So, with having some free time I thought about all the templates for all the formats that exist in MTG... (gods, planeswalkers, etc.) and realized that there is no General template/framework. I set out to make something that feels that would give a General a look and feel like "They" are in charge in even in card format. Here is a super rough first draft of a General template that I am working on.
Mods, if the empress art is too much let me know and I'll remove it.
So, with having some free time I thought about all the templates for all the formats that exist in MTG... (gods, planeswalkers, etc.) and realized that there is no General template/framework. I set out to make something that feels that would give a General a look and feel like "They" are in charge in even in card format. Here is a super rough first draft of a General template that I am working on.
Mods, if the empress art is too much let me know and I'll remove it.
So, with having some free time I thought about all the templates for all the formats that exist in MTG... (gods, planeswalkers, etc.) and realized that there is no General template/framework. I set out to make something that feels that would give a General a look and feel like "They" are in charge in even in card format. Here is a super rough first draft of a General template that I am working on.
Nice job on the general template. Reminds me a lot of the old Vanguard stuff. Perhaps you can lighten the frame a bit or add luminescence (glow) to the color piping to make the card colors more readily discernible (since the twins are all gold colored)?
I really don't have an idea when yet, I just made this the other day and still need to do alot of work on it. I'll be keeping everyone updated as I continue to progress on it.
So, with having some free time I thought about all the templates for all the formats that exist in MTG... (gods, planeswalkers, etc.) and realized that there is no General template/framework. I set out to make something that feels that would give a General a look and feel like "They" are in charge in even in card format. Here is a super rough first draft of a General template that I am working on.
Nice job on the general template. Reminds me a lot of the old Vanguard stuff. Perhaps you can lighten the frame a bit or add luminescence (glow) to the color piping to make the card colors more readily discernible (since the twins are all gold colored)?
Thank you for the feedback, I'll take a look at those options and see if they work with the template.
So I have made some updates on the General template. I've upscaled most the framework, adjusted the bottom to feel more like M15'ish, made the PT box a little smaller.
Nice job on the general template. Reminds me a lot of the old Vanguard stuff. Perhaps you can lighten the frame a bit or add luminescence (glow) to the color piping to make the card colors more readily discernible (since the twins are all gold colored)?
I tried both options out and they didn't work so well, however I able to work a little bit with the colored frames and think I found something that worked for it.
I like this version's piping much more. The color identity is more obvious.
However, it appears to me that the part where the piping curves around the hologram oddly intersects the text box. Would it look better if the bottom edge of the color text box follows the hologram contour?
Also, I think the Fifth Dawn set icon looks funny in the text box. Color may be better as a translucent version of the text box color instead of contrasting gold. Likewise, you may want to consider using the Legendary icon from Duels of the Planeswalkers & From the Vaults: Legends instead.
I like this version's piping much more. The color identity is more obvious.
However, it appears to me that the part where the piping curves around the hologram oddly intersects the text box. Would it look better if the bottom edge of the color text box follows the hologram contour?
Also, I think the Fifth Dawn set icon looks funny in the text box. Color may be better as a translucent version of the text box color instead of contrasting gold. Likewise, you may want to consider using the Legendary icon from Duels of the Planeswalkers & From the Vaults: Legends instead.
Yeah wasn't sure what caused the over lapping near the hologram but that was on my list of things to fix. Not a big fan of the legends vault symbol... I went with 5th dawn cause of the fact it was a helmet, one of the key things aside from armor that distinguishes a general from the common ranks. While I'm not a fan I realized that others may not like my choice either, so I will make a folder of different watermarks people can use/choose from.
thanks to all of you who took time to create templates for us to use.
Here is a sample of my mountain.
Art is not mine forgot the artist just used google image
Templates used credits to Kentu for his awesome work!!!
https://postimg.org/image/usxjess2j/
Thanks again guys keep it up!
Can't find the artist through searching if anyone could tell me I'll add it to the card and in this post. Sorry about this.
Looks nice, I would highly suggest that if you can't find the artist right away, you may want to put the website/source from where you got it in the artist's text field. Not a fix all but prolly a good start so the mods don't hem you up.
I have made some more changes to my General template smoothed out more of the framework, fixed several piping issues, fixed borders and textboxes, added several watermarks. Here is an updated render.
It's been a busy week! While continuing and trying to finish up work on the General template, I also took some time to start on new token template. It is the Time Spiral life counters/tokens combo cards that were a Japanese promotion. I'm still working on it, but it is almost finished. Here is a sample of each color including two different artifact frames.
