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mouschi
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Over the past three years, I've done a lot of different things. *I've tried to do things that card companies have not done before. *There is one thing I've shied away from, and that is using super premium pieces. *It is coming up on two years since I was at Canseco's house, and while I have no shortage of player-worn material, I have not done much in the way of custom cards with premium pieces.
*The main reason for this is because I simply haven't felt "good enough", so to speak, to cut into a lot of the good stuff and do them the justice they deserve. *Things have been heating up at work recently, and just like that ... WHAMMO ... I've had inspiration for the first time in a long time. *It hit me all at once, to the point where I have three cards or so to work on, but for this article, I can only show one as it has taken up every single spare second I have had for quite a while now.
I cracked open photoshop, did some planning, looked around at the material I had available to me, and got to work.
But not before I had some fun with my friend's picture he posted on facebook recently.
This semi-obscene picture was just screaming*to be a*movie, so I made it so.
Disappointed it won't hit theatres? *Well, apparently I was wrong....
I know it isn't baseball, but when you are riding the creativity wave, you go with it.
So anyway, for my latest project, I wanted to do something big. *Something that included pieces I was previously not ready to use. *Included in these are ...
The Jose barrel piece shown below from the game used bat I cut up a while back. *I wasn't sure what I was going to use it for, but it turns out it was perfect for this project!
Here it is, being sanded down for this project.
When I went to Jose's house, I had brought along a few gloves for him to wear. *We traded one (as you've probably heard me retell a million times by now), and he wore the others. *This was not too long after he shot his finger, so I brought both a left and right handed glove to wear just in case he couldn't put on the right handed one. *Thankfully, he was able to wear all of them! *This is the one I used for this project.
Here is a video of us talking while messing around with the gloves. *Forgive me for looking and acting like a dork here. *I was*talking to my baseball hero!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o89hHY_zeJo
This project also includes a cleat. *Fun fact: *I researched what size he wore, and it was size 13. *When I brought them out, he told me his feet have been growing since he was 40, and*now wears size 14 shoes. Being a good sport, he crammed as much of his feet in them as he could, and did a funny little tap dance for us in them while he was sitting down. *It was great!
And last but not least, this project includes a jersey piece that I had him wear as shown below. * This card was something I put together for my Topps guest blog. *Check it out when you get a chance!
*So, without further adieu, I present to you:
The logo / card name was actually something I designed after I did everything else. *I tossed and turned on it for a while, and it seemed to come together nicely.
So, why blackout?
Well, because it's black
Not just the design, though - everything is black. *Normally when I do THICK cards, the edges look like this. * I'll show you in a bit what the edges look like now (I'll give you a hint ... they are the opposite of white.)
*Even the top and bottom layers got the blackout treatment ...
This project had so, SO many things go wrong. *My least favorite of which is when I dropped it when it was finished, and I had to redo part of it. *URGH!!!! *Heck, I probably have half a trash bag full of scrap alone. *Everything took so long, but I'm very happy with how it came out. *Here is the back of it. *The back and fronts are ultra glossy, so you see a lot of reflection on it.
As you can see, the card is actually a triple booklet. *I've seen card companies do this more and more recently, but nothing I've been mega hyped about (for Canseco, anyway!)
Here is what I came up with:
Though it was a HUGE pain, everything came together nicely. *I had thought about putting a cap button in the middle instead of the patch, but I'm a sucker for a nice multi-colored patch, and I thought it tied in everything quite nicely, with the rest of it being black.
See how the edges turned out? *I LOVE the whole thing in black, and love how thick it is.
It refracts light beautifully, but unfortunately one picture alone cannot do it justice. *Here it is using the new animated gif process I came up with. *It still doesn't show as nicely as it does in person, but I think it does well.
Yeah, I like that *Last, but not least, I thought I'd do an artsy shot of it with the pieces I used to make it. * I'm not sure what part exactly I like best about it. *I LOVE The glove, but then again, the jumbo patch and bat barrel seem to go so well together. *Then, the cleat laces ... yeah, that might be my favorite part. *I dunno ... I can't pick!
All I know is if a*card company came out with something like this, I think I'd lose my mind. *I think this is my favorite custom I've ever made, and am glad it all worked out, even if it took forever.
