Quickie's Stuff.

[Quickman]

Got a couple more pics.  Colored some sketches, preparing a portfolio to send to Topps card company.

[Gaia]

Topps?





DUN DUUN DUUUUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUNN!!

Good luck. You are going to need it, they are notorious for their card games with (mostly) confusing rules.  

[Protoman Blues]

Wow, those are incredible.

[Quickman]

Topps?





DUN DUUN DUUUUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUNN!!

Good luck. You are going to need it, they are notorious for their card games with (mostly) confusing rules. 

They're also sneaky with their submissions address, so I'll be sending my five-by-eights to their main headquarters.  I'm hoping to be picked up as a Sketch Card artist.  It took one artist two years to get in.

Posted on: December 07, 2011, 08:28:28 PMTopps doesn't allow for digital coloring for their sketch cards (fine for portfolios, though), so I dug out my acrylics last night.



He's 3 x 4 inches.

[Gaia]

Standard format? I see. Hopefully you'd get the job, so we can get a few sneak peeks of upcoming card games but this is Topps we are talking about. A common foe.

[Quickman]

I'm after a Sketch Card gig.  It won't make me rich, but it will give me the title of Official Lucasfilm Artist, which is what I'm really after.  Considering some of the Sketch Card artists out there, I definitely have the chops for it and a number of current artists say to definitely do it.

[Protoman Blues]

I definitely think you have the talent to make it!

[Quickman]

As one person said on TFN, if they don't hire me, it's a low-down dirty crime.

[Gaia]

And it will further prove that Topps is a bunch of schemers and jackasses with nigh-playable TCGs. Here's hoping you'd get the pick.

Dear Topps: PLEASE have pre-constructed decks within the range of boosters, and playtest the games before selling. Thank You.

[Protoman Blues]

I'd love to see you draw YuGiOh cards, Quickie! 

[Quickman]

Does Topps sell Yu-Gi-Oh?  If they do... then I guess I'd better draw some and add them to my portfolio.  I was gonna concentrate mostly on the franchises that do sketch cards (which aren't playable).  Yep, only trading cards for me, I'd rather not be involved with the gaming aspect.

[Protoman Blues]

I don't think so. LoL, I just wanted to see you draw YuGiOh cards like my DARK MAGICIAN! 

[KoiDrake]

That painting looks rad

[Quickman]

I has another painting!



The canvas is 14 x 16 and thus waaaaaaaaaay too big for my scanner.  I'll attempt to get a scan this weekend at Staples.

[Protoman Blues]

Holy [parasitic bomb] that's incredible!

[Blackhook]

Impressed me you have

[Quickman]

Oh, and here's a goofy sketch I did while at the laundromat.



Now that I have softened the blow...  That Yoda painting?  He is for sale.

[Protoman Blues]

How much are you charging for it?

[Gaia]

Usually for paintings.. I'd say $25.86 USD at the most. $100.00 USD (or more) if you are shooting for paintings much more to your fancy, mainly movie posters (I do belive those are hand-painted back in the day, am I correct?) and such.

I'd hope the painting finds a good home, it'd be devastating to sell your hard work to a nimrod who can't tell from a valuable peice from [parasitic bomb].

[Quickman]

How much are you charging for it?

Considering the size, and how long it took me to paint it (a week), level of detail... and from what I've seen paintings sell for (just prints of paintings), I'm not going any lower than $100.  From my own research, that is the usual retail price. 

Prints around here sell from $40 to $100 or more.  For a print.  An original can fetch up to $200.  Star Wars.Com used to sell Glicee prints and lithographs for $89-120, depending on size and print.  And I've seen a Greedo sofa painting sell on eBay for $150.

[Protoman Blues]

Sounds reasonable to me! Best of luck sweetie!

[Quickman]

I intend to see how much it would cost to get it framed, so that way I can have a nice presentation when I sell it.  To sell it unframed would be unwise.  That, and the frame will permit me to jack up the price to the one I want.

[Protoman Blues]

Valiant idea!

[Quickman]

In the meantime, since I am waiting for a holiday gift art exchange thread on TFN to post it...  I'll just toss the pic here.  This pose and layout should look familiar.



Basically, I was given the "secret Santa" request to draw Corran Horn and Mirax Terrick.  Doing what?  That was left up to me.  I couldn't make them [tornado fang] like rabbits, since that's what they usually do, so I just drew them smooching.

And gave Mirax a nice, round ass.  Jelly should like.

[Protoman Blues]

Why yes, I do recall that pose!