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Papa_prime wrote:Well, those all suck. No way I'm wasting money on these. What a disappointment.

That's unfortunate Papa_prime, but I respect your honesty - Take care

I just wanted to add a better pic of what Chris Meeks did with his Transformers Cards

DISCHARGE wrote:Are these one per box like the Marvel 70th sketch cards?
Collecting sketch cards does get addictive, but having a piece of art that no one else owns is just awesome.

I honestly can't tell you Discharge -I would suggest you contact Tom Beyer or Breygent Marketing. I believe I posted it on one of the samples. If you can't find it let me know and I'll post it in this comment.

I would like to thank Seibertron again for helping to put the word out about this set. the last set done was 2007 TOPPS Set : http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=7806 Roughly 4 years later and we have this new one coming out. Full Color and ranging from the G1 series, Transformers Live Action Films & Transformers Prime. This is for the true Transformer Collectors

Honestly the quick sharpie drawing ones do look sloppy. Not a fan of the traced or projector traced ones. Also, tracing a toy? I remember seeing that in the Voltron fan art book and it was awful. Cosmos is a MINI bot. The one shown is huge. Very odd perspectives in Frank's set.

Elmer and James Erik look great! I can tell they're probably actual fans of TF.

Maybe there will be more good ones but I'm surprised no one noticed these things are original art one offs the size of baseball cards. The skills involved on some of those rival people who draw comic book covers.

I may buy a couple packs because I do see ones I like but I hope I don't just get a traced one.

Starscream84 wrote:Honestly the quick sharpie drawing ones do look sloppy. Not a fan of the traced or projector traced ones. Also, tracing a toy? I remember seeing that in the Voltron fan art book and it was awful. Cosmos is a MINI bot. The one shown is huge. Very odd perspectives in Frank's set.

Elmer and James Erik look great! I can tell they're probably actual fans of TF.

Maybe there will be more good ones but I'm surprised no one noticed these things are original art one offs the size of baseball cards. The skills involved on some of those rival people who draw comic book covers.

I may buy a couple packs because I do see ones I like but I hope I don't just get a traced one.

Hello Starscream, how are you. I'm actually a fan of TF as well as other various mech-related shows. I could probably blame artist like Hern Trimpe, Jack Kirby & John Byrne for instilling within me the passion of forced perspective and just a general admiration for dynamic art. I suppose by todays standards of artistry there seems to be a overwhelming desire to see "LITERAL ART" which in some degrees, I do find compelling and even entertaining. Yet, I pose this question to you. Does an artist like myself who grew up in the 70's & 80's have an art style that can garner some appeal? The answer I've received from those who SEEM to like my art technique is YES but In that understanding. I find that, I respect critics like yourself who clearly are driven by a passion that in some ways mirrors my own.
I've counted already and have two dislikes to my artwork yet on other 20 + have already asked me where they can get my cards.
As a true TFan, I do hope that my art work of Cosmos hasn't stained this amazing set. I mean the last sketch set to come out was back in 2007 so hopefully this set will usher in more frequent ones. Giving artist and collectors , like myself to celebrate the genre we so love.
Till All Are One

I know the artists you are talking about. Andrew Wildman is a great artist who shows those influences. I don't know what you think forced perspective is (Jack Kirby was great at this) but when Cosmos' hand is the same size , proportionately, held in front of him as it is when he stands straight on that is NOT forced perspective.

As a fan I wouldn't call Transformers Mechs myself. They don't have pilots.

Starscream84 wrote:I know the artists you are talking about. Andrew Wildman is a great artist who shows those influences. I don't know what you think forced perspective is (Jack Kirby was great at this) but when Cosmos' hand is the same size , proportionately, held in front of him as it is when he stands straight on that is NOT forced perspective.

As a fan I wouldn't call Transformers Mechs myself. They don't have pilots.

I think that this will be relegated to "Artistic Taste" again as an artist whose been in the field for many years. I can say that i wasn't a great fan of Steve Ditko's but years later- I understood his genius. By no means am I comparing myself to such an amazing artisan yet I will say in humble defense- I'm no slouch either. As someone who loves Transformers and a number of other genres- I will admit with great pride. I'm not a hardcore fan, yet I own figures and really, really love the G1 series and the animated film. What does that make me in the eyes of the more dedicated fan- I really dunno??? I'd hope we could be brothers who generally enjoy mechanized automatons even though one of (ahem) may call a sentient bot a mech.
It's not the end of the world in my eyes and I will continue doing what i love to do.
I will say that, I am very happy that you decided to respond back and we have dialogue. By no way,, was offended by your critique and I've actually embraced it as a continuing ode that my style of art needs to be out there.
Alongside my fellow artisans like Andrew Wildman, Herb Trimpe, Matt Frank and you get the point.
If your on FB please feel free to add me as a friend.
I'm a fan of G1 Starscream and just on that principle we should chat more
I look forward to your response- All the best.
Frankie B

Hey Everyone, I'd like to present some of Lin Workman's Transformer Samples : http://www.linworkman.com/

OMG, Brent Engstrom's Transformers Cards are Amazing : http://monkeyboycomic.blogspot.com/2012/08/transformers-sketch-cards-for-breygent.html