Lak Lim's Art Thread

Lak Lim · 03-13-2013, 08:11 PM

I think I should start this thread with a little about myself. My name is Lak Lim and I am a freelance artist. I've worked on sketch card sets since 2008. I've been fortunate to have worked for many of the card companies on their respective card sets. I have cut back a lot on doing sketch card work so I can have the opportunity to work on other projects. I'm not on alot of the current sets but you'll occasionally see me on a set every now and then. I also run the Sketch Card Fanatics group on Facebook. As well as interviewing people on my blog SCF Talks. I will update this thread whenever I have something I want to share. Feel free to leave any comments (good or bad) or questions you may have for me. Thanks for looking and I hope you like what you see. Heres a few for now:

First up is a card I recently listed on Ebay. Its a recreation of Mike Zeck's popular Captain America Annual #10 cover. Drawn on a Captain America: First Avenger AP card:

Star Wars Galaxy6:

Some PSC samples I sent to Topps to get on Star Wars:

Spider-Fan · 03-13-2013, 09:20 PM

I haven't collected any of the Topps Start Wars stuff, but most of what I have read has been pretty bad. The complains are always louder and more passionate than the compliments... doesn't matter what the subject is. Glad to see that you took the time to do some really high quality sketches for the set.

lucky4444 · 03-13-2013, 09:20 PM

Love your work Lak

Magickyak · 03-13-2013, 09:50 PM

Awesome stuff man, I'd love to pull one of your cards

Igman7 · 03-13-2013, 10:04 PM

Man, what junk!

Just teasin' bud you know I think you are crack-a-LAK'n

ashelton · 03-13-2013, 10:12 PM

Great work as always, Lak

And a great idea for a thread, so I'm stealing it

Lak Lim · 03-13-2013, 10:55 PM

Thanks everyone, glad you like them. Not all of my cards are as highly detailed due to the number of cards I'm sometimes automatically given. (I wasn't aware that I had a choice with some companies) BUT they're good enough for me to have represent what I'm capable of. I usually spend an avg of at least 1 hour on a card and the more detailed cards will take a lot longer...obviously. Below are some my work on my first set for Rittenhouse: Marvel 70th Anniversary. I like to think that I improved since then ;p

aggie4ever · 03-13-2013, 11:15 PM

Some great sketches there, thanks for sharing! It's also neat to see how your sketches have changed over time.

I don't know if you've seen many of your Kree-Skrull War sketches that have been pulled (since that set pretty much bombed), but I was lucky enough to pull this one a couple of weeks ago:

mcguirem13 · 03-14-2013, 06:26 PM

Awesome stuff Lak! Could you post all the Marvel Premier sketch cards you completed? I have a bunch of your sketches from this set and would love to see all the cards you did for the set.

JeffLafferty · 03-14-2013, 06:57 PM

Very cool work Lak!

Lak Lim · 03-14-2013, 10:11 PM

aggie4ever - Thanks, on that card I tried inking with a brush. I usually just use pens to ink.

mcguirem13 - Cool, I'll try to get some up soon

JeffLafferty - Thanks Jeff, I seen some of your youtube videos. You do great work.

Lak Lim · 03-16-2013, 02:59 PM

first batch of my Marvel Premiere cards:

Lak Lim · 03-17-2013, 12:37 PM

Marvel Premiere batch 2:

mcguirem13 · 03-17-2013, 03:06 PM

Wow those are awesome! I really like the venom and hulk.

Lak Lim · 03-17-2013, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcguirem13

Wow those are awesome! I really like the venom and hulk.

Thank you sir. Both these cards have already been pulled.

Lak Lim · 03-18-2013, 06:36 PM

3rd batch of Marvel Premiere sketch cards I did:

mcguirem13 · 03-18-2013, 06:50 PM

I really like the Iron Fist and Spiderman in this batch.

Lak Lim · 03-19-2013, 05:02 PM

Thanks, batch 4:

Sketchart · 03-19-2013, 05:10 PM

dark phoenix and nightcrawler, 2 of my best sketches from this range! thanks Lak

mcguirem13 · 03-19-2013, 08:52 PM

I love this batch! I own 3 from this batch

Lak Lim · 03-20-2013, 04:29 PM

Thanks guys, only a few more cards left for the Premiere set. This is batch 5:

eldavojohn · 03-21-2013, 11:27 AM

Pulled one of your cards from my first case break (Galactic Files) and it ended up being one of the nicer sketches from that break:

Very clean, very meticulous, wonderfully proportioned, heavily enjoy it! Keep up the good work, I love what I see in this thread!

Lak Lim · 03-21-2013, 04:37 PM

Batch 6, one left:

eldavojohn - Glad you like it. However I'm sorry I didn't do better on that card. Deadline was pretty tight at the time. Not an excuse for it but I needed 60 cards done that week which resulted in what you got. I normally avoid doing head shots. Again, my apologizes.

Lak Lim · 03-22-2013, 03:28 PM

Here is the last of my 50 Marvel Premiere character cards:

jusdukky · 03-22-2013, 03:33 PM

Very cool sketches.

You have some fantastic talent.