Had some time to test Petercal's minimalist template and did a quick Nissa, Nature's Artisan because I love the art I had problems with the mana cost since Petercal included only an image so I had to recreate the mana symbols using the Magic Symbols 2013 font. Overall looks cool, I made the text boxes greenish and added 2 pixel black stroke to fonts in order to make the text readable. Also centered the set symbol cuz the left side looked kinda crowded already. Looking forward to doing more of these when I find the time
@Petercal: have you managed to finish the minimalist template updated with all the special frames? I remember you presented how they turned out, but did I you post that updated template and I missed it?
@Xenocyde300: I updated my minimalist template with the special frames (partially shown here), but had trouble integrating the mess into one user-friendly (or even understandable structure). Too much trouble to have one template do everything. Instead, I set up a file to do each special frame. Since the converted PSD files take up a lot of space, I haven't put them all up. Let me know which ones you may be interested in & I'll put them up for you.
P.S. I started on special frames for each card type. I was inspired by Willow's enchantment frame (see here). However, I paused the project to see what Amonkhet will do with respect to its masterpiece frame. If you have any idea on what graphic may look good for a sorcery and an instant frame, I love to hear from you.
You could allow Kentu to host all the templates in his Mediafire directory Anyway, for now, I'd really appreciate it if you uploaded the vehicle, colorless Eldrazi, Kaladesh Masterpiece and Theros starfield templates.
Regarding the instant/sorcery masterpieces, I'm not so sure they are going the way of card types for each block as far as themes are concerned. Sure, we got Lands for BFZ and Artifacts for Kaladesh, but these were fitting themes for the plane where the action takes place. I don't see instant/sorceries as a fitting theme for Amonkhet, unless they have some mechanic that involves instants or sorceries. I don't know... my speculation is we'll see spells related to mass destruction in Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation. In that respect, I believe the Masterpiece frame would include flames and debris
@petercal I have been a really big fan of this template in particular, and have been working on a modified version which incorporates the M15 super art frame and twins. I absolutely LOVE the new textures you added to the renders in the link you provided. They look FABULOUS.
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About when will the templates be done.
Nice job on the general template. Reminds me a lot of the old Vanguard stuff. Perhaps you can lighten the frame a bit or add luminescence (glow) to the color piping to make the card colors more readily discernible (since the twins are all gold colored)?
I really don't have an idea when yet, I just made this the other day and still need to do alot of work on it. I'll be keeping everyone updated as I continue to progress on it.
Thank you for the feedback, I'll take a look at those options and see if they work with the template.
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I tried both options out and they didn't work so well, however I able to work a little bit with the colored frames and think I found something that worked for it.
Updated Llawan, Cephalid Empress
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However, it appears to me that the part where the piping curves around the hologram oddly intersects the text box. Would it look better if the bottom edge of the color text box follows the hologram contour?
Also, I think the Fifth Dawn set icon looks funny in the text box. Color may be better as a translucent version of the text box color instead of contrasting gold. Likewise, you may want to consider using the Legendary icon from Duels of the Planeswalkers & From the Vaults: Legends instead.
Here is a sample of my mountain.
Art is not mine forgot the artist just used google image
Templates used credits to Kentu for his awesome work!!!
https://postimg.org/image/usxjess2j/
Thanks again guys keep it up!
Can't find the artist through searching if anyone could tell me I'll add it to the card and in this post. Sorry about this.
Yeah wasn't sure what caused the over lapping near the hologram but that was on my list of things to fix. Not a big fan of the legends vault symbol... I went with 5th dawn cause of the fact it was a helmet, one of the key things aside from armor that distinguishes a general from the common ranks. While I'm not a fan I realized that others may not like my choice either, so I will make a folder of different watermarks people can use/choose from.
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Looks nice, I would highly suggest that if you can't find the artist right away, you may want to put the website/source from where you got it in the artist's text field. Not a fix all but prolly a good start so the mods don't hem you up.
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P.S. I started on special frames for each card type. I was inspired by Willow's enchantment frame (see here). However, I paused the project to see what Amonkhet will do with respect to its masterpiece frame. If you have any idea on what graphic may look good for a sorcery and an instant frame, I love to hear from you.
Regarding the instant/sorcery masterpieces, I'm not so sure they are going the way of card types for each block as far as themes are concerned. Sure, we got Lands for BFZ and Artifacts for Kaladesh, but these were fitting themes for the plane where the action takes place. I don't see instant/sorceries as a fitting theme for Amonkhet, unless they have some mechanic that involves instants or sorceries. I don't know... my speculation is we'll see spells related to mass destruction in Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation. In that respect, I believe the Masterpiece frame would include flames and debris
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Land
Idolm@ster crossover granblue
To kick off the cause I have rendered the fetch & shock & basic lands (some may have seen these before):
I think I can put together the Burn deck from the GP Vancouver top 8. Will put those renders up once I'm done.