Update: I posted a video here to show it off as well!
https://youtu.be/4lTNoEMK_UY
*The main reason for this is because I simply haven't felt "good enough", so to speak, to cut into a lot of the good stuff and do them the justice they deserve. *Things have been heating up at work recently, and just like that ... WHAMMO ... I've had inspiration for the first time in a long time. *It hit me all at once, to the point where I have three cards or so to work on, but for this article, I can only show one as it has taken up every single spare second I have had for quite a while now.
I cracked open photoshop, did some planning, looked around at the material I had available to me, and got to work.
But not before I had some fun with my friend's picture he posted on facebook recently.
This semi-obscene picture was just screaming*to be a*movie, so I made it so.
Disappointed it won't hit theatres? *Well, apparently I was wrong....
I know it isn't baseball, but when you are riding the creativity wave, you go with it.
So anyway, for my latest project, I wanted to do something big. *Something that included pieces I was previously not ready to use. *Included in these are ...
The Jose barrel piece shown below from the game used bat I cut up a while back. *I wasn't sure what I was going to use it for, but it turns out it was perfect for this project!
Here it is, being sanded down for this project.
When I went to Jose's house, I had brought along a few gloves for him to wear. *We traded one (as you've probably heard me retell a million times by now), and he wore the others. *This was not too long after he shot his finger, so I brought both a left and right handed glove to wear just in case he couldn't put on the right handed one. *Thankfully, he was able to wear all of them! *This is the one I used for this project.
Here is a video of us talking while messing around with the gloves. *Forgive me for looking and acting like a dork here. *I was*talking to my baseball hero!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o89hHY_zeJo
This project also includes a cleat. *Fun fact: *I researched what size he wore, and it was size 13. *When I brought them out, he told me his feet have been growing since he was 40, and*now wears size 14 shoes. Being a good sport, he crammed as much of his feet in them as he could, and did a funny little tap dance for us in them while he was sitting down. *It was great!
And last but not least, this project includes a jersey piece that I had him wear as shown below. * This card was something I put together for my Topps guest blog. *Check it out when you get a chance!
*So, without further adieu, I present to you:
The logo / card name was actually something I designed after I did everything else. *I tossed and turned on it for a while, and it seemed to come together nicely.
So, why blackout?
Well, because it's black
Not just the design, though - everything is black. *Normally when I do THICK cards, the edges look like this. * I'll show you in a bit what the edges look like now (I'll give you a hint ... they are the opposite of white.)
*Even the top and bottom layers got the blackout treatment ...
This project had so, SO many things go wrong. *My least favorite of which is when I dropped it when it was finished, and I had to redo part of it. *URGH!!!! *Heck, I probably have half a trash bag full of scrap alone. *Everything took so long, but I'm very happy with how it came out. *Here is the back of it. *The back and fronts are ultra glossy, so you see a lot of reflection on it.
As you can see, the card is actually a triple booklet. *I've seen card companies do this more and more recently, but nothing I've been mega hyped about (for Canseco, anyway!)
Here is what I came up with:
Though it was a HUGE pain, everything came together nicely. *I had thought about putting a cap button in the middle instead of the patch, but I'm a sucker for a nice multi-colored patch, and I thought it tied in everything quite nicely, with the rest of it being black.
See how the edges turned out? *I LOVE the whole thing in black, and love how thick it is.
It refracts light beautifully, but unfortunately one picture alone cannot do it justice. *Here it is using the new animated gif process I came up with. *It still doesn't show as nicely as it does in person, but I think it does well.
Yeah, I like that *Last, but not least, I thought I'd do an artsy shot of it with the pieces I used to make it. * I'm not sure what part exactly I like best about it. *I LOVE The glove, but then again, the jumbo patch and bat barrel seem to go so well together. *Then, the cleat laces ... yeah, that might be my favorite part. *I dunno ... I can't pick!
All I know is if a*card company came out with something like this, I think I'd lose my mind. *I think this is my favorite custom I've ever made, and am glad it all worked out, even if it took forever.
Update: I posted a video here to show it off as well!
https://youtu.be/4lTNoEMK_UY
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