Quick post today. I wasn't sure if i had posted all of these yet but this is three Hip Hop Art Cards i did a couple months back that i thought you might enjoy. Unfortunately time has been seriously escaping me these last few months but I plan to continue with more music related cards for sure. If your interested in purchasing any of these you can click on the images and it will take you to the listing on etsy or just fallow this link http://www.etsy.com/shop/Calmplex

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any suggestions for future art cards id definitely be interested in hearing your ideas!

God Bless,
-Marshall aka Calmplex

Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at Plex@PlexHop.com

Got into some more Ustreaming today inking up some Art Cards. Have the day off waiting on some friends to come visit for the weekend so i figured id get some art done! My twitter friends @Gonzalexx and @rvbelzen came by and hung out with me for a while while i inked! Thanks for stopping by guys! You can check out the video at this link http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13855143

Finished pieces will be up soon! Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think :)

God Bless,
-Marshall aka Calmplex

Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at Plex@PlexHop.com

Mickey Monsters

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to share with you guys some Art Cards i did for my etsy shop a couple months ago. These we're fun and also what was fun was making up the little 2 or 3 sentence background story's for each character. This one with the teeth's name is Joe Teef!

E.T. Phone Home

Joe Teef has a job at a theme park operating the "Romp A Whirl" that comes with a built in puke bucket in every cart. He was stranded on earth when his recreational space ship crashed on Planet Earf who's inhabitants had only a primitive understanding of space travel. Unfortunately he was too busy fooling around all the time when his uncle Ernie was trying to show him how to re build mechanical devices so he has no way to get back home.

Lovin Some Etsy

If you'd like to hear the tale behind some of these other guys feel free to come on over to the etsy shop and check um out! And if you feel so inclined pick up some artwork as well. I love etsy not just for selling but also shopping for gifts and oddball pieces like these. Anyways yall thanks for stopping by! :)

You can find my shop on etsy here! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Calmplex


God Bless,
-Marshall aka Calmplex

Also Find me on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at Plex@PlexHop.com

Here is another ATC (Artist Trading Card) i did with my friend Jen aka Aloquin from Etsy.com. Jen has a passion for Art Cards and has many high quality pieces up on her Etsy shop. I definitely recommend anyone to go check her stuff out!

If you don't already know  ATC's or ACEO's are small pieces of original or printed art that come in the standard size 2.5 x 3.5 which is the same as a baseball card. They are very addictive and fun to collect, create and trade and they can be made in any style or media you can think of as long as they fit the size requirement.

We both enjoy street art so we did each others names in graffiti. Hope you like em. Thanks for stopping by!

Connect with Jen on Etsy here http://www.etsy.com/shop/Aloquin?ref=pr_shop_more#

God Bless,
-Calmplex

Also Find Calmplex on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at Plex@PlexHop.com

Christmas Art Cards

These are some Art Cards i did for a couple Christmas packages I sent out to some of my Shadow of the Locust homies over the holidays. These were real fun to do! I'm totally diggin this whole Art Card thing! I plan to start doing more soon and putting them up for sale on etsy. In fact i already did one recently check it out here!

Challenges

One thing ive noticed though is i don't think i like using cheap markers anymore. I thought they were doing the trick but i feel like i could get better results with another medium. Maybe water colors. The other thing im having trouble with is inking. I want to add the black inks first but when i color in the lines anytime the markers hit the ink lines i get some smudge. So what ive been doing is progressively kind of coloring first and then inking on top of the colors but its tough because sometimes the markers hide the pencil lines. Plus i just don't enjoy doing it that way. If anyone has suggestions im always open to hearing new ways of doing things!

Happy New Year!

Anyways thanks for checking in guys and I hope you all had a great holiday season this year!!! And i wish the best of success for you and any goals you may have made for 2011 or as some of us like to refer to it ZOLL!

God Bless,
-Calmplex

Also Find Calmplex on Twitter, Facebook,and YouTube or email me at Plex@PlexHop.com