Neanderthal Skulls Artist Proof Sketch Cards

 

I have a ton of Artist Proof blanks laying about and I'm trying to plow through them to get them out there. Occasionally, I an contacted to see what I have, but I'm a bit impatient at times, so, here are a couple from the Dinosaurs and other prehistoric entities set released in 2015 by Upper Deck. I like how they put the names on the cards to take the guess work on just what to do. I have many specific dinosaur blanks, if anyone is interested in those.

I went with fossils of the skulls and may do the same with the other cards that feature dinosaurs. And, I took a little different approach with these two. I used colored inks and watercolor. If interested, the eBay links are below:

Neanderthal Skull 1    Neanderthal Skull 2

Upper Deck Cosmic Artist Proof Sketch Cards

 

These are my Artist Proof sketch cards from the Cosmic set recently released by Upper Deck. These cards were done in 2020, so it's nice to see them out and about. The links are below for those that are interested.

Cosmic Card 1    Cosmic Card 2

Cosmic Card 3    Cosmic Card 4

Cosmic Sketch cards

 

I have done some sketch card sets that have been sitting around for a few years because they haven't been released yet. This set, that I did in 2020, is one of them, but today the set has finally been released and I can show them.  UD Cosmic by Upper Deck is distributing these in a different way, with something called an e-Pack. I'm not sure how it all works, but I'm sure that the collectors do. I will post my artist proof cards soon. 

Project Superpowers And Captain America Artist Proof Sketch Cards

This week's Artist Proof listings are from the Alex Ross Super Powers set put out by Dynamic Forces/Breygent and the Captain America set released by Upper Deck. Links are below:

Flame Girl    Kitten

Captain America 1    The Red Skull 1    Captain America 2

The Red Skull 2    The Red Skull 3    Captain America 3 

Star Wars And Marvel Artist Proof Sketch Cards

Here are the listings from two sets for my Artist Proof cards. The top ones are from the Upper Deck set Marvel Beginnings and the bottom are from the Galaxy set by Topps. The links are below:

Machine Man

Black Bolt    The Controller

The Emperor    The Emperor 2    Darth Maul

Darth Vader    The Emperor 3   Darth Vader 2    Jabba the Hutt

Iron Man 2 Artist Proof Sketch Cards

This week's Artist Proof sketch cards are from the Iron Man 2 set put out by Upper Deck. They gave me something like 15 AP cards for this one, so I did them over time. The first ones, more realistic from 2010 and the 2014 ones a more cartoony style. The links are below:

Iron Man 1

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 4

Iron Man 5

Iron Man 6

Stealth Suit

Madame Masque

Space Suit

The Constrictor

The Controller

Some Artist Proof Sketch Card Listings

Here are some recent listings for some older Artist Proof sketch cards:

LOTR Masterpieces II Sold

The Corruptor

The Juggernaut

The Thing

The Scarlet Witch

The Super Skrull

Mysterio

Dinosaur Sketch Cards

Now that I see these cards hitting eBay, I'd say it's safe to show these now. These are some of the many sketch cards that I did earlier in the year for Upper Deck. The multi paneled cards have drawing on the backs of them, as well. I do have blank artist proof cards for commissions.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Sketch Cards, Part Three

I have a lot going on lately and have quite a few sketch cards to show from various sets that aren't out just yet. But these 5x7 Guardians of the Galaxy cards are the last that I did for this set. This set is out now.

I have a gallery show starting this weekend and some big news that I will share on Friday about a project that I have been working on this summer. I can't wait until this sees completion, but I will have more news on this and the gallery show tomorrow and Friday.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Sketch Cards, Part Two

Here are a few more of the sketch cards that I did for Upper Deck's Guardians of the Galaxy set. I have a few more to post and they will be larger 5x7 cards.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Sketch Cards

These are some of my Guardians of the Galaxy sketch cards done for the soon to be released set by Upper Deck (that empty space was a rejected card, hence not being able to see it). These images are from the Marvel Comics (old and new) and not from the movie, although it's being tied in with that, of course.

