Around the time of the last World Cup, I started working on soccer designs. I used to play the game, so it was a little sports flashback for me. Italy was one of the first teams that I created a design for. Back then, I used the newer ball design that was the official ball of the FIFA World Cup for my first Italian soccer ball design.
Starting off with Italy soccer, I wanted to update the designs in time for the next world championship. This time I wanted to use the classic ball design. Having won the whole thing last time around, Italy was the natural first choice. I also enjoyed the Jersey Shore on MTV, so the Italian flags were on my mind. The flag was simple enough to get into a ball shape, as I had done it before.
When it came time to prepare the ball itself, I had a hard time working around the opposing black patches. It finally came down to using an all white ball. I found a way to get the stitches implemented into the design. It wasn’t too hard to get the flag to blend in. The brand was seamlessly added towards the bottom of the ball and I almost immediately added it to my Italy Soccer section at Zazzle. I followed it up again by adding it to my main domain store (linked to by the picture above).
