991.
Published by Boundless
© Mischief Maker Media
Sketch card
October 2o1o
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Our introduction to Loki...trapped within a tree.
The 7th of 75 sketch cards done for the Thor, The Dark World trading card series by
The God of Mischief, aka Loki, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby.
First appearance: Journey to Mystery #85, 1962
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
August 2o13
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The last of 10 cards done for 5finity’s Hack/Slash sketch card set.
Available at 5Finity
Hack/Slash and Cassie Hack created by Tim Seeley in 2004.
Published by Devil’s Due Publishing and Image Comics
© Tim Seeley
Sketch card
September 2o1o
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I was asked for a “funny Silver Surfer” card.
So here is proof that I’m not really “funny”…
Silver Surfer created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966
© Marvel Comics
With sincere apologies to (and utmost respect for) Robert Duvall and his wondrous portrayal of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore…
Sketch card
March 2o1o
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The 6th of 50 sketch cards done for the Iron Man 3 trading card series by
Nathan Dolly, aka Mr Doll, created by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and Dick Ayers
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #48, 1963
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
January 2o13
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Children. Yummy.
The 15th of 30 sketch cards done for the Bram Stoker’s Dracula trading card series by
The Bloofer Lady, aka Lucy Westenra, created by Bram Stoker in 1897
© in the public domain
Usually I post in the order I did the cards, but here I’ll reshuffle a bit to (sort of) tell the story...
Sketch card
September 2o12
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The 103 and 104th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
September 2o13
j(ay)
These was another tricky/frustrating card surface to work on (same as Night of the Living Dead)...
The fifth of 10 sketch cards done for the Avengers 50th Anniversary trading card series by Unstoppable Cards.
The Avengers was created by Sydney Newman
John Steed, as portrayed by Patrick Macnee
© Canal + Image Ltd, UK
Sketch card
June 2o12
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The 24th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.
Piggy backs, the best mode of transportation…
Rick Jones created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
January 2o12
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The 71th and 72th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
September 2o13
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The 13th and 14th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
August 2o13
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Cards 25 and 26 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 4th of 15 sketch cards from the recently released Treasure Chest of Art.
Star Wars, Garbage Pail Kids and Whacky Packages are official licenses for this project.
All proceeds from this set will go to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.
Jawa and Star Wars © LucasFilms
Sketch card
January 2o1o
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Another (officially licensed) sketch card for the Archie Comics/March of Dimes sketch card series by 5finity
Archie Andrews and Jughead Jones created by Bob Montana in 1941
© Archie Comics
May 2oo9
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Some alien philosophy...
The 5th of 20 sketch cards done for The Man Who Fell to Earth trading card series by Unstoppable Cards.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
© StudioCanal Films Limited, 1976
Sketch card
April 2o14
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Cards 51 and 52 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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Sweet talking Mina.
The 28th of 30 sketch cards done for the Bram Stoker’s Dracula trading card series by
Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker in 1897
© in the public domain
Usually I post in the order I did the cards, but here I’ll reshuffle a bit to (sort of) tell the story...
Sketch card
September 2o12
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Cards 79 and 80 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here. Repeating, yet tweaking, images and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 2nd of 30 sketch cards from the just released Golden Age of Comics card series from Breygent
Andrew Bryant aka Captain Future
Created by Kin Platt
First appeared in Startling Comics #1 (June 1940), published by Nedor
Character now in the public domain.
Sketch card
March 2o1o
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These was another tricky/frustrating card surface to work on (same as Night of the Living Dead)...
The first of 10 sketch cards done for the Avengers 50th Anniversary trading card series by Unstoppable Cards.
The Avengers was created by Sydney Newman
John Steed, as portrayed by Patrick Macnee
© Canal + Image Ltd, UK
Sketch Card
June 2o12
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Cards 45 and 46 of 106 sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I tried something new here.
So trial and error led back to the first pair being the best, but without a colour background.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
The Heritage card series is celebrating the 50th anniversary, which is now already reportedly sold out.
© Topps
Sketch card
April 2o12
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The 30th and 31th (of 106) sketch cards done for the Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series by Topps.
With a large stack of cards to do in a short period of time I repeated a motif I’ve used before: repeating, yet tweaking an image (only once) and playing with grey tones.
Mars Attacks cards first appeared in 1962, conceived and produced by Len Brown, Woody Gelman, Wally Wood, Bob Powell and Norman Saunders.
© Topps
Sketch card
September 2o13
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Boba Fett, from Star Wars. My first attempt with colored pencils.
Sketch cards are playing-card-sized original works of art. If you'd be interested in one, drop me a line!
With a large tip of the cap to Katsuhiro Otomo and one of his Akira covers.
The 2nd of 6 cards done for the recently release Manga Mandy sketch card series by 5finity
Mandy created and © Dean Yeagle
Sketch card
March 2o11
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This is the 3rd of 10 cards that will eventually be up on eBay to raise money for the March of Dimes; Steve Frank’s annual “Steve4MOD” event, this is year IV.
Search on seller: slfx2, or March of Dimes.
Marvin the Martian created by Chuck Jones in 1948
© Warner Brothers
Sketch card
August 2o11
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The 38th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.
Thor, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Journey Into Mystery #83, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics
Sketch card
January 2o12
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