Latest custom autograph cut...looking for opinions.

200lbhockeyplayer · Apr 17, 2009

After doing a vertical set for some Chicago Blackhawks cuts, I figured I'd look at doing some baseball vertical as well.

There are a few tweaks here and there, but just curious to see people's take.

My thought is depending on the player and team association, the bottom two color "bars" will adjust to their team colors.

Craig - 21hawk · Apr 17, 2009

I definitely like it as long as the sig fits in the window, which I know will not be a question with your work.

Craig

Mozzie22 · Apr 17, 2009

Like the design but not the team. Slaughter should always be shown with the Cardinals, IMO.

Great design though.

metallicalex777 · Apr 17, 2009

Wow...that is a very amazing and intriguing style you've got there. I have never thought about what a cut auto would look like "standing up"...definitely beats most newer cuts brought out by Upper Deck and the rest of the companies taking away even the face shots. Well done bud!!!

Alex

Card Magnet · Apr 17, 2009

Very nice. I would buy your stuff over the main companies anyday, lol.

i43770 · Apr 17, 2009

Mozzie22 said:
Like the design but not the team. Slaughter should always be shown with the Cardinals, IMO.

Great design though.

I actually like it a little more because he isn't pictured with the team he is known for. There are a lot of team collectors who want autos of all the players that played for their team, but want them pictured in that teams uniform. I think UD and/or Topps should do that on their autos of players that aren't currently playing. Or at least make it a parallel.

200lbhockeyplayer · Apr 17, 2009

A few things about this cut:
1. Slaughter is/was rarely pictured with the A's considering it was the end of his career and only spent 200 games with them (about as much time as he spent with the Yankees, and yet you see a lot of Yankees photos of him), so I wanted a completely different look for him.
2. The cut (like all of my Photoshop mock-ups) is 100% to scale...therefore this cut would layout exactly like this in a standard 2.5" x 3.5" card.

200lbhockeyplayer · Apr 17, 2009

For those who said "acceptable" or "complete miss"...what would you like to see different?

Just curious.

Thanks again to everybody for the input in this, and my previous customs.

scotty21690 · Apr 17, 2009

I voted 'A'....Let's see some more!!

nurvanna · Apr 17, 2009

splendid!
for me, there's something about the "in" that doesn't seem right. it's like i think that it doesn't need to be there. what about the year being the same size as "inducted" - is it possible with that style of font?

UMich92 · Apr 17, 2009

Very very nice. I really like the minimal use of color for the team logo in the top right and the name/team bar across the bottom. As a previous poster said, I think "Inducted 1985" would be cleaner than "Inducted in 1985"

Alex

marterburn · Apr 17, 2009

I think it looks very good, but here are a few critiques:

i think the logo maybe looks a little too clean.

the background might be a little too light, or maybe too saturated? if it was darker maybe the screened secondary (yellow) team color around the cut would pop more.

200lbhockeyplayer · Apr 17, 2009

Here is a slightly modified Joe Sewell card. Instead of "Inducted in 1977", perhaps "Induction 1977" is better?

Thanks again.

nurvanna · Apr 17, 2009

this card looks nice as well.
i'm still partial to "inducted __year__".
i believe someone else mentioned this, the coloring around the slaughter auto should be a little more darker or a deeper yellow to contrast similar to how the sewell's box appears.
just the same, very nice work.

200lbhockeyplayer · Apr 17, 2009

nurvanna said:
this card looks nice as well.
i'm still partial to "inducted __year__".
i believe someone else mentioned this, the coloring around the slaughter auto should be a little more darker or a deeper yellow to contrast similar to how the sewell's box appears.
just the same, very nice work.

I agree.

I need to tweak the colors. Obviously with the yellow in the Athletics, it's going to appear a lot different with the yellowed background around the photo.

The text is just awkward any way you read it, so maybe a simple dash would work...

"INDUCTED - 1977"
or
"INDUCTION - 1977"

A_Pharis · Apr 17, 2009

what about "Class of <year>" ?

Craig - 21hawk · Apr 17, 2009

200lbhockeyplayer said:
nurvanna said:

this card looks nice as well.
i'm still partial to "inducted __year__".
i believe someone else mentioned this, the coloring around the slaughter auto should be a little more darker or a deeper yellow to contrast similar to how the sewell's box appears.
just the same, very nice work.

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I agree.

I need to tweak the colors. Obviously with the yellow in the Athletics, it's going to appear a lot different with the yellowed background around the photo.

The text is just awkward any way you read it, so maybe a simple dash would work...

"INDUCTED - 1977"
or
"INDUCTION - 1977"

If it were me, I'd definitely go with "INDUCTED - 1977".

Craig

A_Pharis · Apr 17, 2009

or "<year> Class"

scotty21690 · Apr 17, 2009

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A_Pharis said:
what about "Class of <year>" ?

That.

A_Pharis · Apr 17, 2009

scotty21690 said:
:arrow:

A_Pharis said:

what about "Class of <year>" ?

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That.

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