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Sketch Cards for the Marvel 70th Anniversary Set Part 1

It’s official! I can finally start posting the sketch cards I did for the Marvel 70th Anniversary edition set. As some of you already know this was my first venture into the sexy and intrigue-filled world of sketch cards and I have to say it was a real blast.

I also have to say I was completely amazed at how many times I had to reference the costumes of the characters. Good God! I mean sure I had no issue with my favorite Marvel characters (Daredevil, Black Widow, Elektra, Spidey, etc) but characters like Loki? I knew that his helmet had long curled horns on it and he wore yellow and green. That’s it.

Speaking of green, anyone else out there every notice how many frikkin’ Marvel characters are either green and purple or green and yellow? Anyway I’ll be posting more soon so stayed tuned.

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Sketch Card Giveaway Contest

Call the neighbors and wake the kids everyone because I have big news! I hope everyone is sitting down because to say that this is earth shattering would be an understatement. Over the next 3 weeks I will be giving away a sketch card drawn, inked and colored by yours truly! That’s right each week you will have a chance to win a sketch card.

Now I’m sure have a ton of questions, like how to enter, where to enter, why would I do this or how I maintain my silky smooth hair. Don’t worry I’ve got you covered. See the contest rules and sordid details below.

Why are you doing this?

Because I love you. I really love you. Its not for shameless promotion like others would have you believe. Its all for love.

How do I enter?

Its really super simple easy. Simply follow me on Twitter and tweet @manji675 I WANT THAT SKETCH CARD! Be sure to both follow me and tweet that phrase.

How is the winner selected?

After one week I will take names of all my followers who entered and randomly select a name from my magic hat of delight. The winner will then receive a direct message from me on Twitter. I will ask for their shipping information and if they are always this lucky.

Anything else I need to know?

That is really it. See I told you it was really super simple easy.   Just be sure to follow me on Twitter because once a winner is randomly selected I will send the winner a direct message to get their shipping information. Oh and if Scarlett Johansson enters the contest will be made void and she will win. End of story.

Also I will be doing this over the next 3 weeks so if you don’t win this time you will still have a couple more chances. Good luck to everyone!

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Marvel 70th Anniversary Set completed!

I will be the first to admit that I am late reporting this but whatever, as my friend Poe would say “Better late than pregnant.” Now onto the news.

As of mid January, I have completed and mailed off 150 sketch cards for the upcoming Marvel 70th anniversary set. As I’ve said before working on the set was a real blast and I look forward to doing more cards in the future. Doing the cards also made me fall even deeper in love with my Copic markers.

I cannot stress enough how much Copic makers rock. You could create a band with Bono, Bowie, Hendrix, Zak Wylde, Jeff Beck, Cliff Burton, Keith Moon, and they wouldn’t rock as much as Copics do. I think mainly because 3 of them are dead so the other members of the band would be really freaked out. I mean Jesus man there would be 3 corpses on stage with them. How fucked up would that be? Sorry what was my point again? Oh yeah Copics rock!

Click here for a list of all the great artists who were part of the Marvel 70th Anniversary set.

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Commission time & other news

Hello, hello, hello all my little sexy subscribers! Oh and for those of you who discovered this post through some serendipitous web surfing I encourage you to subscribe, so that you too can be a sexy subscriber.
Now since that is out of the way, I’ll fill you on everything that has been going on lately.

Although normally for news, I would proudly post a picture of the perfectly pulchritudinous Scarlett Johansson,  I obviously went a different route this time. I actually had a piece of art that isn’t under some sort of NDA so I elected to post it instead. Hey I’m a promotion whore I can’t help myself, besides Scarlett hasn’t been returning my calls lately. Anyway the art above is a wecent we-imagining of the wancid and wemarkably wepulsive Wicked Witch of the West. I don’t know why I was just talking like Elmer Fudd, so don’t bother asking.

