Two issues that don’t often go collectively are science fiction and sports activities. There are exceptions, like Rollerball and Real Steel, however for essentially the most half, you get sci-fi films otherwise you get sports activities films. Rarely each.
What you do get extra usually than you notice is sports activities in sci-fi. Football in Starship Troopers. Skateboarding in Back to the Future. Scenes right here and there of basketball and martial arts. Those final two are examples artist Cuyler Smith has latched onto for the latest, and perhaps best, entries into his Trading Cards collection, a long-running collection of playing cards he’s launched by Gallery 1988 of characters from sports activities films and TV exhibits.
Smith is about to launch three new playing cards, all sci-fi-themed. There’s Escape From LA and Alien Resurrection, that includes lead characters Snake and Ripley trying able to shoot some hoops. Then he additionally took probably the most enjoyable scenes in The Matrix, Neo studying kung fu, and turned it right into a particular lenticular card marking #250 within the collection.
“I actually had this Neo card as part of my last show, but I wasn’t able to establish the look and feel that I wanted,” Smith informed io9 through electronic mail. “When I started designing the other two cards that were science fiction themed, I knew I had to include Neo. I vividly remember seeing the film for the first time and how much the visuals had an impact on me. I’ve always wanted to do a transition from Neo to the One. Showcasing the code of The Matrix and adding the 3D depth to it just took it to a whole other level.”
See io9’s unique debut of that card, each as a JPEG and GIF, within the slideshow, in addition to higher seems to be at Snake and Ripley. All three go on sale Thursday, September 7 at Gallery1988.com. They cost $25 every with a restricted variety of matching units for $75.
“I would like the thank Gallery 1988 for their continued support with my trading card series and to all of the fans and collectors that have helped this dream become a reality,” Smith stated. “I never imagined that I would create 250 cards and I look forward to continuing to grow and evolve the series in the future.”
Oh, and as a bonus, we’ve gone again by the archives to drag a number of of Smith’s older sci-fi playing cards.