03-13-2013, 08:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Lak Lim's Art Thread I think I should start this thread with a little about myself. My name is Lak Lim and I am a freelance artist. I've worked on sketch card sets since 2008. I've been fortunate to have worked for many of the card companies on their respective card sets. I have cut back a lot on doing sketch card work so I can have the opportunity to work on other projects. I'm not on alot of the current sets but you'll occasionally see me on a set every now and then. I also run the Sketch Card Fanatics group on Facebook. As well as interviewing people on my blog SCF Talks. I will update this thread whenever I have something I want to share. Feel free to leave any comments (good or bad) or questions you may have for me. Thanks for looking and I hope you like what you see. Heres a few for now: First up is a card I recently listed on Ebay. Its a recreation of Mike Zeck's popular Captain America Annual #10 cover. Drawn on a Captain America: First Avenger AP card: Star Wars Galaxy6: Some PSC samples I sent to Topps to get on Star Wars: Last edited by Lak Lim; 03-19-2013 at 05:04 PM.

03-13-2013, 09:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
lucky4444 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 394	Love your work Lak __________________ Looking for sealed boxes of Horrors of War

03-13-2013, 10:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
ashelton Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Michigan Posts: 72 perfectkismet	Great work as always, Lak And a great idea for a thread, so I'm stealing it __________________ art - http://www.facebook.com/ambernshelton

03-13-2013, 10:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Thanks everyone, glad you like them. Not all of my cards are as highly detailed due to the number of cards I'm sometimes automatically given. (I wasn't aware that I had a choice with some companies) BUT they're good enough for me to have represent what I'm capable of. I usually spend an avg of at least 1 hour on a card and the more detailed cards will take a lot longer...obviously. Below are some my work on my first set for Rittenhouse: Marvel 70th Anniversary. I like to think that I improved since then ;p Last edited by Lak Lim; 03-13-2013 at 10:57 PM.

03-14-2013, 06:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
mcguirem13 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 635 mcguirem13	Awesome stuff Lak! Could you post all the Marvel Premier sketch cards you completed? I have a bunch of your sketches from this set and would love to see all the cards you did for the set. __________________ Bucket: http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/mcguirem13/

03-13-2013, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Spider-Fan Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 625	I haven't collected any of the Topps Start Wars stuff, but most of what I have read has been pretty bad. The complains are always louder and more passionate than the compliments... doesn't matter what the subject is. Glad to see that you took the time to do some really high quality sketches for the set.

03-13-2013, 09:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Magickyak Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 153 Bluebeard45	Awesome stuff man, I'd love to pull one of your cards

03-13-2013, 10:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Igman7 Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park, IL Posts: 1,676 Igman7	Man, what junk! Just teasin' bud you know I think you are crack-a-LAK'n

03-13-2013, 11:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
aggie4ever Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,262 aggie4ever	Some great sketches there, thanks for sharing! It's also neat to see how your sketches have changed over time. I don't know if you've seen many of your Kree-Skrull War sketches that have been pulled (since that set pretty much bombed), but I was lucky enough to pull this one a couple of weeks ago:

03-14-2013, 06:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
JeffLafferty Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Colorado Posts: 8 jefflafferty	Very cool work Lak!

03-14-2013, 10:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	aggie4ever - Thanks, on that card I tried inking with a brush. I usually just use pens to ink. mcguirem13 - Cool, I'll try to get some up soon JeffLafferty - Thanks Jeff, I seen some of your youtube videos. You do great work.

03-16-2013, 02:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	first batch of my Marvel Premiere cards:

03-17-2013, 12:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	new art 3/17/13 Marvel Premiere batch 2:

03-17-2013, 03:06 PM	#14 (permalink)
mcguirem13 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 635 mcguirem13	Wow those are awesome! I really like the venom and hulk. __________________ Bucket: http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/mcguirem13/

03-18-2013, 06:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	3rd batch of Marvel Premiere sketch cards I did:

03-18-2013, 06:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
mcguirem13 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 635 mcguirem13	I really like the Iron Fist and Spiderman in this batch. __________________ Bucket: http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/mcguirem13/

03-19-2013, 05:02 PM	#18 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Thanks, batch 4:

03-19-2013, 05:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
Sketchart Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 26 jonathanjpg	dark phoenix and nightcrawler, 2 of my best sketches from this range! thanks Lak

03-19-2013, 08:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
mcguirem13 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 635 mcguirem13	I love this batch! I own 3 from this batch __________________ Bucket: http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/mcguirem13/

03-20-2013, 04:29 PM	#21 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Thanks guys, only a few more cards left for the Premiere set. This is batch 5:

03-21-2013, 11:27 AM	#22 (permalink)
eldavojohn Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 397 el-davo	Pulled one of your cards from my first case break (Galactic Files) and it ended up being one of the nicer sketches from that break: Very clean, very meticulous, wonderfully proportioned, heavily enjoy it! Keep up the good work, I love what I see in this thread! __________________ According to Blowout members I am a child, a troll and a pretender.

03-21-2013, 04:37 PM	#23 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Batch 6, one left: eldavojohn - Glad you like it. However I'm sorry I didn't do better on that card. Deadline was pretty tight at the time. Not an excuse for it but I needed 60 cards done that week which resulted in what you got. I normally avoid doing head shots. Again, my apologizes. Last edited by Lak Lim; 03-21-2013 at 04:39 PM.

03-22-2013, 03:28 PM	#24 (permalink)
Lak Lim Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 51 lakcoo	Here is the last of my 50 Marvel Premiere character cards:

03-22-2013, 03:33 PM	#25 (permalink)
jusdukky Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,440	Very cool sketches. You have some fantastic talent.

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