MY TOPPS GALLERY PAINTINGS AS COLLECTIBLES
A little while ago I was contacted by a baseball card collector who had picked up some of the original paintings I created for Topps MLB Gallery. These paintings were reproduced for the base and insert sets, and then randomly inserted into the boxes of cards. The collector sought two of my paintings out online …
Interview with Chris Mixer About Collecting Sketch Cards
Recently, one of the biggest collectors of sketch cards I know and easily the most knowledgable person of the artform I know, Chris Mixer, asked me a few questions about being a sketch card artist. He posted that interview on his website and today I’m excited to share my interview with him here! A Conversation with a …
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Making Your Own Sketch Cards
Making sketch cards is possibly far more complicated than you might think. You might assume from looking at one that it’s a simple task of just sitting down and sketching out an image, but it’s far more than just that. WHAT ARE SKETCH CARDS? What are sketch cards is a question I went into answering …
Explore my Artwork for Topps 2021 Star Wars Masterwork
After several months of delay, Star Wars Masterwork trading cards have finally been released! I contributed not only regular shaped sketch cards but also double and triple panel sketch cards to this set. Check out the booklets I painted for this set below! All of my artwork for this project, except for my artist proofs, …
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Getting to Know… Me?
On a Facebook Star Wars fan page, I was recently asked to contribute to their ongoing “getting to know Star Wars sketch card artists” posts. These go up roughly once a week, and it is spearheaded by Ashley Marsh who is a fabulous artist herself. As the questions she posed me and the responses I gave …
Getting to Know Fellow Sketch Card Artist, Jim Dickson
Last month I posted a conversation I had with trading card collector Chris Mixer and today I am posting one with fellow trading card artist, Jim Dickson. Both Jim and myself hail from Canada and met on social media channels through our mutual line of work. We’ve both actively shared one another’s work on Twitter and …
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Topps Stranger Things Season 1 Sketch Cards
I find that I often forget to post the artwork I’ve done for trading card projects to my website. Then, months or even years later, something will pop up to remind me about a project I worked on that I never posted about! Today is one of those days as it is Stranger Things day …
Upper-Deck Alien 3 Sketch Cards
Awhile back I was invited to contribute artwork to the Alien3 trading card set from Upper-Deck. As a MASSIVE Aliens fan I was stoked to work on this project! Previously I had contributed artwork to the Aliens trading card set from Upper Deck and I will have an illustration included in an Aliens artbook, published …
Topps 2021 Star Wars Galaxy Chrome
Topps 2021 Star Wars Galaxy Chrome trading cards was released this week and it’s the first SW set to hit shelves in several months! This set is highlighted by the reissuing of artwork previously used in the Galaxy line of trading card sets from Topps but this time given a “chrome” treatment. As for my …
COMMISSIONED PAINTING OF A MUSCLE CAR
Personally I’m not a big car guy. I’ve always liked the look of classic cars and high end sports cars but I’ve never been all that knowledgeable about them. I don’t know the details or really even the names of this or that type of car, but I have always liked the look of the …
TOPPS 2021 MUSEUM COLLECTION ARTIST PROOF SKETCH CARDS
I painted four artist proofs for the Topps 2021 Museum Collection set that I will be putting up for sale. These are original paintings, done in traditional gouache and oil based pencil crayons. On the backside of the cards, I’ve signed it, hand-written the player’s name and “Artist Proof”. This type of sketch card can ONLY …
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TOPPS 2021 MUSEUM COLLECTION CANVAS SERIES REPRINTS
Topps Museum Collection trading cards is a higher end baseball card product. It has been around for quite a few years and for the past four years I have been contributing artwork to the product. This artwork comes in the form of sketch cards but the cards I work on are thicker than a regular …
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Topps 2021 Mandalorian Season 2 Sketch Cards
The Mandalorian Season 2 trading card set from Topps releases today! I contributed 35 full-colour sketch cards to this project, including a few that were in the shape of Mando’s helmet! In addition to these 35 sketch cards, that were inserted into the packs, I have one artist proof for sale (check it out at …
2020 UPPER DECK GOODWIN AESOP FABLES ARTWORK
2020 Upper Deck Goodwin is a highly popular all sports and entertainment trading card set produced by Upper-Deck cards. The set is a callback to the historic Goodwin Champions cards that first appeared in 1888. This is similar to the Topps Allen & Ginter trading cards that are made today and are a revival of …
Topps 2020 MLB Update Sketch Cards
Trading card artwork of the top players in MLB for the 2020 Topps Update card set.
October 2020 Non-Sports Magazine Hot Artist List
Non-Sports Magazine is published once every two months and every couple of issues they post a list of ‘hot’ artists. It’s unclear as to how they create this list but some artists figure it’s based off online sales of sketch cards. Either way they do it, it’s pretty neat when you find out that you’re …
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Printed in Blood Ghostbusters Artbook Illustration
A few months ago I posted about how an illustration I created would be included in a Ghostbusters Artbook from Printed in Blood. Now I can share with you the illustration I created for it as the book has just been released! THE DESIGN The illustration was hand drawn and painted with some digital adjustments. I used …
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Commissioned Pet Portraits
I was commissioned to draw two pet portraits as Christmas gifts this year. Oddly, both commissions were of beagles! For both of these commissions I was provided a photo of the pet, with one of the pets only having a portion of the dog showing so I had to figure out what the hind legs …
RRParks Old Man Like Ron Sketch Cards
Old Man Like Ron sketch cards are easily the strangest but also one of the funnest trading card projects I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. The trading card set is based off the popular Youtube series, Old Man Like Ron. The show is very NSFW as it follows the crazy adventures …