Artist Trading Cards

Or ATC’s

What are ATCs?

• ATC’s are masterpieces in miniature that are swapped and collected just like baseball, hockey, and trading cards.

Original art

• Unlike other trading cards, ATC’s are miniature pieces of art created by artists and strictly traded or swapped, never sold.

Size

• When creating a card, you are limited by just one thing: size.

• The cards must measure 2 ½ inches wide by 3 ½ inches tall or 64mm x 89mm.

Small Canvas

• Artists have found all kinds of ways to fit painting, collage, rubber stamping, watercolor, transfers, beading, found objects, stitching, photography, computers graphics, and even metalwork onto their cards.

3-Dimensional Cards• Although the base

of most cards is cardstock, some can be made from fabric, metal, and even dried gourds.

• They can be 3-d and interactive, with pop- ups, doors, rotating wheels, levers and other playful features.

One of a kind

• Unique ATC’s are called originals.

• The cards can be created as one of a kind originals, or a set of identical cards called multiples.

Editions• A set of

identical ATC’s are called editions and are numbered.

• Editions can have small differences like color.

• They will be the same repeated image, example a print or stamp.

Series

• ATC’s that are based on one theme and are different are called a series.

Theme

• ATC trades have been based on all kinds of ideas, interests and obsessions.

• ATC’s can be academic or silly.

• ATC’s are as diverse as those who create them.

How to start

• Each card will need all the information on the back.

• Please fill it out and hold on to it.

• Do not lose it!!!

• Artist Name:• Grade:• School:• Type of ATC:

– Elements

– Principles

– Techniques

– Other

• Information:

Artist Name

• The artist name is your given name or the name in my grade book.

• No street names.

Grade & School

• Grade is the grade you are in this year on the official school records.

• School is your schools initial example: WMS.

Types of ATC Cards

• You will always circle one element or principle on the back of the card.

• Please circle the techniques used.

• An example of other would be calligraphy.

Information

• Information will be used to put in definitions and other information needed to help you understand the coming art projects.

Front of the ATC

• The front of the card will be used as a place to draw an example of the definitions of each element or principle of design.

• Example: an outline drawing of a tree, if the definition on the back is about lines.

Your Summer Assignment

• You will create one ATC card per element and principle of design.

• The card should be dominated by the element or principle even though it will have other elements and principles in it.

• Each card will be an original art work or a set of identical cards.

• If you choose to create an edition, be sure to number each card in the edition.

• You may also select a theme for your cards.

The ATC Card

• The ATC card will take the place of notes and show me that you understand the elements and principles of design.

• Please place your completed cards in the collectors sleeve.

Completed cards

• Completed cards will be turned in on the first day of school.

• Cards will be returned to be kept in a safe place like a note book or 3 ring binder.

Cards

• Cards will be used to help you study for tests or complete written critiques.

• They can help you with creations of all future artwork.