Foil Talk

One thing that makes the old school MLB showdown cards awesome is the cool Foils/Holos (whatever you want to call them). They always had a nice shine to them and showcased the awesome players (most of the time). But how going forward are we as a community meant to make foils? We can de-foil some old magic cards and print on some translucent paper and stick it to them. That could work. But would be very time consuming. Isn't there a way we can just adjust the card itself to make it look "more special". One of my buddies to who plays from New York in an online league showed me some cards he uses from another creator. He simply alters the card itself to make it look "like a foil". This would save on time and money. So I was trying to play with one of the cards I created on different ideas. I chose Corey Kluber because he is awesome and I'm an Indians homer.

Now we must take this card and alter in a way that makes it look like some kind of special alter. I went through a bunch of different options. But the 2 that I settled on were a form of clouding that made the image look like some kind of acid wash and the other being a metal embossed look. I still wish I could get the Emboss to be a gold tone. But for now this is what the options were.

I posted these on my Twitter @BobBumbarger and got some feed back on the images. The idea was the embossed metal look is very appealing but hides what Kluber looks like. I love taking in ideas from the community (never be afraid to suggest something). The idea was suggest why not combine the original with the embossed look. Have Kluber look normal with this embossed altered back ground. So I took a stab at it and I have to say it came out really clean and good looking. Please leave your thoughts below. And as always follow me on Twitter @BobBumbarger