• art exchange,  ATC,  prismacolor

    My first trading card (ATC)

    mermaid by emila yusof
    Mermaid |Prismacolor CP | 2.5″ x 3.5″

    I’ve joined a group called Monday Artday ATC and uploaded my first ATC – a colored pencil mermaid. I’ve traded this mermaid and she has her new owner now, JC from JC Coffeehouse Art.

    ATC stands for Artist Trading Cards. Artist Trading Cards are individual art miniatures which pass hand to hand. The only rule for these cards is their size (2.5 x 3.5 inches, the same as commercial trading cards, such as baseball cards and cards for trading card games). There are, however, certain conventions usually observed by those who make and trade these cards, such as the expectation that they be traded, not sold, and that they be created as unique works or small limited editions of prints. Artists generally sign and date the back, and may also include a title and contact information. The face-to-face trading session is considered an integral part of the concept, although many people find each other via the internet and trade by mail.

    Artist Trading Cards are typically made on a base of card stock. However, ATCs have been created on metal, stiffened fabric, plastic, clay, balsa wood, leather, embroidery canvas, acetate, heavy watercolor paper, and many other materials. The art on the cards can be done in any media: textile arts, pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil, collage, scratch board, mixed media, assemblage, digital art, calligraphy, beadwork, rubber stamps, carved soft block stamps, pen and ink, colored pencil, airbrush, and many others – anything artists use.

    (Source: Wikipedia-Artist’s Trading Cards)