DevinAnthonyHawkenProjects2022

 It was awesome to be able to go back to POV Solutions and pick up all of the cards. The moment I got to see all the designs together it was truly an awesome feeling. They ended up printing 10 of each card out of the 20 different designs along with extras of the coaches' cards and about 200 of the team card. All the cards have a soft touch finish so they feel super smooth and are fun to touch.  Again, I am extremely fortunate and thankful to meet Lindsey Whitticar and her team at POV as they did everything I could have asked for with printing the cards and then some! Seeing all of the cards on the print sheet really brought together everything I had done for this project. I remember back to the first week when I was shown a printing sheet of some Browns sports cards and I thought it was the coolest thing.  I took one of all the cards to put in a binder and then took one of all the cards to sleeve and put in a protective case for each person. It was cool to see how the car...

 While finalizing my designs, I would work with others at Ten 10 to complete some tasks that needed to be done. These tasks included mailing letters and packing different orders to ship out. This other new guy and I worked together to package 100 shirts for verizon. This incluced looking at an order form for the type of shirt then figuring out the size and quantity. We then had to find the shirts place them in a bag that we stuck a shipping label on. This was fun to learn about how to properly pack a larger order.   We also did some other packing of 100 electronic devices with cords. This one was easier as all the boxes had to be the same. I also got over 100 letters ready to mail out as a thank you for some company. All of these orders were neat to help out with as they all gave insight into just some of the projects Ten 10 takes part in along with understanding how to pack orders to ship.  I was also fortunate to talk to almost everyone who works at Ten 10 in Chard...

 In the second week, I now had a good understanding of what I wanted most of the cards to look like so now the important part was keeping the layout consistent and repeatable with both the fronts and backs. I drew heavy inspiration from Allen and Ginter which happened to be my favorite card designs.  I wanted the cards to be personal so I noted the watercolor background and then found unique watercolor designs to use in the backdrops of the cards. I also liked the borders and signatures on the cards so included those. For example, Nick Bollinger will be attending Montana State and loves the outdoors. For his card, I included a forest background.  Another thing that Allen and Ginter are known for is their non-baseball sets of cards. These include anything from other celebrities to random objects. I wanted to include a non-baseball set of cards in my portfolio also. Here is an example of my friend Jack Spiegle who dressed up as Freddie Mercury from Queen along with the back...

 On Tuesday, I was fortunate to go down to POV Solutions and meet with Mrs. Lindsey Whitticar and Mr. Chris Yuhasz. Lindsey showed me around the place, gave me a very in-depth tour of all their machinery, and introduced me to almost everyone. Quickly, I was able to appreciate the knowledge and understanding it takes to operate the different machines. I watched as the machines cut thick sheets of paper and learned about the process that the paper goes through. There were some products being printed while I was there like a puzzle that they just put the photo on the thick cardboard material and were getting ready to send it off to cut into puzzle pieces. They also had hundreds of sheets/templates of this one folding box that had special cut lines. After the tour, we were able to print one of my designs onto a card sheet which was very cool. Next week will be focused on finishing all the designs, printing all the cards, and learning about distribution.  I was also lucky to speak ...

  Learning Editing Software + First Designs  After learning some basics in adobe illustrator, I was able to create my first product after sketching a banner and some candles along with fitting one into the text design. I was able to play with the color gradients as well to mix colors. I had some prior experience with photoshop and sniping things onto other images, but as far as creating original designs in illustrator, I was not as familiar. I began with the outline pen tool to trace some images. It was important to learn the difference between a vector file and a raster file. A vector file is essentially a bunch of small shapes that make up an image and it can be stretched as big or as small as you want without losing digital quality. A raster image is like the one you snip off google and when you stretch it gets distorted. It is best to work with vector files when composing pieces in photoshop and illustrator. In my first few mock ups of design sketches I really liked the Al...

After getting some background experience with editing, I have looked into famous baseball card designs and what has made them stand out. In some research, these 5 card designs have stood out the most to me.   Allen Ginter Cards Concepts  Many card collectors consider the prints to be the best baseball cards of all time. They were first made in 1887 in packs of Allen and Ginter cigarettes. They put the cards in cigarette packs to try and hook the customers on their product. Their cards have a nice vintage feel that has stood the test of time. Chromolithography Process of using oil and water to create multiple layers kind of water color look. Prints are made after the original chromolithograph. The printers of A&G cards were a lithographic printing firm.  1987 Topps  Barry Bonds (rookie, Pittsburgh Pirates), Barry Larkin (rookie, Cincinnati Reds), Bo Jackson (rookie, Kansas City Royals) These cards feature a nice wood grain border design that was very popular. Dom ...