Angels and Cherubs ATC Swap

Artists Trading Cards Group on Facebook
Angels & Cherubs Swap (Hostess: Vanessa Melton)

This swap is all about those rosy cheeked cherubs and the beautiful winged creatures from the palace up in the sky....angels and the tiny cherubs. ALL MEDIUMS WELCOME. This is a 4/3 swap. Please send your best work on clean, sturdy cards, with your information neatly on the back. Only 1 set per person please. Late sets will be sent back unopened. POSTAGE ALERT!!! Stateside Residents ----send SASE (at least $.72 worth of postage) or postage stamps (at least $.72 worth) and I will provide the envelope. International participants ----- send $3.00 (in US dollars or US postage) or an extra ATC related to the swap.

Start Date: November 17
Deadline: December January 8

Address: Vanessa Melton 4521 Cleveland Dr Plano, TX 75093 (Label the envelope: Angels)

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Art Card Groups on Facebook

There are several ACEO and ART Card Groups on Facebook

Here are a few worth note

Artcardist

artcardist

Main Entry: art-card-ist

Pronunciation: \ˈärt-card-ist\

Function: noun

Date: circa 2009

1. one who professes and practices an imaginative art card

2. one who is adept at creating, trading, buying and selling art cards and ACEO without bias

3. a skilled performer in the fine art of both ATC and ACEO

Find trading, buying, selling and creating tips for art cards and ACEO's here! There is also an online gallery posted at the site.

ACEO - Fans and Artists

A group for ACEO lovers to congregate right here on Facebook!

ACEO is an acronym for Art Cards Editions & Originals. ACEOs must measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Thats the only rule.

Artists Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards allow artists from all over the world to exchange small works of art. I'm hoping this group will allow artists to find other artist to trade their work.
--For those of you new to this art form, here is a definition for you:
An artist trading card (or ATC for short) is a tiny, original piece of art created with the intention of swapping or trading it with another artist, not selling it. The one rule an artist trading card must adhere to is the size. An ATC must be 2.5x3.5 inches or 64x89 mm.

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Tina Will ACEO Posted in Online Gallery At ARTCARDIST

Tina will has just been published in an online gallery on ARTCARDIST.com. She says "She is drawn to abstraction, and feels like painting and drawing is her way to push away
the conventional, and to escape from what society expects from us as adults.
Creating art is a constant developing process for her, and she hopes to eventually draw and paint
as free as a child again one day…with that courage and confidence of the young girl
on grandma’s kitchen table.
For her, drawing art cards is a great way to loosen up and totally relax while creating a mini piece of art. She likes that you can bring fresh ideas onto an art card quickly and thinks that art cards are a wonderful way to make art affordable for everyone."
Meet Tina Will and many other artists at ARTCARDIST.com

• Do you want to sell more of your art or craftwork at higher prices so you can spend
  your time creating quality work rather than feeling you have to "mass" produce your
  art in order to make a living... but don't know how?
• Do you need a proven easy to use plan to get your art or craft business going... but you feel intimidated and don't know where to start?
• Would you like to have name recognition and have customers calling you... but don't
  know where to begin?
• Do you want to turn your passion for art into a very profitable part-time or
  full-time business... but don't know how to do it?
• Do you want to have all of the above without a huge amount of effort or becoming a "pushy salesperson" or an expert in marketing... but don't have a clue how to?
• Want to know how to get started in an easy step-by-step manner... but didn't know where to find this information?

Steven Popkin, a successful glass artists has put the answers to these questions together in a step by step kit just for artists. He is a shining example of how to follow the success of others. Take his advice and view his course called THE LIVING ARTIST.

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Art Cardist Published in Online Gallery: Meet Brenda Thour

Brenda Thour states that she is a wildlife & landscape artist. She says "I have sold work throughout the United States and Canada. I work in mostly oil, but I also use acrylic and watercolor. I have been painting since 1999, when I finally followed my heart and bought a few painting supplies. Picking up a paint brush was like turning a corner in my life. I have studied under and have taken private lessons from award winning artists. Painting is a passion for me and I immerse myself in each piece I work on. Learning more with each new piece, for art is a never ending learning journey. To take a blank canvas and create a work of art depicting God's beautiful handiwork is amazingly rewarding. Since I started painting, I have more of an appreciation of the beauty all around us. My passion is in painting wildlife and landscapes. I now look at nature differently, I view places and subjects as a possible composition. I notice the uniqueness of simple things, such as a fence post, or a tree stump. I give God all the glory for all he has done in my life."
Brenda's work is magical and will capture the hearts of viewers. She incorporates a feeling of joy and wonderment into her work. Her new gallery posting can be viewed at www.ARTCARDIST.com

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Tips to Making Money Selling ACEO Online

