Custom Cricket Card - Playing with Photoshop again!

[Matt26]

Hi everyone,

I was mucking around with Photoshop while watching the cricket and I made up a custom card for Australia's latest triple centurion.

Now its a pipe dream that a) i would be able to afford his baggy green, or b) if I did own it, I wouldnt cut it up for a card. But anyway here is what i would do if you disreagrd those first 2 items.

I thought I would call the set "Legends of the Baggy Green" cause I couldnt think of anything better and this card would contain a swatch of a baggy green cap. The name and border would be in foil.

This is only for fun so dont go mass producing these cards!

Cheers
Matt

 

[Rekless]

I like it mate, you could reposition the logos and turn the swatch area into a place for his autograph. They would look awesome , i wish i wasnt a photoshop retard, otherwise I would make stuff like this to send with my TTM requests.

Nice work.

 

[Matt26]

Thanks.....I did something similar with NRL cards as well...might try and get one signed......see below:

Cheers
Matt

 

[Rekless]

Nice, i like the way the Clarke card blends into white, rather than it being a "formal" box.

Great work.

 

[Harsha_12]

I Love it Matt! Thats Skill! OzCard Trader 1/1 The Michael Clarke One Looks Brilliant

 

[kingjack]

You could get a job at Panini Matt. Nice work.

 

[Matt26]

You could get a job at Panini Matt. Nice work.

Id be happy at select.....bit closer to home LOL

 

[kingjack]

Id be happy at select.....bit closer to home LOL

I think Panini would pay a little better though

 

[carlton91]

Clarke looks wicked Matt,

 

[bjs127]

Matt that is a magnificent custom card, if only this could become reality.....but cutting up a baggy green would have all the past and present greats in uproar - the ultimate blasphemy!!

Your custom only highlights how bad the card industry is in Australia - why do so many people love cricket yet cricket cards sell so poorly? It just makes no sense.....as kids we bought as many cricket stickers and cards as we could! is today's market so different to that of 20 years ago that Select can't justify a release at all?

 

[Matt26]

Matt that is a magnificent custom card, if only this could become reality.....but cutting up a baggy green would have all the past and present greats in uproar - the ultimate blasphemy!!

Your custom only highlights how bad the card industry is in Australia - why do so many people love cricket yet cricket cards sell so poorly? It just makes no sense.....as kids we bought as many cricket stickers and cards as we could! is today's market so different to that of 20 years ago that Select can't justify a release at all?

I think i single handedly keep futera in business with their cricket cards releases. I must have gone through a few cases looking for a Bradman redemption (pulled it) or a border hologram (got one too) back in the early 90's.

I think the cricket cards could become big again as long as the advancement is there in the cards and that the cards evolve like they have in the US. it wouldnt take much to do.

Cheers
Matt

---------- Post added 07-01-2012 at 12:17 AM ----------

I might try a few more over the next week or so! Any suggestions?

 

[bjs127]

I wish they could have done a Tony Grieg / David Hookes dual auto to celebrate the 5 fours Hookesy hit im the Centenary Test.

The Marsh / Lillee dual auto is still probably Futera's finest card ever produced.

Other cards I would love to see:

- Gatting / Warne "ball of the century" dual auto
- John Dyson classic catch auto (best catch ever growing up as a kid - everyone wanted to "do a John Dyson"!)
- Dean Jones 210* In Madras auto
- Border 1985 classic catch auto (second best catch I ever saw growing up behind Dyson)

And finally I'd love to see a "Wasim Akram WTF auto" commemorating the plumbest LBW in the HISTORY of Test cricket......given NOT OUT!!!!

 

[Farmer2Goggin2Wade]

Brian Lara 400*
Matthew Hayden 380
Gilly 100 off 57
Sachin 50 test 100s (100 international if he gets there)
Warne 708 wickets
Muralitharan 800 wickets

Etc etc etc

 

[Matt26]

Ok well here goes another card.......I really like the look of this one!

Cheers
Matt

 

[sharkies4eva]

nice work matt, they all look great, keep em coming

 

[BLOWN8]

nice skills with photoshop mate. actually would buy these cards they look that good. keep it up.

 

[ooneil]

Love the Bradman, pity his baggy green would cost you how many thousands....

 

[carlton91]

Again Nice Work Matt, You should bid on Clarkes used test shirt and make the card thats would be sweet...:drool:

 

[Matt26]

Again Nice Work Matt, You should bid on Clarkes used test shirt and make the card thats would be sweet...:drool:

I would but the wife would kill me!

 

[ooneil]

Got two words for you Matt - baby bonus!!