Gypsy Queen Art GU 1/1

CubsFan13 · Jun 20, 2011

Most of them look like this Ryan Howard and Eddie Matthews.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RYAN-HOWARD-2011-Gy ... 3a67412b03
http://cgi.ebay.com/EDDIE-MATHEWS-2011- ... 231127cf1f
Whats up with this Longoria?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2011-Gypsy-Queen-Or ... 45fb5d5198

daveyou · Jun 20, 2011

the black and white's are redemptions while the color sketches are pack pulled

dave

CubsFan13 · Jun 20, 2011

daveyou said:
the black and white's are redemptions while the color sketches are pack pulled

dave

Thanks for the info.

The Longoria looks so much nicer than the other two.

morgoth · Jun 20, 2011

Longoria is by Hobrecht who is amazing. Here are mine he did for 40 bucks apiece.

deadwaxsociety · Jun 20, 2011

CubsFan13 said:
Most of them look like this Ryan Howard and Eddie Matthews.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RYAN-HOWARD-2011-Gy ... 3a67412b03
http://cgi.ebay.com/EDDIE-MATHEWS-2011- ... 231127cf1f
Whats up with this Longoria?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2011-Gypsy-Queen-Or ... 45fb5d5198

The colored ones are done by Monty Sheldon, the black and white sketches are done by Dave Hobrecht. Contrary to what was said, I believe only some B&Ws are redemptions, none of the ones done by Sheldon are redemptions.

TBTwinsFan · Jun 21, 2011

The black and white is cool, but they could have done a better job on the jersey swatch :?

Bob Loblaw · Jun 21, 2011

The Howard is just hideous.

Slette · Jun 21, 2011

I pulled the Ichiro - somebody on here made the comment that he looks more like Lance Berkman. I have a hard time arguing with that observation (hat tip to whoever said that).

P_Manning 18 · Jun 21, 2011

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Forest Whitaker plays baseball?

AMAZIN HOF COLLECTOR · Jun 21, 2011

Although some of the pictures are a little off,
those cards are GORGEOUS!!! :shock:

hofmichael · Jun 21, 2011

I can only imagine how hard it is to draw a detail face the size of a dime.

ChasHawk · Jun 21, 2011

hofmichael said:
I can only imagine how hard it is to draw a detail face the size of a dime.

for someone who's not a good artist, I'm guessing it would be a difficult task.

A_Pharis · Jun 21, 2011

I was about to say, Chas, that I've seen tons of famous artwork that featured very small - and very detailed - faces. Look at the upcoming release with the presidential art cards. Those faces aren't THAT much bigger and are done with a paintbrush.

vwnut13 · Jun 21, 2011

A_Pharis said:
Those faces aren't THAT much bigger and are done with a paintbrush.

Monty's cards look to be painted and "those faces" are that much bigger.

BunchOBull · Jun 21, 2011

I will attest to the fact that dime versus half-dollar sized faces are much more difficult to paint. Obviously this Monty fellow's main gig isn't to paint in miniature though; there are certainly artists who have mastered miniature, he isn't one of them. That said, I think the cards are beautiful, despite the face distortions.

A_Pharis · Jun 21, 2011

vwnut13 said:
A_Pharis said:

Those faces aren't THAT much bigger and are done with a paintbrush.

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Monty's cards look to be painted and "those faces" are that much bigger.

Having seen the "in progress" shots, they look more like color sketch pencil to me.

Edit: And to add - you're never going to change my mind - no matter how many threads about it you follow me into. I don't think he is the artist for the job. Frankly - they suck. Do I think I could do better? Nope - but I'm also not the person commissioned to do them. I think there are more qualified and more talented artists out there.

vwnut13 · Jun 21, 2011

A_Pharis said:
Having seen the "in progress" shots, they look more like color sketch pencil to me.

www.montysheldon.com said:
The following images are from a recent Topps job I finished in which I was asked to paint on blank, 1/1 relic cards for their upcoming (April 27 release) Gypsy Queen product.

A_Pharis · Jun 21, 2011

vwnut13 said:
A_Pharis said:

Having seen the "in progress" shots, they look more like color sketch pencil to me.

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[quote="www.montysheldon.com]The following images are from a recent Topps job I finished in which I was asked to paint on blank, 1/1 relic cards for their upcoming (April 27 release) Gypsy Queen product.

[/quote][/quote]

Meh. The shot sin progress looked sketched to me. P.S. Still sucks.

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