Indeed fate and fortune have roshambo'd you these days Mr. G. I hate hearing that things have gone so south lately. If you ever need someone to vent to and the forums/blogs aren't cutting it, then hit me up.
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Dec 11, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on High-Light StudiosYour work is amazing my friend. Keep it up!Posted in: spiderboy4 Blog
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Dec 5, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on Grumpy Old ManYeah, I guess you're right. I just get this way sometimes.:)Posted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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Nov 30, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on Is it a good idea?I'd be all for it, but then again I contribute a blog a week roughly since I started. Maybe this kind off thing would bring the added attention to blogs and such. I don't know the specifics on this or how best to set it up, but I think you may be on the cusp of something good Mr. Pizza.Posted in: Post-it.MtG
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Nov 26, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on WOW! No MMORPG Here!Thank you to you both. That's really nice of you to say. I don't know if I'll win either one, but I appreciate being nominated anyway. The people I'm up against are amazing in their own respects too.Posted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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Nov 25, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on My Renewed Faith:embarrass:Not to claim what you say is untrue, but I haven't seen any griping and such about the contest. I'm not the oldest person around here in the least so I haven't been privy to this stuff. Do people actually get upset over this? I was happy to even be nominated.:embarrass:Posted in: {bloggyG}
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Nov 22, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on Inspiration Via LucasThank you Alacar. I informed the people working on the signature about the change. I think I got the quote from imDb, so I thought it would be correct, but now that you mentioned that, you are correct. Thanks again.Posted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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Nov 19, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on First BlogAlacar to the rescue. Good man Alacar good man!Posted in: Pet Snakes Corner
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Nov 16, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on D'awww ShucksAhh ok, you must have found my Star City stuff. Yeah, my whole hospital experience thing was a major change in my life. I used to be a pretty good player, but my declining health doesn't permit me to travel like I once did, so I started to play in just local events. My ranking took a beating, but I was happy to just be out and playing Magic again. MTGSalvation also gives me something to do, which I'm very thankful for.Posted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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Nov 15, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on The Pedestrian's Magic ExperienceInteresting. I'll try to stay posted for further blogs.Posted in: ThePedestrian136 Blog
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Nov 14, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on Soltera Preview: Run Kobolds, Run!That looks great in a rendered frame. I'm glad you could use it. Also, Galspanic colored it, I just did the linework. Regardless, it's a nifty design you have and I hope you do well in the contest.Posted in: Alacar's Design Zone
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Nov 14, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on More ArtworkThat's fine by me. Just make sure and give Galspanic proper credit for coloring. I did the linework - Richie Proffitt. I'm not sure what Galspanic goes by other than, well Galspanic. I'm glad you like it and make sure and show me your entry if you don't mind. I'm curious to see what it looks like.:DPosted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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Nov 13, 2007PolarBearGod posted a message on More ArtworkI use pen to draw in...sometimes pencil, but very rarely. I've been drawing since a little kid, but I guess I didn't really put effort in until high school. Thanks for the remarks on my pivture. I appreciate it.:)Posted in: PolarBearGod Blog
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I have a picture of a logo from a church, that I would like to have turned into a giant decal. Unfortunately, I'm not very skilled at making logos and such.
This is the picture...
The cross with the design behind it, is what I'm looking for.
If there is anyone available who could create an image of that for me, I and others, would be GREATLY appreciative.
Thanks everyone.
THOSE are some amazingly beautiful Welders. Excellent job adro. The Trisk is my favorite of the four. I like how well you maintained that rusty bronze-like metal finish on him. Great work!
If I don't comment on a particular alter, it isn't that I don't enjoy it or respect it. It's more due to the fact that I see several alters all the time and I have either seen something like that or similar to that. Still, no matter how many times the art on a spell is altered/extended, there comes a time when an alteration is so well done, that it almost appears as though the card was PRINTED that way.
THOSE alters are some of the ones I enjoy most.
In my opinion, I think there are a few factors that make or break an alter.
