Friday, February 23, 2018

Gabriel Arias - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

Arias is a Venezualan import from the San Diego Padres organisation who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. Arias was only 17 years old during his time at Canberra, having only debuted in the Padres organisation in 2017, playing with both their Arizona Rookie League team and their Single A team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps.

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Gabriel Arias card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Gabriel Arias card front - ©2018 Adam East

Friday, February 16, 2018

Darius Day - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite

Day is an American import from the Texas Rangers organisation who played with the Adelaide Bite during the 2017-18 ABL season. Day has spent four years in the Rangers' farm system, most recently with the Rangers' Arizona League rookie team.

I'm struggling with the design for the Bite players as there isn't enough contrast between the dark blue colouring of the Bite used for the player name and logo shield and the black background. I may have to play around with the colouring a bit. The Bite design was the last team design I've done for this season, otherwise I might have used something different than the black background in the design.

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Darius Day card front ©2018 Adam East

[Update 2nd Apr 2018: Here's my redux version of Day's card with a few changes I've made to the design:]

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Darius Day card front - updated ©2018 Adam East

Monday, February 12, 2018

Boss Moanaroa - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

The 2017-18 ABL season was Moanaroa's seventh ABL season and his third with the Canberra Cavalry. Boss was able to recruit his brother Moko to play with the Cavalry to cover the loss of the local Sloan brothers to drug suspension.

I was fortunate to get some shots of Boss this season. Due to work commitments, he was only able to play weekend games, and I was only able to get to weeknight games this year. The perils of a non-fully professional league. I was fortunate though in that I was able to get some shots of him during game one of the 2017-18 ABL Championship Series last Friday night.

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Boss Moanaroa card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Boss Moanaroa alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East

Monday, February 5, 2018

Adam Weisenburger - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits

Weisenburger is an American import who is playing with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2017-18 ABL season. Weisenburger spent seven seasons (2011-2017) playing in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, eventually reaching the Triple A level Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2017 before being released.

2017-18 Brisbane Bandits Adam Weisenburger card front - ©2018 Adam East


Friday, February 2, 2018

Matthew Rae - 2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox

Veteran Blue Sox pitcher Rae returned for his sixth ABL season in 2016-17, also his sixth season with Sydney.

Rae’s card is the last of my 2016-17 ABL player card designs. It’s time to get on with working on the rest of my 2017-18 card designs.

2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox Matthew Rae card front - ©2017 Adam East