Art Cards

12 Dec

Midna ACEO by TheThirdRLM

I love to collect art, but it’s not always practical to buy large prints or spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on original pieces. Fortunately, that’s where art cards come in. Artist Trading Cards or ATCs, started around 1996 when artists began trading original works with each other, each the size of a standard baseball card (2.5″x3.5″). They can come in any medium, from the standard painting or drawing, to yarn, metal, clay, or object collage.

ACEO PSC Original Green Lantern by ComicBookBoo

ACEO PSC Original Green Lantern by ComicBookBoo

ATCs spawned ACEOs (Art Card Editions and Originals), which are sold to the public instead of traded, and include prints of originals works and photos, also in the required trading card size. I have amassed quite a number of ACEOs over the years, as well as sold quite a few, and I’ve found collecting them to be highly addictive. They look beautiful framed, inserted in cards as gifts, or collected in a scrapbook. I’ve featured some beautiful art cards here from Etsy and DeviantART artists, as well as from some of my favorite Ebay artists.

ACEO Rainbow Fairy by schin

ACEO Rainbow Fairy by schin

Original ACEO Tree Art Handstitched Felt by lemonshortbread

Original ACEO Tree Art Handstitched Felt by lemonshortbread

ACEO Original Landscape by teabreaks

ACEO Original Landscape by teabreaks

Pile of Pikmin Nintendo ACEO by JenTheTracy

Pile of Pikmin Nintendo ACEO by JenTheTracy

ACEO Master Chief by MermaidLovesOctopus

ACEO Master Chief by MermaidLovesOctopus

Beaker ACEO by slugwork

Beaker ACEO by slugwork

Geek Pixel Mushroom Yarn ACEO by paintoutside

Geek Pixel Mushroom Yarn ACEO by paintoutside

Half a Flagon ACEO by BeaumontStudio

Half a Flagon ACEO by BeaumontStudio

Apocalypse LIMITED EDITION ACEO by MSKarts

Apocalypse LIMITED EDITION ACEO by MSKarts

Cat Steampunk Original ACEO Painting by  n8artgallery

Cat Steampunk Original ACEO Painting by n8artgallery

ACEO Original Fantasy Sea Serpent in a Storm by  dark_fantasy_666

ACEO Original Fantasy Sea Serpent in a Storm by dark_fantasy_666

The Wharf by OHSNAP-ITS-SEENBEAN

The Wharf by OHSNAP-ITS-SEENBEAN

Lychee Girl by MIAOWx3

Lychee Girl by MIAOWx3

ACEO Full Moon by kyoht

ACEO Full Moon by kyoht

ACEO - AlectorFencer by Nimrais

ACEO – AlectorFencer by Nimrais

There are more awesome ACEOs in the treasury below!


Fantasy Red DRAGON …

$3.95

Biology Bacteria Sl…

$8.25

Buffy the Vampire S…

$25.00

Autumn Flight mixed…

$28.00

Ryder Original Aceo…

$20.00

SALE – Firey Elf Gi…

$5.00

20 sided dice water…

$10.00

ACEO Limited Editio…

$4.50

4 Responses to “Art Cards”

  1. Mike kehler - MSKarts December 12, 2012 at 12:01 pm #

    Thank you for including me in your collection. I love the steampunk cat one! And beaker!!!! ACEO really are a cool and fun way to share our creativity without breaking the bank. I think its really neat how the detail in prints gets shrunk. I have some that are so detailed they could almost require a magnifying glass.

  2. Lemon Shortbread December 13, 2012 at 2:33 am #

    It’s really nice you showed so many different styles of aceos! I was oogling at these little pieces of treasures and am tempted to get a few. Thank you for featuring my aceo too!

  3. Joseph Critchlow December 17, 2012 at 10:49 am #

    Thanks for including my artwork in your collection. I enjoy creating these little treasures and hope other enjoy them, too.

    dark_fantasy_888

  4. H. Kyoht Luterman December 18, 2012 at 8:55 am #

    Glad to see my Full Moon ACEO has a good home. :)

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