MTG Salvation

Hello to anyone viewing this lol. I have a request.

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.

Quote from adro1984

Ridiculously amazing Welders.

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!

I try to keep an eye out for original works or alters that in some way or fashion bring something new to the table.

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!

FPM you're the man. That is one of THE dopest additions to the artwork forum I've ever had the joy of seeing. Thanks for making this thread, your work, and helping.:)

Being one of the artwork mods, there's NO way I can say anything bad about the art. It's beautiful.

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:

Quote from Warden

Can we "alter" our image to perhaps match a card art style? Like artistically change the image to match...say, a painting medium or acrylics?

I (and others for this reason) may want to "blend into the art" on a more realistic level -- rather than stand out

That would be acceptable as long as you don't distort the card too much.

At first when I read it, my initial impression was "meh". Then I started thinking about it. 15 foil dragons. FIFTEEN! That's not bad at all. Making these a limited print run is nice too. I'll probably get one to keep sealed, one to open, and maybe one to use as trade.

Definitely good stuff!

I like this site. Scratch that, I LOVE this site. I don't mind ads to an extent. Just as long as they don't expand over the screen or attempt to place pop-ups that ask you to enter information or the worst - "Congratulations! You've just won a free Apple iPhone!"

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.

LOTS of good ideas here folks. In fact, I think I may have found one of your suggestions QUITE interesting. Hee hee!:D

I opened this expecting something in regards to Florida requesting their delegate counts be considered even though they violated DNC rules for holding their primaries. Instead, it's this. Which, in and of itself, makes me even less of a fan of that state.

Oh well, Gator football will always have my heart though.:rolleyes:

So who all here at Salvation is going to enter this contest? The reason I ask is I want to root the "home" team on lol.

Let me know!

Draw any sorcery, instant, equipment, or aura enchantment, affecting a single creature. All entries must be new for this contest and you may not choose older works you've completed to enter.

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.:)

How does this sound?

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.

Quote from NeoNetGen

I am the host of that contest on the WoTC forums. Thank you bradleyjx for bringing it here and showing the MTG Salvation community.

If you guys have any questions please feel free to ask. i will check this thread daily.

Prize edit = 1005$

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!