I have posted the links for two Mockup Magazines. In the second edition is an interview with me. Because the magazines are in Portuguese I post the English version of the interview:
MM: For all who are reading, tell you a little more about you?
ZI: Hi, my name is Zoran, I’m 37 and football is part of my life. I love to design football kits. The music is also very important to me, but my priorities are my wife and my 5 years daughter.
MM: Which is your favorite team?
ZI: From early ages I am Red Star Belgrade fan, but since early 90’s Manchester United is my favorite team. Also I support a team in my country Poli Timisoara.
MM: Is there any influence of your family for choosing the favorite team?
ZI: My father and my grandfather were Red Star fans and they influenced me a lot, but I’m not sorry because Red Star gave me lot of happy moments.
MM: When have you started to be interested in soccer team shirts?
ZI: Since I was little kid I loved the football, to play and to watch also. I was able to recognize almost every team I saw on TV after the kits they wear. And those days were in communist era and we don’t have many possibilities. We got football magazines from neighboring countries or from friends from Europe. When we have got a Kicker (from Germany) or Onze (France) we celebrated as a holiday. Also we bought Tempo from Serbia and somehow manage to keep the contact with the football world.
MM: When and why have you started making kits (mockups)?
ZI: I have started the kit drawing when I was 7-8 years old. My drawings were hideous at the beginning and one day I saw a advertising presentation on the back of one Kicker. There were presented the kits of Dortmund, Münchengladbach and 1FC Köln (if I’m not wrong). That was a spark that ignited my imagination. Since then I start to draw every kit I have saw on TV or football magazines. One day I have invented a fantasy league with 18-20 teams and made kits (mockups) for those kits for many years. There are hundreds of designs and even these days I inspire from there.
MM: Do you collect shirts of football teams?
ZI: I have some football shirts, but I do not consider myself a collector. I Will mention only my two Manchester United shirt and one Real Madrid, but my brother has four Real Madrid shirts and two Spain shirts (you can guess why) and more others.
MM: What was your first part of the collection and the most important?
ZI: I cannot talk about a collection. For Romania a replica shirt is a bit expensive and also cannot find so many shirts. Ten years ago these shirts were rare. Anyway my first shirt was a Puma Italy one. The most important for me is my Manchester United home kit (I wore it at the Champions League Final two years ago).
MM: In your country are there many mockupeiros (mockup fans)?
ZI: In my country I’m the only one, just kidding. My brother is one of them, but I think there are many. I know that is a community that makes patches with the Romanian League for the Fifa and P.E.S. series. There you will find some “mockupeiros” for sure. Also on my blog I have few followers from Romania
MM: What do you think about the community of mockups, about the championships and cups?
ZI: I discovered this mockup community last year, but because of the language and lack of time (I was involved in other projects) I didn’t explored more. But in March this year a friend from an English site asked me why don’t send my Olimpique Marseille designs, because there is a contest with that theme. And here I am member of this beautiful community. Since then I participated in almost all competition and even I won the “Copa Do Mundo de Mockups”. I’m sorry that I don’t have enough time to get involved more, but I’ll try my best. Now I will skip a competition, because of my work and also the vacation. But I will return.
MM: Do you already know something about Brazil and its football?
ZI: I was familiar with the Brazilian national team from childhood. I grew up with Sócrates, Zico, Falcão and later with Romário, Bebeto, Dunga, Taffarel. Also the Brazilian players are well rated in Europe. About Brazilian clubs I know from the internet and from TV.
MM: The Portuguese language barrier has been in communication with members of the community and with the participation in the championships? What could be improved about it?
ZI: I speak four languages and understand few more but the Portuguese is not one of them. So is hard for me to communicate with other members. With Cassio I communicate in English. I have sent once a translation in Portuguese but I heard it was funny. I begin to understand more and more since I translate almost all the messages, but it’s still hard. Many thanks to Cassio for sending me all the details for the competitions in English. What could be improved about it? An English version of the site. But it is too much to ask. But if you think for a future opening to other countries, then it must be considered needful.
MM: When you make your creations is reflected in some specific brand or a style? Why?
