OK, I have a few more to share...this basically gets me "up to date" with posting my customs.
This first one is another 1989 Topps design (yes...I know, another one). Anyway, I found a photo some time ago that I thought would work really good on a "team" card...I just didn't know quite how I wanted to do it. After some experimenting, I figured it out.
There's a little story to this one...as a kid I grew up in Eugene, Oregon (Go Ducks!). I remember wanting to go to an Oregon football game and one day my dad said he would take me and my brother. So, already a Ducks fan I was very excited. The first game I went to was the annual Oregon "Civil War Game" between Oregon and Oregon State. This was the final game of the 1993 season and we lost. As disappointing as that must have been, this event greatly increased my interest in the Ducks, at a very impressionable age.
So, the next season...I closely followed the team. One could say, 1994 was my first year as a "true fan" (I was 9). As luck would have it, Oregon had a miracle season and won the conference...securing a bid to the Rose Bowl. It was the perfect storm for a young fan to fall in love with the team and that is exactly what happened to me. As you might expect, 1994 Oregon is my favorite sports team ever assembled.
So, I wanted to create a team card for that season. 1989 Topps had a "team leader" card at the front of every team in the set...so I took the design from one of those cards, modified it for my needs and created this custom:
#21 1989 Topps '94 Oregon Ducks
Really liking how the 1994 version of the card turned out...I decided to do another one for the next year (since it was the only season where my favorite Duck QB - Tony Graziani- was the full time starter). Again, I really like how it turned out and I might do this for each season since I became a fan mixed into my customs.
#22 1989 Topps '95 Oregon Ducks
The last one for today is a little different. Growing up I was a huge Atlanta Braves fan (they were always on TBS) and I still am. As a child, my favorite baseball player was David Justice (later in life that would change and Tom Glavine would become my favorite player). I thought it would be fun to do a Justice custom. I really like the 1963 Topps design so I went with that design. Here is the result:
#23 1963 Topps David Justice
That's all the cards I have done at this point. I am currently working on #24 and 25. Hopefully will have them up next week.
