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Saturday, May 16, 2015

If They Were Full-Bleed

Here's a new series called If They Were Full-Bleed where we use Photoshop to reimagine old designs if they had been borderless, a style that came to prominence in the early 90s. Sound like fun?!

Let's take a look!


There's a fine looking card! This one even got imaginarily graded!


Here's an alternate-reality 1971 Topps. What's cooler than black borders? NO borders!


Fast-forwarding to 1992, here's what the flagship set might've looked like had it been a bit more inspired by Stadium Club.

That's it for today. What do you think?
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22 comments:

  1. CaptKirk42May 16, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    Cool looking alternates. I would have loved 1992 a lot more with that borderless design. As it is I sort of liked it at the time, got tired of it overtime and in recent years I have gotten back to liking it like many of the designs from the pre Junk years on through to the end of the Junk years.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 8:57 PM

      Thanks, Kirk! Yeah, I know what you mean.

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  2. Mark HoyleMay 16, 2015 at 9:24 AM

    Like the 72 the best

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  3. night owlMay 16, 2015 at 9:32 AM

    Very cool. I like my borders, but it's nice to see the alternate look.

    P.S.: My blog is seriously lacking in photoshop skills.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:00 PM

      Thanks, Greg. Yeah, I wasn't exactly trying to improve the designs, just an idea for something to try.

      If you ever need to outsource photoshop skills for a post, feel free to ask!

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  4. Zippy ZappyMay 16, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    Man those full bleed manips are awesome.Although much like black corners I doubt the corners would've survived.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:01 PM

      Yeah, I'm sure they'd be very condition-sensitive cards.

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  5. FujiMay 16, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    PSA screwed the pooch again. I definitely see some chipping on that 72 Borderless Clemente ;)

    P.S. Cool series. Looking forward to seeing future customs.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:01 PM

      Haha, yeah, not quite gem mint. Thanks, Fuji.

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  6. Cards That Never WereMay 16, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    Cool concept and nicely done, but I agree with Night Owl. I like the borders.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:02 PM

      Yeah, borderless flagship would probably upset a lot of collectors.

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  7. The Junior JunkieMay 16, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    My God. Make 1000 more of these.

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  8. Tony L.May 16, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    The 72 looks great, but I am with Capt. Kirk -- that 1992 Topps design would work wonderfully with full bleed photos.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:04 PM

      Yeah, it would've been cool. Maybe full-bleed parallels or something?

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  9. James B. AnamaMay 16, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Awesome concept. My only critique would be that you should have kept the colored borders on the 1992 Topps card. Regardless of what I think, keep them coming.

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    1. defgavMay 16, 2015 at 9:06 PM

      Well the idea was to remove all borders! But I get what you're saying.. no white border, but still the inner borders.. yeah, that would've been kinda cool.

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  10. BrianMay 16, 2015 at 3:49 PM

    Quick - try this with(out) the 1968 Borders!

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  11. Josh D.May 17, 2015 at 1:12 PM

    Nicely done. Looking forward to more.

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  12. Adam KaningherMay 18, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    This is brilliant! The '72s work particularly well here. I'd love to see this treatment given to '91 Topps.

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