Comments on: Trading Art: Reliving the Fascinations of Trading Cards

By: Artist Hideout » Trading Art: Art in your pocket - Where art comes alive.

Artist Hideout » Trading Art: Art in your pocket - Where art comes alive. — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:37:59 +0000

[...] While I anxiously was looking for a paycheck from someone today, I intentionally stayed close to home to wait for the mail lady to arrive. The paycheck didn’t come, but… my artcards did. [...]

By: William Lehman

William Lehman — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:33:14 +0000

Both ImageKind and Etsy do something similar to what you are looking for. I have used a photography site for printing art before. The one I like is Winkflash. I have yet to order a canvas print from them yet though.

I’ll write up a something when I do though.

Thanks for dropping by Chris.

By: Chris Lambright

Chris Lambright — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:12:56 +0000

William,
Thanks a bunch for this article!
I have been thinking of writing an article about this very thing when I get my blog up and going.

I had been to ArtCards Wanted recently when I discovered Artist Trading Cards through a book on the subject.

I used to collect scifi & fantasy artists trading cards which seems to have all but disappeared from the trading card business.

I have been creating my art digitally for some time and there are many great digital scifi & fantasy artists on the web both amateurs and professionals and I wish I could collect their works of art but unless they are published in books or I could afford prints there is no physical way to have their work in the real world which I believe is part of the idea behind collecting these art cards.

I didn’t realize until your article pointed it out that ArtCards Wanted offered a service to print your artwork onto trading cards which is a service I have been looking for.

What I would really like to see is a service like that but more of a print on demand kinda Cafe Press like and attached to gallery sites like Deviant Art or Epilogue which I think many artists would take advantage to sell and trade their own artwork with all their fans on the web.
If you find any service like this let me know please!
Thanks again for your article!
Chris

By: William Lehman

William Lehman — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:08:28 +0000

Beth, I will be sure to let you know how the cards feel when I get them. I am surprised that this is such a vibrant community. It’s refreshing to find an alternate art market for artists that really adds value to the work rather than taking away from it.

By: Beth Robinson

Beth Robinson — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:50:17 +0000

Very nice post. I was involved in creating and swapping original ATCs in various mail art groups for a couple years. The process of learning how to make them really built up my abilities. Now that I am selling my art I swap much more rarely, but this set-up seems like a wonderful way to expand the phenomena beyond the individual swapping artists and the ACEO market on ebay.

I hadn’t looked at the artcardswanted.com site in a while and they’ve changed many things for the better. The concept of offering trading cards as a product option becomes intriguing again. When you get your cards can you share how they FEEL. Is it a nice glossy image on heavy paper like a photograph or modern baseball card?

Thanks, Beth