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In creating art for sports teams, a Fil-Am artist fulfills his childhood dream

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Rommel Conclara | TFC News San Francisco

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ncEIIbnB-Jc?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Filipino-American Leroid David sorts through a handful of cheer cards that he designed over the years for professional sports team in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p><p>David illustrates some of the most famous athletes on the planet featured on these cards that are passed out for free to fans at home games.</p><p>&quot;I started out creating cheer cards for the Giants,&quot; he shared. &quot;And I got to do the Warriors and then the Sacramento Kings.”</p><p>David has been a graphic artist for over 20 years now. He calls this opportunity a blessing.</p><p>One can also find David&#x27;s work inside Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants, for the logo and branding of the Lumpia company, the only Filipino food stand in all of major league baseball.</p><p>“One of the greatest things that I&#x27;ve done were these caricature drawings of chef Alex Retodo and E-40,&quot; David added. &quot;The co-owners, one of the coolest things that they&#x27;d done was blowing up that artwork and putting it in their stand.”</p><p>In 2022, David was honored when the Giants asked him to design the official t-shirt giveaway for their annual Filipino Heritage Night.</p><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjP_cHyrt6AAxUW0GEKHZMUBO8QFnoECBcQAQ" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/23/22/sf-giants-hold-14th-annual-filipino-heritage-night" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md" jscontroller="M9mgyc" jsname="qOiK6e" ping="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/23/22/sf-giants-hold-14th-annual-filipino-heritage-night&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjP_cHyrt6AAxUW0GEKHZMUBO8QFnoECBcQAQ">SF Giants hold 14th annual Filipino Heritage Night</a></div><p>&quot;I&#x27;ve attended almost every single game since the early 2000s when the Giants started it and when the opportunity came for me to design something for them, I jumped on it right away,&quot; he said.</p><p>He added: &quot;I’m really proud of this design. It&#x27;s something that you incorporate with the color of our flag and baseball all in one. It is such an incredible feeling.”</p><p>Aside from sports, David has also made graphic work for breweries in the Bay Area and for the FilAm feature film &quot;Lumpia with a Vengeance.&quot;</p><p>While he continues to work on new projects, David hopes to inspire younger Fil-Am artists.</p><p>“My kids can look back and say, wow, my dad did that,&quot; David said. &quot;Growing up in the Bay Area, I didn&#x27;t see a lot of Filipino-American representation out in the media. But now, as artists, we have the opportunity to do so.” </p>

Leroid David has been a graphic artist for over 20 years now and considers the opportunity as a blessing.