topps heroes artist card thread

[Incarnadine]

Originally Posted by brentandbecca

That Gould Guy Only Has The Same 2 Sketches...like 20 On Ebay 1 Clarie 1 Peter, Just Different Eyes Or Smiles, Same Pic, Same Portrait, Yuck!!

Yeah, that sucks and I'm really hoping I don't pull one. He originally signed on for just 50 sketches then signed on for another 500! I guess he was pressed for time to finish that many and did a lot of repeat-a-sketches.

[brentandbecca]

too bad topps takes these

[NonSportsCardForum]

Thats a killer Ocampo sketch.

[NonSportsCardForum]

From some of the ones Ive seen that thought WTF?, I wonder just how bad or what the reason was for some artists to have complete sketch runs denied.

[Vegemight]

It was apparently NBC that decided which artists were in and which were not, and it was the knocking back of so many sketch cards by NBC that caused problems for Topps.

I understand Topps couldn't hire any new artists because NBC had basically put a halt on any additional approvals.

This meant Topps was short of sketch cards for a highly anticipated product that had already been delayed++.

All they could do was go back to the approved artists, and basically beg them to do more cards.

This is why artists like Grant Gould, who initially were going to be rare pulls (signed on for only fifty) , are now almost commons (agreed to a further 500 to help Topps out of the s*#t).

It's certainly possible that some of the artists second batch cards will be of a lesser quality, given the short time frame provided to them by Topps for completion.

If anyone thinks they understand NBC's thinking and can explain the logic behind their inclusion/refusal process please share this with the rest of us!!

[Incarnadine]

Originally Posted by Vegemight

It was apparently NBC that decided which artists were in and which were not, and it was the knocking back of so many sketch cards by NBC that caused problems for Topps.

I understand Topps couldn't hire any new artists because NBC had basically put a halt on any additional approvals.

This meant Topps was short of sketch cards for a highly anticipated product that had already been delayed++.

All they could do was go back to the approved artists, and basically beg them to do more cards.

This is why artists like Grant Gould, who initially were going to be rare pulls (signed on for only fifty) , are now almost commons (agreed to a further 500 to help Topps out of the s*#t).

It's certainly possible that some of the artists second batch cards will be of a lesser quality, given the short time frame provided to them by Topps for completion.

If anyone thinks they understand NBC's thinking and can explain the logic behind their inclusion/refusal process please share this with the rest of us!!

Actuallyartists were added after the rejections. The original artists list (which is still the one shown on the TOPPS site since they haven't updated it in months) has 34 artists, 4 of which had their entire runs rejected which left 30 artists. The carrent list stands at 43 who have definitely been approved and 4 others that may or may not have (someone said they pulled a shasteen sketch yesterday so he may get moved to the approved section if I can confirm). Here is the current list now:


APPROVED:

Alex Beuchel-
Allison Sohn- 56
Amy Pronovost- 56
Brian Ashmore-
Brian Kong- 56 + 100
Cat Staggs- 56 + 103
Craig Rousseau-
Cynthia Cummens- 56 + 103
Dan Cooney- 56 + 103
Gabe Hernandez- 56
Grant Gould- 50 + 500
Edward Pun- 100
Howard Shum- 106
Ingrid Hardy- 56 + 103
Jake Minor- 50 + 100
Jason Palmer-
Jeff Chandler- 50 + 50
Joe Corroney- 56
John Watkins-Chow- 106 + 103
Jon Ocampo-
Joseph Booth- 300
Katie Cook- 206 + 100
Kevin Doyle- 106 + 103
Leah Mangue- 50 + 100
Lord Mesa-
Mark McHaley- 56 + 103
Matt Busch-
Matthew Goodmanson-
Michael Duron- 256 + 103
Noah Albrecht- 206 + 100 + 200
Otis Frampton- 55
Otto Dieffenbach- 253 + 100
Paul Gutierrez-
Randy Martinez- 56
Rich Molinelli- 81 + 206
Russell Walks- 71
Sean Pence- 50 + 100 + 25
Steve Oatney- 56 + 41
Taki Soma- 200
Tim Sale- 56
Tom Hodges- 141
William O'Neill


STATUS UNKNOWN:

Daniel Canion- none have turned up yet
Edward Mize- none have turned up yet
Paul Allen Ballard- ? + 100 - none have turned up yet
Tony Shasteen- none have turned up yet

[blueguy]

Help with Sketches
I hope these scans come out alright, never tried to show a picture. Can someone confirm for me if the top sketch is from Leah Mangue and the bottom sketch is from Ingrid Hardy? Also, what is the character/actor in the top sketch?
Thanks for any help.
Alan

[Cubfan86]

Originally Posted by blueguy

Help with Sketches
I hope these scans come out alright, never tried to show a picture. Can someone confirm for me if the top sketch is from Leah Mangue and the bottom sketch is from Ingrid Hardy? Also, what is the character/actor in the top sketch?
Thanks for any help.
Alan

The bottom is Hardy for sure.
Do not know the top one.

[YYC]

Can some Heroes experts help me ID these characters? I think I figured out the artists (except for 1). Here are the scans.


Cat Skaggs


Cynthia Cummens


Edward Pun



Thanks in advance

[otmack2o]

YYC, you need to use the IMG tags, not HTML tags.

[IMG ]<insert path to image here>[ /IMG]

Of course you need to remove the spaces I left above.