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So, what are Artist Proofs and how does one acquire one? I see them around the Sketch Collector galleries and assume it's those with a lot of money to throw around, or who know the artist personally

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Originally posted by glim:
I never posted these, but I have had them for a while.

Katie Cook artist return:




Russell Walks artist return:

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Originally posted by tangent:

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So, what are Artist Proofs and how does one acquire one? I see them around the Sketch Collector galleries and assume it's those with a lot of money to throw around, or who know the artist personally

Artists are paid relatively small $ per card by the manufacturers. However, they are additionally given some blanks. Usually the artist publicises that they have some number of blanks available at certain prices (PM me for detail if you can't find by googling) and the buyer can request whatever character/layout they want except that the final cards must be cleared by the license holder, so restrictions would generally be no nudity, smoking etc and may restrict to certain characters.

The blanks are provided uncut and most buyers leave them that way (which is why APs are bigger than standard) so the artist can do more detail. Artists also tend to do their best work on the blanks.

It's one way to encourage artists to do good work for low pay on the inserted cards - I have only bought a few APs but I only buy where I already like their work.