Stranger Things Sketch cards

[comicsinc]

I'm doing a new mini sketch card set. Just finished watching the final season of this series, and I liked it. I think they did a pretty good job overall.

Anyway, I got inspired...

[kyle1707]

Amazing stuff

[finfangfan]

What about the in-between steps?

[Jaysabz]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

What about the in-between steps?

Who was that guy - about 10 years ago, got caught for using a custom printer to "print" his sketch cards??

They looked like authentic pencil or ink drawings, but some internet sleuths took stock photos and they overlayed them w/ his sketches, and they all lined up perfect.

He then tried to show him doing a "live" sketch card on YouTube to silence the critics, but he held the "blank" cupped in his hand, and revealed a little of the sketch by little (think he was moving a piece of paper down an already printed sketch) and got called out for "drawing" from top to bottom, like a printer would.

AKA, he didn't start w/ like a circle in the middle of the card for Leia's head... he drew like a dot-matrix printer would print.

Anyway, felt bad - not for the artist - but for people that had bought his stuff. It was 5-10x less back then, but still, people were out good money on those phony sketches that they thought were photorealistic sketches.

[jdandns]

That was the legend known as Tattoo Bob Hepner.
He is currently Secretary of Illustration.

[comicsinc]

Originally Posted by kyle1707

Amazing stuff

Thanks!

[comicsinc]

I don't record all my sketches, but there are a bunch on my YouTube and Facebook.

https://www.youtube.com/@ArtistikAssistance


https://www.facebook.com/SketchCards...15809697960585

I also have a free Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/c/FanArtSketchcardsandCovers

Originally Posted by finfangfan

What about the in-between steps?

[comicsinc]

I actually saw stuff about that guy.

Originally Posted by Jaysabz

Who was that guy - about 10 years ago, got caught for using a custom printer to "print" his sketch cards??

They looked like authentic pencil or ink drawings, but some internet sleuths took stock photos and they overlayed them w/ his sketches, and they all lined up perfect.

He then tried to show him doing a "live" sketch card on YouTube to silence the critics, but he held the "blank" cupped in his hand, and revealed a little of the sketch by little (think he was moving a piece of paper down an already printed sketch) and got called out for "drawing" from top to bottom, like a printer would.

AKA, he didn't start w/ like a circle in the middle of the card for Leia's head... he drew like a dot-matrix printer would print.

Anyway, felt bad - not for the artist - but for people that had bought his stuff. It was 5-10x less back then, but still, people were out good money on those phony sketches that they thought were photorealistic sketches.

[comicsinc]

That was the name! I saw stuff about him.
There is currently a guy on eBay who sells what look like photos with a watercolor filter applied, and he looks like he does a lot of sales.

Originally Posted by jdandns

That was the legend known as Tattoo Bob Hepner.
He is currently Secretary of Illustration.

[comicsinc]

[comicsinc]

For some reason, this one scanned badly. It looks so much better in hand.

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