On the 8th October I thought that if I posted the previous message someone would respond, but now, over 2 months later, on 15th December not one reply, so I'm now responding to myself, because someone might be interested in what I have found out about Artist Trading Cards, and who knows, one day I might be able to link up with someone who might be interested in corresponding with me about ATCs.
Since the 8th October I sent off to Amazon to get a nice ATC book, and later on, I found another interesting ATC book on ebay and sent off for that as well.
And I've made a few ATCs myself, but haven't given any away yet. Apparently the idea is that once you have made one, (or dozens) you are supposed to give them away. And the people you give them to are supposed to give you back one of theirs that they have made. And you are not supposed to pass on to anyone else any of the cards that someone else has given you. These particular cards are referred to as Second Hand and therefore it is not kosha to re-trade them. The ironic thing, at the moment, for me, is that the cards I have made I don't want to part with. I know that must seem a tad weird, and maybe after I've made heaps more, I might feel like giving some of mine away, but right now, all I am doing is making them, and simply showing them off to my friends.
There seems to be a fair amount of "rules" amongst the really serious artists, although they say that there are very few rules.. the two main rules are the size of the playing card, it must be 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches. You have to put your name and contact details on the back along with the date it was made. Those are the two main rules. A fair few other rules apply but because I am only making some at the moment for my own personal pleasure, I am not going to get stressed over them.
If there is anyone at all in A2K that would like to respond to me directly about these Artist Trading Cards, they can email me:
[email protected]
I'm not going to get into "swap parties". The way I look at it, I am going to be flat out just making some, and then finding someone that I am happy to swap one of my ATCs with. One person boasted having over 7,000 ATCs. I can't see much fun in that. I'd never have time to look at them all. Early in 2011 I am going to attend an art class to learn more about art in general. Maybe I'll learn a thing or two.
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