Artistic Impressions: Top NFL Rookies Get Creative for Unique Panini America Cards

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Artistic Impressions: Top NFL Rookies Get Creative for Unique Panini America Cards

July 30, 2012 at 11:46 AM



Most folks would agree that the 35 NFL players who attended May’s 2012 NFLPA Rookie Premiere have football down to an art form. Their real art forms, though, are every bit as interesting, compelling, revealing and fun to look at.

Andrew Luck, the Picasso, is no match for Andrew Luck, the passer, but his rendition of Lucas Oil Stadium is pretty darn impressive. Robert Griffin III likely won’t draw comparisons to Vincent Van Gogh, but he will draw a colorfully poignant tree. And while Brandon Weeden is no Andy Warhol, his use of color is, dare we say, impeccable.


Indeed, you can learn a lot about a player by handing him a blank 2 1/2-by-3 1/2 cardboard canvas and telling him to “sketch something.” That’s essentially what Panini America officials did in late May, and the resulting original sketch cards, as you’ll soon see, are equal parts inspirational, elementary, fascinating and funny.

To complete the masterpieces, each player autographed the back of his sketch. And each of these hand-drawn originals — and more like them — will be randomly inserted as instant-win prizes in Panini America’s wrapper-redemption program during the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention, which begins Wednesday at the Baltimore Convention Center.

The one-of-a-kind works of art are personal and personality-bearing, dripping with pearls of wisdom and hinting at the optimism of the future. Some of our personal favorites? Luck’s Lucas Oil Stadium rendition, both of Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin’s pirates and anything created by New York Giants running back David Wilson.

Check them out for yourself below.


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[armyatc22]

These always crack me up...Lamar Miller's has to be the best one IMHO

[dbrown]

haha did not know they made these. just curious, how much do people pay for these?

[saintsfan9]

nevermind....

[Brad]

You could put these and some done by a kindergarten class side by side and be hard-pressed to tell the difference.

[bubble]

I need those Doug Martins!!!

[1eyed_jack]

I guess this what happens when you lack creativity in creating your own cards

[u_want_my_cards]

I dont see the Stephen Hill one

[yankeesfan24]

Originally Posted by dbrown

haha did not know they made these. just curious, how much do people pay for these?

I paid $170 for this when DeMarco was a no body last year

[1eyed_jack]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan24

I paid $170 for this when DeMarco was a no body last year

That's very cool for you if you like those, but what is appeal of that? Not knocking your card, it's rare and unique and all that, but does the player crudely drawing a star make it that expensive. Murray's were pretty cheap before he broke out, so I'm guessing $170 would have gotten you a very nice colored short print chrome refractor auto.

Are you a super-collector and have a ton of his stuff, or did you just particularly like that?

[yankeesfan24]

Originally Posted by 1eyed_jack

That's very cool for you if you like those, but what is appeal of that? Not knocking your card, it's rare and unique and all that, but does the player crudely drawing a star make it that expensive. Murray's were pretty cheap before he broke out, so I'm guessing $170 would have gotten you a very nice colored short print chrome refractor auto.

Are you a super-collector and have a ton of his stuff, or did you just particularly like that?

I collect everything of him. When this came out, the nicest products out were rookies and stars and elite. I wanted a nice card of him , and this was very unique being that it was only available at the National

I like to consider myself a supercollector, but you can determine that by checking out my website in my sig

[1eyed_jack]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan24

I collect everything of him. When this came out, the nicest products out were rookies and stars and elite. I wanted a nice card of him , and this was very unique being that it was only available at the National

I like to consider myself a supercollector, but you can determine that by checking out my website in my sig

I can definitely understand getting this if you collect a lot of the guy!

I guess I just wouldn't consider one of these over a different product if I only had a few of the player

[DaBears 1985]

Doug Martin can draw..

[sljock53]

Is there a person buried in the ground in lamar millers hahaha?? awsome!

[KevJo]

Those Doug Martins are funny!

Kevin

[freethrowtommy]

Randall Cobb from last year...

[The Madbacker]

We got 3 or 4 of these from last year's show and got $125 for a Locker, $45 for a Jernigan, traded a Von Miller (really nice) and got a Taylor Hall RC Auto /6.

Hall sold for $140 and Miller ended up getting $175, kinda shocked me.

[FreeMan12406]

me likey

[bk21yadigg]

Originally Posted by The Madbacker

We got 3 or 4 of these from last year's show and got $125 for a Locker, $45 for a Jernigan, traded a Von Miller (really nice) and got a Taylor Hall RC Auto /6.

Hall sold for $140 and Miller ended up getting $175, kinda shocked me.

How many redemption packs did you have to open to get them?

[The Madbacker]

Originally Posted by bk21yadigg

How many redemption packs did you have to open to get them?

120........