They are one of my absolute favorite artists who work on these sets. I have two by their hand in my Hallowe’en 4 set, and this Earth Elemental is wonderfully representative of their style and subject. This came by way of trade, the only one of the group, and I’m thrilled I was able to add another work by Arwenn Necker to my collection. Evan is currently working under Nestor Celario, Jr., and I can’t wait to see him back on a future set. These Earth elementals by art apprentice Ralph Evan immediately caught my eye during the set release, evoking the high fantasy, science fiction blend of DUNE with the Elemental homage required for this set. You can keep up with his work on Instagram. He’s able to pack an incredible amount of detail into these cards regardless of subject, and every time I look at this sketch card I see something new. Norvien Basio was a new name for me when I opened this sketch, but you can bet I’ll be following his work moving forward. You can see all of his sketch card work on his website, and you will not be disappointed! He’s done something similar here, as this elemental woman fills the card with all the confidence and courage she could muster.
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I first found Alicione Silva’s work as a part of the X-Men Metal Universe set from 2021, where his full figure renditions of famous X-Women were quite a hit across the set. Well known in the Marvel sketch card universe, especially for doing unusual and seldom seen characters, he’s a regular on Perna sets, and always a treat to find waiting in your pack or set.
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Peejay’s geometric touches make his sketch series for Elementals entirely unique, and almost instantly recognizable amongst the other work in the set. You can follow Sanchez online on Facebook, and perhaps get one of your own!
When Elaine was previewing these sketches, I was really hoping for one of these tornado-esque air elementals, and lo and behold was lucky enough to open one. Jose Carlos Sanchez is unsurpassed in richness of color regardless of the sketch property he’s working with. This is also my first sketch by him across my entire collection, and a very cool (get it) master of the Wind. Martineck has worked in comics since the early 90s, and what a joy when he can squeeze sketch cards into his certainly busy schedule. This is my very first sketch by the amazing Jaime Joslyn across any set, genre, or property, and is one of the rare metal sketch inserts, done on a thin piece of paper coated aluminum! Joslyn is known for her large-eyed ladies and I was so excited that this “bonus” sketch can be the centerpiece of my Elementals collection. Above is where I started, and below is what has become my “final” set thus far, and where you can find the folks that made them possible: I recently moved my sketch collection into a 2×2 binder so my intention was to keep, trade for, or buy eight sketches from this set, and ideally two of each element. This time I opted for the maximum set of packs, which would yield at least ten original sketches. Announcements come from the Perna Facebook page:
There is a fair bit of crowd crossover between Marvel sketch card collectors and Perna Studios collectors, and I was turned to their work by fellow collector Matt Parks. Together with his wife Elaine, they commission and create independent trading card sets, each of which includes an original sketch card commissioned from some of the top artists in the field. Tony has been a freelance and sketch card artist since 2006, working on a variety of comics and sketch card sets over the last fifteen years. Perna Studios is run by artists Tony & Elaine Perna from their home base in Canada. Needless to say after that wonderful experience I was fully hooked, and the time has come to take a closer look at the most recent release from Perna Studios, Elementals 2! I even covered my very first Perna Set, Hallowe’en 4, in November of last year. I’ve written about Marvel sketch cards, as well as about the Magic: The Gathering equivalent, simply known as Artist Proofs. Good morning, and welcome back to this semi-annual featurette here on Hipsters of the Coast, the Sketch Card Showcase! Over the last two years I’ve found myself enraptured in the trading-card sized original works of art known as sketch cards, after diving headfirst into the world of Marvel sketch cards as a part of my Marvel Masterpieces 2020 collecting journey.
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