Maz Adams has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His artistic progression has taken him from drawing Teenage Ninja Turtles in preschool to doing commissioned pieces of his childhood heroes. He currently works at a hospital but spends as much time as possible on his side hustle; creating art. I recently had a …
Baseball Twitter is better because Mike Noren is part of it. Noren is the brains, and the pencils, behind Gummy Arts, a Twitter account and related website that showcases hand-drawn baseball cards and lots of nostalgia. The process began in 2015 when his girlfriend bought him a “doodle a day” calendar and he began doing …
It started with Ivan DeJesus. John Giancaspro opened a pack of 1982 Donruss baseball cards, pulled an Ivan DeJesus Diamond King card, and a life-long love of sports art was born. “I was only 12 at the time,” said Giancaspro, “and I thought a painted card was the coolest thing ever. I knew I wanted to do …
Your average fan uses a baseball glove to, you know, catch baseballs. Sean Kane uses them to create amazing pieces of art. For more than fifteen years, Sean Kane has been creating one-of-a-kind painted glove pieces that have earned him national recognition and a sizable following which includes many of the players he features. It all …
Growing up, we learned to take care of our baseball cards because they would be valuable some day. We may even be able to sell them to pay for our kids’ college! Tim Carroll ignored that advice and the result is something wonderful. Carroll cuts up baseball cards and turns them into unique works of art, which …
