Sorry It Has Been So Long…

I have been having some ME time: I got engaged to a wonderful woman; I got a new computer; and I finally got a full time job. It is only a matter of time before my new employers realize my true talents are being wasted…I’m not sur…

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I decided to milk one last card out of my decrepit laptop. I only had to restart the thing four times during the process of creating the card. What’s remarkable is that in the last few months, for each project I have worked on my computer has crashed a…

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Easing my way back into this whole blogging thing with some low hanging fruit.PRP Star Wars – #42 Admiral Conan Motti

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I am back from our Thanksgiving trip to Rhode Island. Since I’ve been neglecting blogwork lately, I decided to do YET another Star Wars card.PRP Star Wars – #41 Bail OrganaI wonder which one I will run out of first, Star Wars characters or intere…

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For two years straight, I did not enter Thorzul’s Nightmares on Cardboard contest.  Although it wasn’t from a lack of trying or desire, it just so happens the spirits did not want me to enter.  Not that I ever had much of a chance based on Pu…

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I am only making custom lunchboxes. (At least for today.)

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Back when it was actually still October, I received a package in the mail from southern California. I haven’t been the same since. Here is this year’s winning entry from… PunkRockPaint!First thing in the envelope… a mysterious box. It purports t…

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In honor of Veterans Day, I made this card of the only pilot to fly, fight, and survive BOTH Death Star battles.PRP Star Wars – #40 Wedge AntillesHe also kicked some ass at the Battle of Hoth. In fact, there is no record of Antilles death anywhere (at …

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I really should apologize for leaving you without my silly custom cards for so long… But I won’t. I’ll just show you one of the projects that I have been working on lately.

Completing my submission for the annual Halloween custom card making contest…

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Found a good oddball card for you today.PRP Star Wars – #38 SebulbaI knocked this one out while waiting patiently to find out who the winner of the Thorzul Will Rule – Nightmares on Cardboard Contest is… Fingers crossed.

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I felt the need to post something, so this is what you get. A bad “hit” from an awesome insert set. Of all the awesome possibilities in Red Squadron, I ended up with crappy Red Six. (I really wanted the Luke Skywalker- Red Five, or at least Wedge Antil…

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This one is for my good friend, and all-around great guy, Kenny Eng. You can check out the machete reference here. (Short version: Kenny, a friend, and friend’s girlfriend were walking home and a dude attacked them with a machete. Yup. Crazy shit….

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I love it when my products hit store shelves…Even if I have to put them there myself.If you don’t know Rob Deez… You should.

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I picked up a pack of Topps Update at my local card shop yesterday. The cards were mostly unimpressive (read: no Padres.) One card did catch my attention, however.At first glance, I thought it was some crazy, super-rare, case-hit refractor. I did some …

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Sorry it has been so long. I have been keeping myself busy making custom cards. Unfortunately, you won’t see them here yet.This post is mainly just to call out Sean. Yeah, YOU! I hope you are wearing your big girl panties while you make your cards for …

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I recently picked up a Tony Gwynn Starting Lineup Talking Baseball card from CheckoutMyCards.com. Since I really like the simple design, I figured it would be nice as a Star Wars card. The painted portraits on the original cards were pretty b…

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I recently picked up a Tony Gwynn Starting Lineup Talking Baseball card from CheckoutMyCards.com. Since I really like the simple design, I figured it would be nice as a Star Wars card. The painted portraits on the original cards were pretty b…

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My tribute to the great Southern California Blackout of 2011 is posted over at The Baseball Card Blog. There may be some new Retro Star Wars cards…

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Happy Labor Day! The original Star Wars trilogy is on Spike today, so I was able to refresh my card making batteries. This one took much longer than it looks like it should have. I guess I was watching Star Wars while working on it. I started when Luke…

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As I sat on the couch drinking malt liquor and watching the Padres game, I realized what card I could make for my next post. The idea of putting Billy Dee Williams on an old Colt ’45s card seemed too easy… PRP Star Wars – #31 Lando CalrissianI w…

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You need to read the post title with your best Darth Vader voice.PRP Star Wars – #30 Darth VaderWord around the campfire is that an Imperial Vice-Admiral mocked the Dark Lord of the Sith’s team name. Speaking in a lisp, the Vice-Admiral said, “I bet…

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While searching Check Out My Cards for card ideas, I ran into this cool insert set from 1998 Topps. I thought it would look nice as a Star Wars card:PRP Star Wars – #29 HammerheadAccording to Wookiepedia:Ithorians were a mammalian herbivorous sent…

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Last weekend, my girlfriend and I went to the horsey racing thingy where the surf meets the turf at Del Mar. I don’t bet on the ponies, but I enjoy watching them run fast. We usually go to the races at least once a year. It is only five miles away from…

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I have wanted to make a cool card for Bill “The Spaceman” Lee for quite a while. I think this one is pretty cool:

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Fun contest over at Cheap Card Collecting! Check it.

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Captain Canuck and Mark Aubrey both answered my trivia question correctly (and in rapid-fire succession,) so they both got custom cards of their choosing. You can see their requests in the previous post’s comments. Here’s what they got:Canuck’s 53 Topp…

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This question was in the San Diego Union Tribune sports page today:On June 3, 1995, Montreal Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez retired the first 27 Padres he faced in a game that was tied 0-0 after nine innings. Who broke up Martinez’s perfect game in the b…

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After setting up the Gallery, I realized that I had no cards from the ’70s…I fixed that:PRP Star Wars – #26 Tusken RaiderI don’t speak Tusken, so forgive the spelling.PRP Star Wars – #27 Bothan(I made this one as a memorial to all the Bothan spies th…

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1887 Darth Vader 1881 C-3PO1953 Nute Gunray1953 Darth Bane1954 Darth Maul1955 Han Solo1959 Luke Skywalker1960 Jedi Coaches1965 Obi-Wan Kenobi1980 Rebels Team Card (Jar-Jar Variation)1981 Yoda1982 League Leaders1983 Jabba the Hutt198…

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I made a fun poster for an upcoming show at Lestat’s featuring The Real Nasty and Rob Deez. The Real Nasty (sfw – NOT porn) are a band outta Northern California making their first visit to my lil’ puebla by the sea. I have had a chance to listen t…

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Hitchcock’s Vertigo is another classic film that I love. In honor of the All-Star game today, I decided to make a Jimmy Stewart All-Star card.PRP Favorite Movies – #5

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The Sandlot came out in 1993, but supposedly took place in ’62. So I opted for the latter:PRP Favorite Movies – #4

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The Great Escape…PRP Favorite Movies – #3

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