Iron Man 2 Artist Proof Sketch Cards

I've had these Iron Man 2 Artist Proof blanks from the Upper Deck set sitting around for some time now, so I decided to finish them up and get them out their. I did the first eight back in 2010 when the set was released and just finished the last seven this past week. There's a difference in styles, as you can see, from a more realistic look to the cartoon one. If anyone is interested in obtaining one of these before they hit ebay or some other such site, send me a message or an email.

Captain America: The First Avenger sketch cards

Above are all the sketch cards that I did for Upper Deck's Captain America: The First Avenger set. As you can see I am keeping with the cartoon style for the time being and also kept this one simple using just two characters: Captain America and the Red Skull. The last six cards are my Artist Proofs.

Marvel Beginnings

Here are the sketch cards that I did for the Marvel Beginnings set put out by Upper Deck and Marvel Comics. My Artist Proofs are the six at the very bottom and will be available for purchase once they are returned to me. I decided to keep with the cartoon style and had a lot of fun with these, so I hope they are received well. This set has yet to be released, but should be soon.

Iron Man 2 Sketch Cards

These are some of the 50 sketch cards that I did for the Iron Man 2 set by Upper Deck. If the set isn't out already, it should be soon. Although, this set (any Iron Man variation or ally or villain could be used) was not necessarily about the upcoming Iron Man sequel, I chose to focus mainly on the armor used in the movies.

Marvel Masterpiece III Artist Proof Sketch Cards

Since this set has now been released and there is some activity on the forums and ebay and all of that goodness, I thought that I would post the ten Artist Proof cards that I did for this series. If anyone is interested in purchasing any of these shoot me an e-mail. The Nova card has already been sold.

1. a Skrull 2. Nova

3. The Scarlet Witch 4. The Thing

5. Juggernaut 6. Moon Knight 7. The Controller

8. Daredevil 9. Mysterio 10. Spider-Man

all are 2.5x3.5

colored pencil and ink (except for Spider-Man, which is black gesso)

2008/09 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpieces, Part Two

I've been noticing some activity around the net (and increased traffic to this here blog) lately about the 2008/09 NHL Legends Masterpieces set that was put out last fall by Upper Deck and the lack of information surrounding just who the sketch artists are. So, I'll put up the rest of what I did for the set so that the collectors may have an easier time knowing what to look for. I'm pleased to hear that a few of my cards showed up on ebay and went for some pretty high prices, so I'm eager to see the rest filter out, as well.

2008/09 Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpiece

Here are a smattering of the 50 cards that I did for the Upper Deck NHL Legends Masterpiece set earlier this past summer. I had to wait until the set was released before I could show these and since that happened in September and one of my cards has already shown up on ebay (last time I checked the bid was at $112 for the Esposito card in the second row), I can safely show them. I had to do 10 of Gordie Howe and 10 of Wayne Gretzky and the other 30 were of my choosing from the list of Hockey legends that was made available to us arteests.

I did these right at the time of the Stanley Cup and refused to do any Mario Lemieux cards until after the Wings beat the Penguins. Didn't want to jinx 'em. But, I did do two of Mario (not shown here) afterwards.

Marvel Masterpiece III Sketch Cards, Part 4

Here are some more Marvel goodness from the Upper Deck set. As you can probably tell by now I focused on head shots for this set. No special reason, I just wanted to do them in this way, so I stuck with that approach for all 400 cards.

68. Baron Zemo 69. Captain Marvel 70. Deathstalker

71. The Destroyer 72. Egghead 73. Ghost Rider

74. The Green Goblin 75. Nova 76. Satanna
77. Son Of Satan 78. Spider-Woman 79. Thanos

80. 3-D Man 81. The Torpedo 82. Warlock

83. White Tiger 84. An A.I.M. agent 85. The Beast
86. The Beetle 87. Beta Ray Bill 88. The Collector

89. Colossus 90. Deathstrike 91. Gladiator

92. Goliath 93. The Guardsman 94. The Hulk
95. Iron Man 96. J. Jonah Jameson 97. Krang

98. Kro 99. The Awesome Android 100. Marvel Girl

101. Master 102. Mister Fear 103. Vindicator

104. Aurora 105. Northstar 106. Vindicator II

107. Box 108. The Vulture 109. The Green Goblin

110. The Jackal 111. Spider-Man 112. Tarantula