171 White Sox

I interrupted piece #170 and completed #171 because Tuesday, I learned about a Chicago White Sox, Alejandro de Aza, autograph signing in Mt. Prospect, IL 06/21/2012. I didn’t have a White Sox themed piece to get signed so I needed to make one quickly. Since I have my kids on Wednesdays so I knew I wouldn’t be able to work on it Wednesday at all. I had a single day to complete a piece if I was going to have one ready.

For this piece, I needed a simple logo that wasn’t very complicated and yet looked good. I wasn’t sure what ready blanks I had so I chose two different potential designs while I was at work Fortunately, I had a nice 11.5” Diameter Basswood plaque that was perfect for the round White Sox logo. The blank has some imperfections, but I knew I could execute the design, get it signed, and then do some post autograph touch up.

I only used the shading tip and the mini flow tip for the entire piece.

As you can see, I started by burning around the edges of the letters and the Sox Logo. I left the Timestamps visible so you can see approximately how long it took between steps.

I signed it on the inside rim since I didn't want it to be confused with the player autographs.

I definitely was not quite as careful or as precise with this piece as I normally would be, but time was of the essence so I went as fast as possible.