Off-Topic II: My Baseball Art



Babe Ruth
Stipple drawing, pen & ink
1987-89





Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner
Stipple drawing, pen & ink
circa late 1980s





Lou Gehrig
Stipple drawing, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s   





Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Stan Musial
Stipple drawings, pen & ink 

circa late 1980s





Roberto Clemente
Stipple drawing, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s 
  




Joe DiMaggio
Stipple drawing, pen & ink 
circa late 1980s 





Lefty Grove and Bob Feller
Stipple drawings, pen & ink 
circa late 1980s  





Mickey Mantle
Stipple drawing, pen & ink 
circa late 1980s 





Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson
Stipple drawings, pen & ink 
circa late 1980s  





Ted Williams
Stipple drawing, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s 





Rogers Hornsby, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize
Stipple drawings, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s 





Lou Brock 
Stipple drawing, pen & ink. 
circa late 1980s 





Enos Slaughter, Frank Frisch, Ken Boyer 
Stipple drawings, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s 





Chick Hafey, Jim Bottomley, Red Schoendienst
Stipple drawings, pen & ink. 
circa late 1980s 





Jesse Haines, Dizzy Dean 
Stipple drawings, pen & ink
 circa late 1980s 





Curt Flood, Ted Simmons, Ozzie Smith 
Stipple drawing, pen & ink 
circa late 1980s 





Jackie Robinson
Pencil drawing
2012
 





Stan "The Man" Musial
Airbrush dyes & gouache, pencil & colored pencil
1985
 




All artwork is the property of Jon Oye. 
None of the above images may be reproduced in any form or format, including, but not limited to, digital or print, without written permission.
© Jon Oye, 2012

8 comments:

  1. Hi, Jon. Ken Boyer's granddaughter here :) Would my family be able to purchase prints from you? Specifically, the one with Ken on it. These are absolutely incredible! Love the color one of Stan, too :)

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  2. Hi, Brook.
    Please check your email.

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  3. Hi Jon,
    Can I ask you about permission to use one of the images (of Sandy Koufax) for a free, family event hosted by a non-profit? Let me know how to contact you to explain and ask, please.
    Thank you!
    Sarah

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  4. Sarah,
    Please post your email address here and I will contact you.
    Thanks,
    Jon

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  5. Hi Jon! I've enjoyed browsing your drawings. . .Very impressive. I wonder if you might answer a question for me. I have created a few drawings of famous people, including athletes (Stan Musial and the Dean brothers of St. Louis). I have had a number of people inquire about buying prints of my work. Since you have experience with this kind of thing could you give me some advice about obtaining permission to sell prints of such drawings? Have you had to contact the estates of the people you've drawn for permission to sell prints? Any advice you could give me would be most appreciated! Some of my drawings can be viewed at www.thephotoartloft.com. The best email for me is thephotoartloft@yahoo.com. Thanks very much. . .Oh, and by the way. . .GO Cardinals!

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    1. Hi, and apologies for the very late response. If you're going to sell prints of deceased baseball players, I believe it would be advisable to obtain permission not only from the subjects' estates/families, but also MLB. I created the bulk of the artwork depicted on this page several years ago as part of a campaign--which was not purchased--for a now-defunct advertising agency, while a few of the images were made as samples only. I recall the agency mailing letters to all of the players who were under consideration for the campaign, requesting permission to use their likenesses (with varying degrees of success). Best of luck.

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