Favorite Player Collection Part 14: 1994 Topps Draft Pick Darren Dreifort

So now that Mr. Oddball is at it, I have to be careful with which customs I post. I would hate to start posting customs with watermarks on them, so we shall see. After my last post, I haven't seen any of mine on his page after viewing 20 or so pages, so I think were safe, but I don't trust the guy further than I could throw someone. With that being said, here is one of my favorite players, Darren Dreifort. 

Darren was one of the top picks in the '93 MLB Draft, and I thought he would be a great closer for the Dodgers, but he ended up being a starter for them, and had a few good years until he had arm troubles. He was left out of the 1994 set, even though he got '91 and '92 Topps Traded Team USA cards, and a 1994 Topps Golden Spikes Award card. Darren appeared in most Topps sets throughout his career, and I have most of them. I have him in my Favorite Player Collection just because I thought he would've dominated as a closer and I just thought he was larger than life when he was first drafted. I have his '92 Topps Traded Gold card, a Pacific Private Stock Game-Used Bat card, and a Upper Deck SP Chirography Autographed card as highlights in my collection. 

I've finished the 1983 Topps checklist, and it is up on the page, and just have a few more NL teams, and then most of the AL teams to make cards for. I'll be finishing that in the next few weeks/months, and then plan to work on the '98, '96, and '00 Topps checklists, before doing the '88, 87, and '86 Topps sets. Thanks for checking out my latest custom.

-Jeremy

Video on how to make a custom in MS Paint

Here is my first attempt to make a video on how to make a custom card using MS Paint (mainly) and GIMP. It is fairly long and detailed, but if you stick with me on it, I will show you how to make a 1991 Donruss card, and using the skills from making it, you should be able to make a good number of other cards by cutting out photos and using templates. I would appreciate any feedback on the video as well as any other questions or ideas for future videos. Hope this helps some new guys create some customs, and feel free to share ones you make on the Facebook Custom Cards Group page.  Also, if there are any issues or improvements I can make to the video, I'd love to hear. Here is the finished card that I made on the video, a 1991 Donruss Barry Lyons.

Thanks for checking out my latest post.
-Jeremy

Topps LA Dodgers 1998-2001

I finally finished the last Dodger custom, and now every Dodger who played a game from 1988-2000 has a Topps card. Here are the final 4 sets.

1998

1999

2000

Shane Victorino by Richard of the Facebook Custom Card Group

2001

 Orel Hershiser by GCRL blog

I will be adding all of the Dodger customs to an album on the Facebook Custom Cards page, so if you want to see all of the cards at once, that will be the place to go. I may do a few customs this next week, but between getting ready for a big trip next week and work, I probably won't have much free time. I hope you've enjoyed these last Dodger customs and got to see some names that haven't got much love on cardboard. Thanks for checking out my blog.

-Jeremy