Cards over Traditional Sigs

[Rin 235]

This is something I've already seen some people doing with their graphics, but I've recently been on more of a kick of seeing custom trading cards made for players as opposed to sigs. I know the old VHL.com article supplement called out hockey cards specifically, but it seems like the trend has fallen out of favor over time.

 

One of the cooler things I ended up doing during a short stint in the PBE was recreating baseball card templates from when I used to collect them as a kid, and then featuring PBE players in said template. For some cards, I was able to find the EXACT fonts used for some pretty faithful recreations, if I do say so myself.

 

I'd love for more people to dabble in cards as graphics or sigs as a whole. Sports edits look nice and crisp for sure, but to me it's starting to feel a little too much like that Buzz Lightyear in the toy aisle gif. I wanna see some cool looking card deisgns- retro, nostalgic, custom even! We could collaborate on our own set of VHL cards, even.

 

Maybe I'm a little biased, too, because cards would at least somewhat force the presence of jersey swaps/altering to some degree, rather than just cleverly editing it or leaving in a full-on NHL jersey instead.

 

At any rate, I definitely feel the urge to run with more card-based sigs for Yor Bjorven than sports edits, and will probably dabble in putting some together for teammates as well. Bonus points if all teammates are in the same jersey style; would be SO satisfying to look at a whole "set" of one team and have it really feel like the individual members of the same squad.

[Triller 1,756]

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[Banackock 8,415]

They’re my favourite thing to post on TikTok! I’d love to see more of them. A sense of realism and creativeness that offers a unique form we don’t see too often (but should see more of). I always welcome those who want to help out recruitment, too. @Triller is unofficially recruitment and the work that they help us with is incredible. Some of the stuff they’ve done AND are working on, imo, is game changing. So if anyone wants to get in on there for periodic help, LMK. 
 

Seasonal editions would be cool but I understand so much work! The SHL has a neat little system for it. I’m unsure how often people use it and its popularity, but unique and creative concept.