Now that I have a Hollywood Heat donor pin, I've begun trying to apply some of my theme ideas. Unfortunately none of the really cool themes seem to fit well. The one theme I've found that fits is

Pro Bowl. It was going to be Super Bowl, but the existing pf controls and such favor pro bowl.

Below is some of the design work I did this weekend including a mock up of the drop targets. I could probably get sued for the copyright violations just in the mock up, so I'll have to consider how far "fair use" can get me in a one-off.

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Of course I can't take the credit - They're LeRoy Neiman paintings - so I can get lawyer letters from them as well as NFL

Not sure I could strip a Haunted House. It both plays and looks better than a Hollywood Heat.

I lifted the pf layout from a pdf of the manual and used Gimp for the mock-up work. I'm not as proficient as I used to be (or with this tool) so I'm struggling getting some of the other design aspects (field markings, tropical flowers under HAWAII) down because the masks just don't seem to be working for me. Essentially anything that'd need to be under/masked by an insert is holding me up. I'm liable to have to go back and start again with all the pf components on a separate layer as the pf.

Probably not by Neiman estate. NFL - maybe. I don't know how strong even "fair use" could go if someone pushed hard enough. The best approach is to stay under the radar. I think if I build it for my collection - and even if I sell it to another collector - I'd be OK as long as it wasn't out in the public eye (I'll even mention their rights under the apron). But as you hint, you never know.

Obvious the best way to get noticed would be to route or show it in any commercial venture. While I'm not going to do so, what about someone I might sell it to down the road. If they route it and get knicked for it, what are the liabilities if they use the SODDit defense?

Yeah, I like the "oh, fuck it" approach as well. This theme just seems to work the more I look at it and the rule set.

I have the layer problem solved. Updated pic with a more appropriate background. I'm not sure if I like the varied background of this one (this is a low qlty for test), or the solid color background, like the one above, with well defined field markings. Now I need to start add the "artistic touch" - and will be quickly out of my element. Planning some tropical flowers behind the HAWAII, X and O play patterns. bumper area will be the blitz pattern. yadda yadda yadda

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