Mainly dodging, burning, smudging, sharpening & blurring. Two or three film noise stocks, type 55 film emulsion at the top and grunge brushes on his jersey. With the focus, there's really no need for text, so went very minimal text w/ a copy of his signature above it.
Ray Lewis
Wanted a very clean, corporate-ish wall. Font swapped from a very dark grey to Falcons red to a softer grey and too many font size changes.
Julio Jones
My intent is a minimal grunge and the upper left and lower right splashes should direct your eye towards Brees. I was kind of stuck on the fonts and kept it to a simple name only.