Over the last few months I've been designing memory mates for the various sports teams we have as clients. I try to make each one a little different from the last and sometimes they have been complicated designs and sometimes they have been simple ones. I've never been fond of straight team pictures, I understand the importance of the team photo for record, both for the school and for the individual, but mostly they are just run of the mill shots. I do try to change them up a bit, but sometimes just the straight on one ends up being the best one overall. So to make the MASH gold team memory mate I did something similar to what I did with the Saegertown golf team with the cutout of the golfer in the foreground. It left me with a big ole empty field of green though--until it hit me to add a cast shadow which design wise really helped give the image dimension and helps our eye move around the frame and back to the group in the background. The bold red against the green also helped give the picture depth. SayerMotter Sportsmate design by Richard Sayer.