ZI: I know a lot of football shirts and inevitably that had some influence on my work. Sometimes I draw a classic Adidas kit and sometimes make something unusual. In most cases I know the team and some of the club's history and I try to adapt the design after that too. Also the style is different from country to country and I try to keep in mind this things.
MM: Do you have a brand that you use more and why?
ZI: I think Adidas is the most frequently used brand in my designs. That’s because there are so many teams wearing this brand and also are many important clubs and national teams. As I made the kits for all 32 teams qualified for the World Cup, there were 12 Adidas from 32. And also heave many requests for teams with Adidas kits.
MM: What is the best kit you've ever done?
ZI: It’s hard for me to say. Rarely when I finish a kit and I don’t like it. I’m very pleased with the 32 teams for my World Cup project. And yet is an oldest kit that I like the best, it is a drawing on paper and was not published. It’s one of my oldest fantasy team.
MM: What programs do you use to make your mockups? Why?
ZI: I use Photoshop for the digital reproduction of my drawings. When I start to draw on computer I used MS Paint but the designs were not so good and then I made a break of about two years. One day I have started again and also learn to use other designing programs. I like to use Photoshop more than other programs, maybe because I worked more and also I get the result I want.
MM: What is the most important point in the mockup creating process?
ZI: In my case the most important moment in the creation process is the first sketch on paper. That is the birth of any design.
MM: After winning the world cup you feel more pressure?
ZI: I felt more pressure during the contest. I had little time to do the designs, especially for the final game, only two days. My luck was that I had already made designs for all the 32 teams and I just needed to improve a bit and adapt to the requested template. Of course that will be some pressure on me in the next competition because people expect more from me. But this is only a good thing and I will try my best to not disappoint.
MM: Do you have a hobby outside the mockups?
ZI: Do you think I have time for other hobbies? J I played football (indoor) amateur level, but last winter I suffered a injury and retired from football. Also spend a lot of my time with my family and friends.
MM: If you were in the area of creating a great brand of football shirts which would improve and it would keep? Why?
ZI: I am so little to think about improving something at a big brand. I think behind every big brand is an army of people working and studying the market. Many times we don’t like a kit of some team, but we don’t know the story behind that kit. People have different opinions, so it’s hard to please everyone.
MM: What advice do you leave for people starting this hobby in the mockups?
ZI: Try to be original and enjoy the kit designing…
The away kit:
The third kit:
The golden medal for the best blog category:
The golden medal for the best retro mockup (kit design) category:
The silver medal for the best mockapeiros (kit designer) category:
The silver medal for the most creativ mockup (kit design) category:
Proudly announce the win in the 17th Mockup Competition. The designs used in this competition were the kits for Shakhtar Donetsk.
It's about the 3rd edition of the Cup Competition organized by Federação de Mockups. Unfortunately it's not about the 3rd place in this competition, I lost in the last 16 round. The competition had a theme based on a music competition from this site: http://www.vagalume.com.br/.
The away kit is opposite to the home one. The band on the shirt is present only on the front and is positioned a bit upper.
The third kit is all black (two shades of black), with blue trims. Also on the front of the shirt is present the white-red-black feature.
As the mandatory sponsor for the competition is Ferrari, I post also the two kits, home and away. Also the competition patch is present on the left sleev of the shirt. The rest of the design is the same.
The away kit made for the competition is a mix from the away and third. The shirt is the same, white , but the shorts and the socks are black with blue and white features.
Proudly present my designs for the 12th Mockup Championship (Campeonato de Mockups). The theme was for the Mockup Federation's team. Today was presented the final result, and my design is in the first place. For more details here is the link for the blog were all the designs are presented:
The away kit is opposite to the home one.
The third kit is gold and dark green.
The design is the transposition of this one made for the World Cup project . The presentation was mandatory on the template used by all the 32 participants.
http://footballkitsdesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/italy-world-cup-2010-fantasy-kits.html
This is a version for the away kit that was not posted, I was not sure wich of the two away kit to chose.
This is the original design on wich is based the one used in the Final.
http://footballkitsdesign.blogspot.com/2010/03/spain-world-cup-2010-fantasy-kits.html
It was an interesting competition with lots of good designs. I want to thank to the organizers and to the competitors to for choosing my designs as the winner. Also about this competition and other news and information about kits designs you can read (if you understand Portuguese) here: 