The Marvel sketch cards I’ve been doing have been moving along quite well. So for I have done 50 of the 150 that I signed on to do. I know some artists have complained about doing sketch cards but I have really enjoyed this project. But then again I’m not like most artists, mostly due to my dangerously alluring sea green eyes of mystery and desire.

Remember when I was telling you guys about being offered a teaching position at the Charlotte Art League? No? Come on! Seriously you don’t remember that? Ok ok fine. Well to recap I’ve been going to the Charlotte Art League on Saturdays for a figure drawing class. This class led to one of the heads of CAL asking to me if I would be interested in teaching a figure drawing course at CAL. Pretty cool right? Well is just got a little cooler. I have also been asked to do a 2-day workshop in January! I will have more news on what my workshop will focus on later because quite frankly I haven’t planned anything yet since I was asked to do this just 2 days ago. But in the meantime if you are near the Charlotte area and would like to be a part of the workshop please email me and I will keep you updated and registered ASAP. I can guarantee that my class will take a different approach to some old methods and will be fun. And by fun I mean awesome and by awesome I mean…I should stop now shouldn’t I?

Moving on.

Now for my final announcement!

Drum roll please!

Ahem…

Oh forget it.

My final announcement is that I will be doing commissions from now until the December 20th! Be sure to place your orders now so that you will receive your commission before Christmas. All commissions will be inked and colored with Copic markers on 11 x 14 or 11 x 17 Bristol board. Commissions will start at only $40. I’m only taking 10 commissions so be sure to place your order ASAP. If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to email me.

That’s it for now folks. See you on the other side, whatever that means.

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Site redesign and Big News Check it out

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Hello Hello HELLO.

I’m back bitches.

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WHooooooo!

Stylin’ and profilin’ and looking how I can look. Whooooooo!

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How the hell is everyone? Yeah that’s great, whatever. Let’s talk about me now. Shall we?

As I’m sure you have noticed by now the site has a new look and was designed to make stalking me that much easier. Oh and I encourage you to stalk me via Twitter, subscribing to the feed to this blog or whatever other method you can cook up. Well, except for lurking around the outside of my house wearing a stealth suit made of shrubs and discarded cheeseburger wrappers. That would just be weird for the both of us and no don’t ask me how I know that.

But I digress.

I have some huge announcements to make so be sure to call the neighbors and wake the kids and be sure everyone sitting down.

Ok ready? Good.

I have been selected to do sketch cards for the upcoming Marvel 70th anniversary card set! I know awesome right? I know I know that some of you think that it’s almost slave labor doing the sketch cards but I don’t consider 25 bucks a card that bad.

Heh I just screwin’ with you.

I’m not really getting 25 dollars a card but I do look at it as a great opportunity. It seems to have been working out pretty good for Cat Staggs so I’m hoping for the best. Anyway I signed up to do 150 cards by January, so time to break out the copics and microns and get to work. A friend of mine Keith O’Malley (who is just an urban legend to some) has done several sets and has given me some great advice. Well actually his advice wasn’t all that great. Hmmm…come to think of it I don’t even think it was advice. He just said he loved men named Wyatt.

Anyway so that’s great news and…AND…I may start teaching a figure drawing class at the Charlotte Art League! Yeah I don’t think the Art League has really thought that through either but I’m still meeting with them tomorrow morning to discuss it and suss out any details. I will be sure to announce their decision here but if you up to minute updates hit me up on Twitter.

Finally I would just like to say thank you to everyone for your support during the recent tumultuous episodes in my life. I assure that everything is getting back on track (finally) and I am officially back to making regular blog posts, just like in the good ol’ days.

Oh I also have a few other cool projects on the horizon and I will be announcing those on Monday. I think that about does it for this post and again I apologize for the lack of content over the last few weeks but I’m sure you guys understand why.

Now to keep with tradition of this amazing blog, whenever I don’t have a relevant image to post I post a picture of the lovely Scarlett Johansson and Scarlett I know you had nothing to do with those cease and desist letters. Those meddlesome attorneys just don’t understand our love.

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