One of the cool design features that really makes Scott Sigler‘s Galactic Football League (GFL) series unique is the limited edition hardcovers. Each of these bad-boys are made up of several really cool features that combine to create the great machine that is a GFL Hardcover: The dust jackets give the reader a portal to …
Category Archive: Props / Fake Products
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Oct 25 2012
Designing Scott Sigler’s THE MVP Dust-jacket
There are challenges… and then there are CHALLENGES…. and this one was definitely one of the latter. Now that the excitement of the release of THE MVP by Scott Sigler has died down a bit, I figured it would be a good time to reveal some of the details about what went into creating the dust-jacket. …
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Jul 06 2012
New Cover Design: Scott Silger’s THE MVP has been sent to print!!!
Awwwwww yeah! Whose house? That’s right, it’s our muddah shucking house! It’s official… Scott Sigler’s soon to be released novel, THE MVP, is off to the printing house. It features a cover and 16 page color insert designed by yours truly (aka Scott “Big Fish” “Pondy” Pond), interior layout by Donna Mugavero, and contributing …
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Oct 29 2011
Halloween Pumpkin Carving 2011
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Oct 19 2011
Props and Other Everyday Objects
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Oct 18 2011
Prop: Virtual Bar Fight (VBF) II
Back in August 2010, a battle of epic proportions took place between two of the leading beer drinkers in the United States. In one corner was John Vizcarra, the master of impossible quizzes and Beer Master Extraordinaire. In the other corner was Josh Athanas, the object of desire for Aussie Lasses everywhere. Like most conflicts …
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Jan 21 2011
Custom Product – Rock Palz, your best friend
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Jan 21 2011
Custom Action Figure – Scott the Boring Office Dude
Another Action Figure that I designed, this time for one of my desktop publishing courses at Southern New Hampshire University. For this one, I wanted to pick on myself, so I made a Boring Office Dude/Pathetic Corporate Tool action figure. The figure itself is two WWF action figures (the head is from one figure and …
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Jan 21 2011
Custom Action Figure – OMG I’m Fifty Kimmy
Another action figure that I did a few years ago (a commission for a friend of a friend). In this case, I took the approach of a paint it yourself figure. The figure in this case is fully hand sculpted out of Super Sculpy by yours truly. The story of this one is several aspects: …
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Jan 21 2011
Custom Action Figure – Doctor Dave
Back in the summer of 2008, my boss–Dave–attained an impressive milestone in anyone’s life. He finished his PhD. To commemorate the occasion, I designed an action figure in his honor. What you see below is the final result. NOTE: The action figure itself is a wrestling figure. Everything else, including the robe, was designed by …
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Jan 21 2011
Retirement Custom: Ancient Frank’s Travels
One of my technical instructor buddies, Frank–who I worked with at my high tech semiconductor implanter company—retired a few years ago. Frank was a great all around guy who was a little advanced in his years and who loved to travel, a great fun guy who would do anything for you. As part of his …
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Jan 21 2011
Retirement Custom: Joel the Corvette Afficionado
In 2007, my senior manager (basically the boss of my boss), Joel, finally retired. One of the most effective managers that I’ve ever had the opportunity to work under, Joel was many things to us, but above everything else he was fair. One of his most interesting aspects is that he LOVED Corvettes, to the …
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