@Skyhunter: That looks really impressive. This is the first time I go and download a render from here. I'm sure that merkymerx will be really happy with this!
@Everyone: The Photoshop Contest is up (also, the Artwork and Altered Art contests are up too) Go and check it out! This month, it was themed for all the EDH/Commander/Legend fans!
"merkymerx" at deviantart loves the original card so much, that he did a fanart to share with everybody and I thought as a reward he deserved to have a card with his art on it....
I've seen your submission over at deviantart when you commented on my work. You did an amazing job! I really love it! Thank you so much for this it was such a pleasant surprise to see
Ok trying my hand at my own renders after being amazed time and again here in the forums, I have all of Zeerbe's templates and am currently working on a super art card.
I have installed these Fonts:
Magic Symbols 2012 Z
MPlaintin
but for the life of me i cannot figure out how to make mana symbols!, both in the casting cost and in the rules text, any of the 5 or colorless, I can get the circle by typing "o" but am having a heck of a time with color, I thought I had a tutorial but i cannot locate it to save my soul, would it be possible for someone to
A) link me to the tutorial
or
B) write up how?
Zeerbe if your lurking your input would be greatly appreciated!
Ok trying my hand at my own renders after being amazed time and again here in the forums, I have all of Zeerbe's templates and am currently working on a super art card.
I have installed these Fonts:
Magic Symbols 2012 Z
MPlaintin
but for the life of me i cannot figure out how to make mana symbols!, both in the casting cost and in the rules text, any of the 5 or colorless, I can get the circle by typing "o" but am having a heck of a time with color, I thought I had a tutorial but i cannot locate it to save my soul, would it be possible for someone to
A) link me to the tutorial
or
B) write up how?
Zeerbe if your lurking your input would be greatly appreciated!
Basically, how you do it is switch to the MTG Symbol font, and type out the mana cost like: o1oXoWoUoBoRoG etc. o before each symbol and the symbol either as a number, or as the letter for the colors (White, blUe, Black, Red, Green)
As for coloring, the mana symbol should be in black and the mana color should be in the color palette included on each of the templates.
Trying to make a Planeswalker using Zeerbe's AIO, I have been very disapopointed by the lack of his usual quality there, and have taken to modifying it.
What, exactly, is "lacking in quality?" I've used the AIO and from what I saw everything was the usual quality and resolution as every other template he's done.
Most of the time I just use the SA template but the AIO is fun for experiments.
To defend my honor on the AIO Planeswalkers. The curves on the frame are taken straight from Karn in the NPH Godbook. Blame WOTC if they're wrong. As are the positions.
The textures are from a scan, desaturated and colored manually. I've not found a digital alternative for them yet. The badges are copypasta from another template, I don't remember which.
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When I first saw the new promo frame, I was skeptical. However, you made it work by letting super-art elements flow over the frame. Kudos!
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Like most of the stuff that's been going on recently, but there's been a lot of bikini-armoured ladies recently and that kind of thing always bugs me. Why do people always seem to have super-sexy ladies as the art for things? To those who do this kind of thing - is it that you're uninterested in pictures of women, so they have to be nearly naked for you you to take notice? Or is it just supposed to be 'eye-candy'? I don't have a problem with porn or pornographic images, just curious as to why people put it on magic cards.
I'd rather look at a lady in a bikini than a guy in a bikini. That probably didn't really address the actual point of your post. And in fairness, you could ask WotC the same question. They do the underdressed lady thing a lot. Even Liliana Vess likes showing off a lot of skin, and she's a Planeswalker.
Like most of the stuff that's been going on recently, but there's been a lot of bikini-armoured ladies recently and that kind of thing always bugs me. Why do people always seem to have super-sexy ladies as the art for things? To those who do this kind of thing - is it that you're uninterested in pictures of women, so they have to be nearly naked for you you to take notice? Or is it just supposed to be 'eye-candy'? I don't have a problem with porn or pornographic images, just curious as to why people put it on magic cards.
For my Radha render I put up the other day, I felt the art fit. Sure, the cleavage was egregious, but overall I felt the art fit her. Now had her whole torso been covered in leather armor, the art would have been perfect.
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First time posting, but thanks to the help of a lot of the people compiling information I have recently dove into alters for the fun of it. I apologize if the quality is slightly lacking, I can't figure out how to use the photoshop template, so I screencap the MSE frames and work with them using layers in photoshop since MSE mangles the quality of images
Textless Bloodghast First alter ever, tried experimenting with some erasure on the arms and eyes to see how they would look foiled, wasn't spectacular but the claws look amazing.
Bayou I liked the hybrid symbol on the mtgo Bayou better than MSE so I got that one and made a Zendikar style full art. Made it when I was still inexperienced with shopping a bit so I didn't put Land or Swamp Forest, it looked a little smushed for my liking anyways.
Aurelia, the Warleader 1 without a lot of spill and another with more
Made this alter of her before I pulled one out of my box, saw the alters of her on here and was blown away. Dug deeper into reading techniques and teaching myself tricks for photoshopping. An ode to my old favorite flying, vigilance, haste angel, which is what I thought of when I initially saw the card spoiled
Reckless Waif list card - Unfinished Working on this for two friends of mine who play Waifs, saw what Zeerbe did with his Delver and Huntmaster list cards and was inspired
Jon Snow Huntmaster of the Fells While searching through Michael C Hayes' art for higher resolution Reckless Waifs I found this picture of Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, and I was about to start working on a Huntmaster for myself, figured this would be neat for now I don't know how to do the corners myself yet so I figured that if I ever made this one I'd just cut them off anyways
Aurelia, the Warleader 1 without a lot of spill and another with more
Made this alter of her before I pulled one out of my box, saw the alters of her on here and was blown away. Dug deeper into reading techniques and teaching myself tricks for photoshopping
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Yeah, I forgot to mention that it was because I loved the art of Lightning Angel, yet never fit it into a deck of mine when it was relevant. rk post has always been a favorite artist of mine. An ode to my old favorite flying, vigilance, haste angel which is what I thought of when I initially saw the card spoiled.
