The WebComic List
Artist Trading Cards
What It's All About
Over at The WebComic List forums, I talked about doing an ATC trade amongst the other webcomic artists. Above is the list of people willing to participate.
The Rules Of TWCL ATC Trade-Off:
- ATC stands for "Artist Trading Card." They are the same size as a standard baseball card so as to fit into the protective cases. For the curious, this size is 2.5" x 3.5", either vertical or horizontal.
- Each ATC is a unique work of art, most often themed. Some artist produce several ATCs of the same piece, while others produce several that fit a common theme.
- The only rule is that it be 2.5"x3.5" (6.35cm x 8.89cm for you metric system users) Everything else is left up to your imagination!
- Interested in participating? The deadline to send me your mailing information is August 1st, 2008. I can be reached at twcl_atcs (at) twistthegecko (dot) com.
- Also, a link to your webcomic and a banner would be helpful, so I can include you on this handy-dandy list
- The deadline to mail off ATCs is November 15th, 2008. That way, even while being mailed internationally, the ATCs should arrive around the end of the year. Isn't that a wonderful present?
- Expect to spend money! This is a trade that is happening between people from many different countries. Don't sign up if you don't want to invest time and money into this project.
Cost Saving Efforts
I am in the unique position of having both a US address and a German one. It may be cheaper for US residents to ship a group of cards to me and I will distribute them to non-US participants, and vice-versa. If you would like to do that, when you send the cards to me please specify which card goes to whom so that I may put several for the same designee in the same package.
My ATC Creation Process
- I use cheap posterboard for the backing, the type that can be found in the school supply aisle of nearly any store.
- My work is all done on the computer. When printing it out, I use an adhesive-backed paper.
- Before printing it out on the adhesive paper, I do a test print on normal paper, just to see how it looks.
- Once I'm satisfied by the test print, I print my cards out on the adhesive paper.
- I stick the paper to the posterboard, cut it out, and voila! Ready-made ATCs. ^_^
ATCs I've received:
