"Torre"

deaconblues63 said:

I have been following your work since you started posting on the Bench and have always been impressed by your work. For a long time now, I've thought that your work would be displayed in galleries or that you would find a niche making commissioned pieces for athletes like Opie Otterstad does. I'm glad to hear that you are on the cusp of this. I understand the leap of faith that it will take to leave the security of a full time job, but I am confident that you will succeed with your art. The best thing about teaching will be that you can always return to it if things didn't work out as an artist.

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Thank you.....my wife is super supportive (and she's also a college professor), so my risk isn't quite so devastating if it failed. Like you said.....I teach, therefore I could always go back to the profession if I saw the art wasn't a stand-alone career. Fingers crossed - I hope some more doors are opened at the National.

mrmopar said:

I think I may end up having regrets in not taking you up on commissioning a piece when you first started showing these to us! I won't be at the National unfortunately, but I enjoy viewing the pieces when you share them.

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No need for regret! I still take commissions.

nevermore said:

Nice work, my favorite to date! Your pieces keep getting better and better. Hope it leads to many more referrals for you.

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Thank you!

scotty216brs said:

When are you going to open your museum?? I'll be the first in line!

Awesome job as always, Tim. Your work is truly 'one of a kind'. To have MLB actually contact you about doing this one for them is amazing in itself...you must be getting well known.

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I appreciate the kind words....a gallery would be nice (I have turned down several due to the high commission rates).....and as a matter of fact - I do have my Stan Musial piece at Gallery 1200 in Hoboken for the Baseball Art All-Stars show (beginning August 2).

MrMet said:

Crazy! I just saw the new pics, awesome! I don't know if you do it, but I'd love to see some pics of the process, like, how you start out, and some pics of during, and then the finished product. I might be the only one, but I think that'd be really interesting to see.... Unless you don't want to give away any trade secrets, haha

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No worry about giving away secrets - it really is as simple as: Draw a picture. Cut some cards. Glue the cards in places that look the best. I'll add some photos later of the work in progress.

Tim

MrMet said:

Crazy! I just saw the new pics, awesome! I don't know if you do it, but I'd love to see some pics of the process, like, how you start out, and some pics of during, and then the finished product. I might be the only one, but I think that'd be really interesting to see.... Unless you don't want to give away any trade secrets, haha

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Here you go......

Started with a sketch of what I wanted to do (I had about 3 or 4 different ones - I chose this one).



Then I put my idea on a board and started laying the pieces (I worked on the background first due to all of the text/script).





Although I wasn't finished with the highlights on some of the background, I went forward with the face:







And I basically forgot to take any more photos until I was finished.......





Tim

Love the little details like picking Yankees out of the 90 Donruss for the red. Just awesome

Good god man.......you have arrived first Upper Deck and now MLB.........niccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Just stay away from Topps and you be all good. :lol:

tim carroll said:

Here you go......

Started with a sketch of what I wanted to do (I had about 3 or 4 different ones - I chose this one).

Then I put my idea on a board and started laying the pieces (I worked on the background first due to all of the text/script).

Although I wasn't finished with the highlights on some of the background, I went forward with the face:

And I basically forgot to take any more photos until I was finished.......

Tim

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Wow, it is as cool as I had hoped!

The finished piece is fantastic but the sketch itself is great as well!

Hope you land a cool MLB deal and hopefully the NFL, NHL & NBA will notice how great your work is.

Fordman

Even more impressed after seeing photos of the process. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to seeing more masterpieces in the future.
DANNY