Teenage Artists Published In Online Gallery

Meet Sarah Shipman. Sarah is 19 and will be 20 in September 2009. She was born and raised in North Texas, in the Dallas Region (the most liberal part of Texas, she says.) Visit her at www.artcardist.com
What Sarah has to say about herself and art cards: "People have always asked me where I learned to draw or if I could teach them, but what I have is an innate ability to just draw or sculpt anything that's in my head, well except for the REALLY crazy dreams I have, those stay in my head. I've always been into art, since before I can remember. Officially, I wanted to be a Bird when I grew up, but I always new I was an artist."

Maze

"My mom tells a story where when I was a baby, less than two years old, she would sit me in her lap and draw pictures for me. she used to interact with me like that ALOT. but she's not a fantastic artist or anything. she would just draw the same cat, dog and mouse over and over, but one would have different ears, a different face or tail, etc.
One day I asked her to draw me a 'REAL mouse' and she explained it was the best she could do, so I suppose she set me up with some paints and paper and I got to work. she says when I called her over to see my work, she was shocked and a little afraid, because hse had no idea babies could paint so well. sure enough, it was a REAL mouse, hunched over like mice do. My mother explained it WAS beautiful."

Drakozi

"I takes me about an hour to create my zodiac ATC cards. Frankly, I don't know what makes me so fast and yet so good. I'm sorry, it's the only thing I can brag about. On the other hand, it's good to not get TOO over-confident and really push yourself to improve and NEVER stop with 'well, it's pretty good, I'll just turn this in like it is,' because nothing is EVER really perfect. I love making the custom Etsy ACEO cards."

Girl

How Sarah Started With Art Cards:
"I was in a little sort of privately-own art supply shop where they have every art supply under the sun, I mean EVERYTHING and I was getting new supplies for the beginning semester of my first real college art class when I saw a packs of blank ATC cards at the counter in a big display. I've always loved cards ever since the poke'mon and Digimon phenomena (digimon came FIRST!!) and I bought one of every kind of card pack they had except acrylic, since I don't have any acrylic paints. (the very same cards are in the advertisements on this site last I checked)."

Ox Girl

"I took the art cards home, completely stoked and after thinking about what I should do, I made a couple. I wasn't into Esty yet, so I didn't think much of selling them, I just wanted to TRADE and was really excited. sadly, I never found a decent organization to trade through and I didn't have the will to make, like, 20 cards for a BIG trade. When I was fully into Etsy and my shop, I came up with the idea of making ATC cards to go along with the stuffed animals and plushies I was making, and with ONE lady, it was a huge hit! I also make 'Zodiac Pals' custom birthday cards where I combine someone's Greek Zodiac character with their Chinese Zodiac character, and that's been a huge hit! I love making them in my illustration-style, though I can do LOADS of styles!"

Card of Flower

Sarah became an Artcardist on August 26, 2009.

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Richmond Art Gallery Needs Artists

8 September – 30 October 2009
Closing Celebration & Trading Session:

Friday, 30 October, 7–8:30pm
The RAG’s 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibition is a display of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) from local, national, and international participants. Everyone is invited to participate, and all techniques and mediums are welcome. ATCs must be original artworks*, and may be in a series, edition or multiple. Please “sign” the back, and contact information may also appear on the back of each card if desired. ATCs will be traded on the closing night of the exhibition.
*Please note that photocopied works will not be traded
How to Enter:
Send in 9 Artist Trading Cards in a standard 9-sleeve plastic sheet (9 cards per sheet). Cards will be displayed in the plastic sheets. Cards must be sized to fit into standard plastic sleeves (designed for hockey/baseball cards), and each measure 2 ½” x 3 ½” in order to qualify. All works received that follow this criteria will be exhibited. Please sign the back of each ATC and include your city/town so that others will know whom they have traded with. Include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to the Richmond Art Gallery.**
**USA participants please send $2 in US funds for return postage. International Artists please include a Postal Money Order or International Reply Coupon for return postage purchase.
Entries must be postmarked before September 4, 2009. Please attach a copy of our entry form with your submission and send to:
ATTN: RAG ATC Exhibition

Richmond Art Gallery

7700 Minoru Gate

Richmond BC

Canada

V6Y 1R9
For more information about ATC’s at the RAG, or to join our email contact list, contact Kathy Tycholis at ktycholis@richmond.ca
Information is provided by Richmond Art Gallery

More details can be found at their website

www.richmondartgallery.org

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Vera Ma Published On www.Artcardist.com

Vera Ma is a graphic artist based in Singapore. Her work encompasses a variety of genres. Mainly contemporary illustration, psychedelia, manga, art nouveau, pop-art and surrealism. Color is a widely used and important theme in her work. She uses graphic techniques that firmly illustrate her passion for emotion. She was most recently featured in an online gallery at www.artcardist.com
Vera Comments about her choice of art cards as media. "I've always referred my cards as art cards
(as well as ACEOs) because most people have not heard of the terms ATC or ACEO. There's always a chance of meeting future collectors or people who like trading cards but never heard of the art genre so I choose to make it as accessible to an audience as possible."
Art cards are a medium that follow a standard rule. The cards must measure 2.5" x 3.5". This standard of measure is the same used for a baseball card. Art Cards can be originals or print editions and are either traded or sold. There is a wealth of information regarding the history of art cards found online. Art cards are extremely collectible and addictive hobby. Vera Ma expresses her thoughts on art card creation: "art cards is a good hobby to invest in... addictive though!"


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