Tight Borders
- Often times, I see alters where the paint is flowing over the borders in parts. A good alter will have borders that are 99% flawless. Difficult to achieve? Definitely. But that's what separates average and good alters from magnificent alters.
Color Matching
- I can only begin to wonder the difficulty of mixing and producing colors that match the original work. Sometimes a particular alter will be so off on colors that you can see the frame of the art and where the alterer overlapped to extend the art. The best alters, again in my opinion, are those that have the colors matched so well that it appears as though the card was printed that way.
Originality
- Everyone wants to take a crack at certain cards. The more popular cards are usually chosen to be altered first, because they are most desired and see the most play. However, if everyone is altering card X and everyone is altering card X in about the same fashion, then the allure and distinct uniqueness of that card is taken away. Especially if someone else has done that particular card better. As I've stated before in this thread and I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but when you find ways to "raise the bar" on originality "push the envelope" of things, you create alters that people will remember and desire more than others.
Complexity
- Somewhat similar to originality. Let's say you wanted to do an alter of Oona. You could just extend the art and work with the different shades of the background behind her. However, you could ALSO work in some of your own ideas. She's the queen of the fae, right? How interesting would it be to include the faeries from other popular cards on her card? Thoughtseize, Pestermite, Scion of Oona, and such are just some examples. At the same time, you don't want get too complex. And that's exactly it.
You have to find that line where complexity is good and too much and try to get as close to the edge of that line as you can without going over.
I also think another important step in sharing alters here is to openly state what you're looking for when you post an alter.
Do you want criticism and critiques? If so, on what parts?
I think a good idea for everyone who posts an alter here is to include a list with their post of what brand paints they used, how much time the alter took, and maybe what other tools were involved. It sounds like a lot for just a post, but I think it would go a long way in helping the community of those interested in doing altered art. learn what it takes.
I'm sure the difficult part of this is that each person works in different paints, markers, pens, and such.
I know this was a "book" of a post without an alter to show in it, but I wanted to chime in here and see if that might help some.:)
Keep the alters coming everyone!
Playability and desire to own?
Meh.
Seriously though. They were on a fairly good trend with things and then monkey wrench time. Maybe the next promo will be Soul Feast, Quicksand, or Furnace Whelp.:-/:rolleyes:
That would be acceptable as long as you don't distort the card too much.
Definitely good stuff!
Those in particular bother me. I think a few ads is a small price to pay for the great things this site brings to the magic community worldwide.
Anywho, thanks for taking time out to inform us of things Hannes. That's very kind of you.
April 2008 Photoshop Contest
PlanesJaywalker
March 2008 Bi-Monthly Altered Art Contest
yakusoku
Oh well, Gator football will always have my heart though.:rolleyes:
Let me know!
That's essentially the focal points of the contest. You can't use the artwork for Shock and just draw something in place of the Psychatog. It must be all your own artwork.:)
First off, I'll limit the cards being altered to current T2 blocks. Second, I'll select three options each month and the participants may select which of the three to go with.
Example:
Black Rare
Green Uncommon
Red Common
All cards must be pulled from the currently legal T2 format at the time the contest is announced.
That's one idea.
Another idea was messaged by someone who wishes to remain anonymous, is to have a proxy contest. This would be the creation of a proxy upon any other card that has the same casting cost as the card offered for the contest.
Example:
Demonic Tutor - Any participant may alter any card with a casting cost of :1mana::symb:.
My last idea would be to create TWO contests that alternated each month.
Example:
Month 1 - Altered Art Contest with significantly less restrictions, as mentioned above in the very first example given.
Month 2 - Digital Altered Art Contest.
So I've thrown some options out there. PLEASE keep chiming in here folks and let me know what you think. I REALLY appreciate the feedback that I've received thus far and I wish we could get more feedback too.
I hope to see some more replies soon.
Welcome to the forums NeoNetGen. Glad to have you aboard. That's quite a nice contest you have on your hands and I'm sure we'll have a few entries from this site for you. Thanks again!