Selling ACEO and Art Cards can prove to be lucrative provided one is willing to do a little self promotion. Creating a website, a blog and posting to forums in regards to your art card work will help spread the word that you are serious about this art form and want to gain recognition. Not to mention, help you put some hard earned cash in your pocket. This type of promotion can be free and easy to do. Look for a future blog regarding self promotion here and at ARTCARDIST.com

Sites like ebay and Etsy.com allow artists to post their art cards and make some money selling them. Each site has its own benefits. Ebay is a great site to promote individual art work since a listing will typically allow a shopper to browse an aritist's individual website. Working in an auction format or with "Pay It Now" allows an artists to sell their work quickly. This is great if an artist needs some immediate cash. Ebay also has some fantastic forums for art card artists. Join a forum and get ideas for increasing sales as well as information on trading art cards. It is difficult to showcase a specific work or collection of work since listings appear by the date that the auction ends.

Etsy solves the problems of the auction style of selling since art listings are more personalized and do not expire in a certain period of time. Etsy allows a user to add a personalized profile and to categorize the art work that is listed. It is not uncommon to see ACEO original work sell for hundreds of dollars.

Besides using sites like Ebay and Etsy to promote yourself, educate yourself, too! Many artists make a lot of money online. You can be one of those artists. Learn from others and follow the steps of their success. Apply principle of success. Ask yourself the following questions:

• Do you want to sell more of your art or craftwork at higher prices so you can spend
  your time creating quality work rather than feeling you have to "mass" produce your
  art in order to make a living... but don't know how?
• Do you need a proven easy to use plan to get your art or craft business going... but you feel intimidated and don't know where to start?
• Would you like to have name recognition and have customers calling you... but don't
  know where to begin?
• Do you want to turn your passion for art into a very profitable part-time or
  full-time business... but don't know how to do it?
• Do you want to have all of the above without a huge amount of effort or becoming a "pushy salesperson" or an expert in marketing... but don't have a clue how to?
• Want to know how to get started in an easy step-by-step manner... but didn't know where to find this information?

Steven Popkin, a successful glass artists has put the answers to these questions together in a step by step kit just for artists. He is a shining example of how to follow the success of others. Take his advice and view his course called THE LIVING ARTIST.

Do you draw and paint your own ACEO? ACEO has become one of the hottest selling collectibles on the internet. Arm yourself with knowledge critical for selling ACEO and other fine art.

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ACEO and ATC

First of all, an art card also called ATC (Art Trading Card) or ACEO (Art Card Editions and Originals) meets a guideline of being produced on a 2.5" x 3.5" format. The measurement standard was taken from the same standard that trading cards, like baseball cards, use. The size allows the collector to keep cards in a card protector and binders that are commercially produced for all trading card enthusiasts. The size has also lent itself to another nickname commonly found for art cards. Art in your pocket or pocket art is another name used to define these productions. Art cards are produced by artists who are willing to share their talents by either trading or selling these little creations. Basically, the art cards can be looked at as a business card of sorts made by the artists.

The debate lies in how these cards are collected. ATC enthusiasts only trade their cards. They do so by joining online forums and engaging in ATC swaps or they go to ATC meets where they can trade cards with artists from all over the globe. The ATC movement was recreated in the late 90's. ACEO enthusiasts create cards to be sold or they can be collectors of the art form. This group was created in the early 2000's out of desperation. It was created because there was a desire to sell and purchase cards but the ATC movement frowns upon the selling of art cards. ACEO can be bought or sold on ebay or Etsy.com and there are numerous groups to be joined in order for an artist to showcase their ACEO work.

Even though we live in a modern age, there is a war of sorts between the two movements. Some ATC artists are also ACEO artists but not all are. Many frown on it severely. It is common to receive flack from members of the ATC movementt for wanting to sell or buy. Slowly, there is an acceptance of ACEO being seen in art card communities and it is only right. The size of the art cards allows buyers to purchase mini works of fine art at very reasonable prices. The current trend for collecting these cards also benefits the artists by allowing for a way to market themselves inexpensively.Whether one buys, sells or trade should not be an issue. This is a fun hobby and many people are joining the movement. It should be expected that both ATC and ACEO find a way to get along politically since there is a consumer demand for the product. For more information on this subject or to view a gallery of the artists pictured, visit http://www.artcardist.com

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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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  your time creating quality work rather than feeling you have to "mass" produce your
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• Do you need a proven easy to use plan to get your art or craft business going... but you feel intimidated and don't know where to start?
• Would you like to have name recognition and have customers calling you... but don't
  know where to begin?
• Do you want to turn your passion for art into a very profitable part-time or
  full-time business... but don't know how to do it?
• Do you want to have all of the above without a huge amount of effort or becoming a "pushy salesperson" or an expert in marketing... but don't have a clue how to?
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