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2nd Wiffleball Card

ttaylor (78 pencils) | Mon, 2005-05-16 00:25

Sorry for posting another one, but I made this one to and wanted to know what anyone else not in our league thinks!

My goal was to make it look like a new aged, old school baseball card.

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pokie | Mon, 2005-05-16 01:24

Neat, I really like both of them. Shouldn't you have their position written in on there somewhere on the back?

P.S. Technically... I think old baseball cards actually had a green border though, didn't they?

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jaronoff | Mon, 2005-05-16 14:23

Get a manufacturer to include nasty bubble gum that shatters in your mouth when you eat it.

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Trent | Tue, 2005-05-17 06:31

Gum is good, but I'd like to see their hit points and attack power so I can fight 'em with that Yu-Gi-Oh kid down the street.

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Korteenea | Mon, 2005-05-16 23:47

It's definitely old school (in a good way) but just as a suggestion.... why not try having the boy himself in full color, while everything else around him is that sepia-toned old look? that'd sorta push the idea of new-aged-old-schoolness. Just a thought, and even if you dont do it I think it works quite well as it is! :-)

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phatcactus | Tue, 2005-05-17 03:27

...but some of the colors are a bit awkward. The photo blends in with the background and border, making the yellowed text frame at the top the main focal point. The yellow-gray text box at the bottom doesn't really match anything.

I'd bring some of that pale yellow from the top into the highlights of the photo, maybe even leaving the background of the photo the way it is and just accenting the batter. Then I'd get rid of that yellow-gray tone at the bottom and use something more in line with the rest of the piece.

There's some uncomfortable tension in the bottom-left corner, too, where the line almost touches the corner, but not quite. Personally, I'd just expand that box all the way past the bottom. That might free up some room to put the position below the name, too.

And kern kern kern that word "Taylor"! Agh!

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