Atc

[Cohen]

Artist Trading Cards. has anyone heard of these? my sister just sent me some blank ones.

according to the strathmore website, you buy these little 2.5" x 3.5" cards and work some magical art onto them, and then you go to a swap and trade them with other artists.

I've never heard of them before but it seems kind of interesting. Anyone want to tell me your experiences with them?

[Mirana]

Perhaps they got the idea from the Artist sketch cards in trading card chase sets nowadays? Seems like a cute idea for gifts.

[HunterKiller_]

Like this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/HunterKiller_/web%20pictures/tankcat.jpg

[Black Sun]

The only standard requirement for an ATC is that its height and width measurements be 2.5" x 3.5" (64 x 89 mm), either vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) orientation. The sky is the limit for every other aspect of the art.

The size, 2.5" x 3.5", is exactly one-quarter of 5" x 7" (127 x 178 mm) - a common size for photography and illustration. This means artists focusing on 5" x 7" artwork can easily scale-down their works to exactly 1/4 size (using photo-manipulation software) to create ATCs. Else the basis of printed ATCs can later be modified with other methods - such painting or inking-over the base image.

There is no standard thickness for ATCs but people customarily make them thin enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets.

Whilst some people are sticklers for archival qualities, art does not necessarily have to be "forever" so many people use whatever materials fit their artistic needs, irrespective of those materials' longevity.

From Wikipedia.

There is also a version called ACEO, which is generally referred to cards that are sold instead of traded.

I have been wanting to get into this for a while. It seems like a lot of fun :)

I found some websites where you can meet and trade with other artists:
http://www.art-cards.org/
http://www.atcsforall.com/

This page is neat:
http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html

[Cohen]

cattank is strong!

haha thank you Fetid. I might get into this. it seems like it could be interesting. I'll check those sites out.