Vikings Cards 1961 forward : a special project

[DarthBrooks]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/85438266@N ... _welcome=1

I got laid off so in addition to looking for work I've started a project, recreating Topps football cards starting with the first year Minnesota came into the league.


Matt Kalil_1961_TOPPS by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


HarrisonSmith_1962_TOPPS by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

Blair_Walsh_1963_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

I'll update this as I continue. BTW, if you have any tips on finding work or leads, I'd appreciate it.

[Eli]

Nice job. But do you want photos of guys practicing in shorts on a card?

[PurpleMustReign]

Hey this is cool!! Good job!

[DarthBrooks]

Nice job. But do you want photos of guys practicing in shorts on a card?

Good point. I might find a better picture. I'll take request BTW. Next up is 1964 Philadelphia, as Topps had taken a vacation.

[DarthBrooks]

John Sullivan_1964_Philadelphia by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

[DarthBrooks]

Charlie_Johnson_1965_Philadelphia by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

First one of these that had a logo on it.

[DarthBrooks]

Weighing in on the Jasper Brinkley / Audie Cole controversy.


Jasper_Brinkley_1966_Philadelphia by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Audie_Cole_1967_Philadelphia by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

This is the last of the Philadelphia Gum Company cards. They were started in 1948 and were sold in 2003. They only held the NFL License for four years and IMHO the cards were pretty simple.

[DarthBrooks]

Jamarca_Sanford_1968_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Mistral_Raymond_1969_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

I like that smile.

[Mothman]

You're doing a great job with these!

[HornedMessiah]

Ya those are sweet! I love the looks of those old cards with the cartoons on the back. You should try to simulate the looks of the player photos from those old cards too: hard to describe but the colors were a bit off and you could see the dot patterns from the printing process. They didn't have crisp digital photography like we have today!

[DarthBrooks]

I don't have a method yet for aging the pics that I'm happy with. I keep a copy of the PSD's just in case I want/need to make a change. In the meanwhile...


Kevin_Williams_1970_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Joe_Webb_1971_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

[Juice]

Nice work!

[DarthBrooks]

Christian_Ponder_1972_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Percy_Harvin_1973_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Everson_Griffen_1974_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr

I'm thinking of tweaking Ponder's card, rotating the back and getting rid of the border. These continue to evolve and I'll probably go back and unify the designs when I'm done.

[Juice]

Just two things I thought I'd bring to your attention: Percy Harvins D.O.B. and the back of Audie Coles Card is spelled "Audi".

Keep up the great work, these keep getting better and better!!

[DarthBrooks]

nag, nag, nag (lol) There are a crapload of details on these. The latest one, 1976 (Toby Gerhart) took a gawdawful amount of time to do. I had done 1972-1975 before and so I had it easy on those, but '76 kicked my butt.


Kyle_Rudolph_1975_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr


Toby_Gerhart_1976_Topps by Darth_Brooks_, on Flickr