I just saw this nice minimalistic image of Elesh Norn from Kuroga on devaintart.
That got me thinking about making a bit more minimalistic, modern magic card and I played a bit around with it.
Not happy with the mana cost yet, but what do you guys think?
Minimalistic Elesh Norn:
Edit:
And a minimalistic Planeswalker (Jace, Architect oh Thought)
I REALLY liked your take on Elesh Norn and Jace. STELLAR job.
@Everyone: The Photoshop Contest is up (also, the Artwork and Altered Art contests are up too) Go and check it out! This month, it was themed for all the EDH/Commander/Legend fans!
I've seen your submission over at deviantart when you commented on my work. You did an amazing job! I really love it! Thank you so much for this it was such a pleasant surprise to see
I have installed these Fonts:
Magic Symbols 2012 Z
MPlaintin
but for the life of me i cannot figure out how to make mana symbols!, both in the casting cost and in the rules text, any of the 5 or colorless, I can get the circle by typing "o" but am having a heck of a time with color, I thought I had a tutorial but i cannot locate it to save my soul, would it be possible for someone to
A) link me to the tutorial
or
B) write up how?
Zeerbe if your lurking your input would be greatly appreciated!
Basically, how you do it is switch to the MTG Symbol font, and type out the mana cost like: o1oXoWoUoBoRoG etc. o before each symbol and the symbol either as a number, or as the letter for the colors (White, blUe, Black, Red, Green)
As for coloring, the mana symbol should be in black and the mana color should be in the color palette included on each of the templates.
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What, exactly, is "lacking in quality?" I've used the AIO and from what I saw everything was the usual quality and resolution as every other template he's done.
Most of the time I just use the SA template but the AIO is fun for experiments.
The textures are from a scan, desaturated and colored manually. I've not found a digital alternative for them yet. The badges are copypasta from another template, I don't remember which.
Art from : http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_lightbox/hash/2e/e6/2ee6609d3723b2ab4a0cf624c888170a.jpg
At 300dpi, it will look bad. But that's the point.
If such a thing exists, please let me know!
6/12 Construct Token.
Radha, Heir to Keld (Somewhat NSFW)
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Great render of City of Brass!! Also thank you for your great art choice of the new Ghost Council from Gatecrash.
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When I first saw the new promo frame, I was skeptical. However, you made it work by letting super-art elements flow over the frame. Kudos!
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8.5 Tails|Seton|Rasputin|Doran|Gisela|Karona|Márton
Really like the art, but I dont feel it fits the flavor of the card. Not really seeing any whispering, or any madness
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The way I see it, the spirit has driven the king insane. I'm pretty sure a ghost talking inside your head would cause madness.
If you don't like it, that's fine. To me, this was a perfect image for the card.
I'd rather look at a lady in a bikini than a guy in a bikini. That probably didn't really address the actual point of your post. And in fairness, you could ask WotC the same question. They do the underdressed lady thing a lot. Even Liliana Vess likes showing off a lot of skin, and she's a Planeswalker.
Thank You for sharing. A lot of great art choices in your proxy collection.
Domri Rade altered
Firemane Avenger Japanese Regular Frame
Firemane Avenger Japanese Regular Frame (spilled)
Aurelia Japanese
For my Radha render I put up the other day, I felt the art fit. Sure, the cleavage was egregious, but overall I felt the art fit her. Now had her whole torso been covered in leather armor, the art would have been perfect.
On Mythic Rares: "What's next, Wizards will print six golden Black Lotuses and randomly place them in boosters, and if someone gets one, they get to tour the Wizards facility?"
Wydwen|Edric|Sakashima|Marrow-Gnawer|Hazezon
8.5 Tails|Seton|Rasputin|Doran|Gisela|Karona|Márton
Textless Bloodghast First alter ever, tried experimenting with some erasure on the arms and eyes to see how they would look foiled, wasn't spectacular but the claws look amazing.
Bayou I liked the hybrid symbol on the mtgo Bayou better than MSE so I got that one and made a Zendikar style full art. Made it when I was still inexperienced with shopping a bit so I didn't put Land or Swamp Forest, it looked a little smushed for my liking anyways.
Aurelia, the Warleader 1 without a lot of spill and another with more
Made this alter of her before I pulled one out of my box, saw the alters of her on here and was blown away. Dug deeper into reading techniques and teaching myself tricks for photoshopping. An ode to my old favorite flying, vigilance, haste angel, which is what I thought of when I initially saw the card spoiled
Reckless Waif list card - Unfinished Working on this for two friends of mine who play Waifs, saw what Zeerbe did with his Delver and Huntmaster list cards and was inspired
Jon Snow Huntmaster of the Fells While searching through Michael C Hayes' art for higher resolution Reckless Waifs I found this picture of Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, and I was about to start working on a Huntmaster for myself, figured this would be neat for now I don't know how to do the corners myself yet so I figured that if I ever made this one I'd just cut them off anyways
Seems weird to use an existing card art as the art for Aurelia.
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Wydwen|Edric|Sakashima|Marrow-Gnawer|Hazezon
8.5 Tails|Seton|Rasputin|Doran|Gisela|Karona|Márton
I REALLY liked your take on Elesh Norn and Jace. STELLAR job.
Can you edit the Elesh Norn so that the 1 is a 4?
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