I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask, if not I apologize. But does anyone have a good render for Old Man of the Sea? I've looked everywhere and haven't been able to find one.
Made this one quickly with MSE and GIMP. Let me know what you'd like changed and I'd be happy to oblige. I can probably increase the resolution as well.
Had some fun with Zeerbe's Realms template on my train commute last week. I'd modded the template to allow two mana symbols oh, about a year ago (i dislike the hybrid symbols), but I got busy with a new baby and didn't have time to finish until now.
Nice frame. Would look sick as a super art variant!
Here are the little self-imposed guidelines I'm working with for the multiplayer decks I've been building:
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
By now I assume everyone's seen the black and white planeswalkers (at least Garruk). Does anyone else think that being able to make previous planeswalkers look like that would be beyond sick?
I have about 2500 pictures currently (I just started downloading them yesterday.) Before I continue does anyone happen to have a massive collection that they can just upload into a zip file for me? I really would like to have a like of renders to start working with but I really am dreading starting to organize mine :|
I have about 2500 pictures currently (I just started downloading them yesterday.) Before I continue does anyone happen to have a massive collection that they can just upload into a zip file for me? I really would like to have a like of renders to start working with but I really am dreading starting to organize mine :|
I uploaded all of the renders posted on this thread to dropbox and linked to it here. (post #2030)
Z, I like your zen-hybrid frames for fetchlands, but the guild symbols seem a little odd to me, since not every g/b deck is golgari, for example. It just kind of gets on my vorthoses.
Edit: Worked on these today. Yes, they're similar to zeerbe's fetches, but I like the lack of a guild symbol, making them a tad more generic/flexible. I'm liking the idea of sticking a symbol in the oval that says "This is what you get when you use this land".
I also left the header boxes gray/land colored because these lands a) don't have a color and b) don't actually tap for a color.
Here are the little self-imposed guidelines I'm working with for the multiplayer decks I've been building:
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Here are the little self-imposed guidelines I'm working with for the multiplayer decks I've been building:
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Ok, I went on a tear the last couple days. I've been looking at the top 25 legacy decks, and a lot of the art on those cards bothers the hell out of me, so I decided to re-do the most egregious offenders. I also lacked a nice high res of the new art for tarmogoyf and dark confidant.
It's possible that some of these art choices wouldn't look good at print-scale, but they sure look nice on a big monitor. heh heh.
The lands have an interesting choice; Since the zen full-art basics have a little bubble that tells you what mana you can get from the land, I decided to do that with other nonbasics. It makes city of traitors more elegant, but ancient tomb is a little odd.
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Here are the little self-imposed guidelines I'm working with for the multiplayer decks I've been building:
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Attempted to build the SDCC template as a quick experiment last night. If anyone has some suggestions on how to make the art look more like it does with the SDCC walkers, it'd be appreciated.
Found some better art for a few others on my "hit" list. Still no good art for Powder Keg, though.
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edit: found one
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Please, be sure to provide the artist's name somewhere in your renders while working with other people's material. Once you've fixed that, feel free to repost your images and remove this modtext. Warning issued. -BBull
Here are the little self-imposed guidelines I'm working with for the multiplayer decks I've been building:
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Could anyone make an EA of this as ancestral recall for me? I have a friend with a birthday coming up that this would make very happy.
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Can anyone share a tutorial for how to get the black on black images to look even halfway decent? I've tried all sorts of combinations of posterizing, playing with levels and contrast and the best that I can come up with is absolute ass.
Can anyone share a tutorial for how to get the black on black images to look even halfway decent? I've tried all sorts of combinations of posterizing, playing with levels and contrast and the best that I can come up with is absolute ass.
I am in no means an expert, but I don't think it's possible to really create the Black on Black art style just by messing with filters and levels.
Of the three Black on Black cards I've made (the above Jace and Shivan Dragon and a Liliana that I didn't post), I think only the Shivan Dragon comes close to mimicking the art style in the Wizards cards. I think my Jace looks cool, but it has too much detail when compared to the revealed Garruk promo.
For Jace, I cut out different parts of the image, messed around with saturation, levels and contrast and the Cutout filter. I was happy with the results, but noticed that there was too much detail when compared to Wizards Black on Black cards.
For the Shivan Dragon, I took the original Melissa Benson art, blew it up to 3,000 pixels wide and traced a series of layers on top of it.
From top to bottom:
Eye Color (the section I made red)
Eyes (Gray)
Horns (Gray)
Teeth (Black)
Mouth (Gray)
Nose (the gray part around his nostrils)
Fin Webbing around his face (Gray)
Foot pads (gray)
Wing Webbing (gray)
Belly (gray)
Entire body (black)
Background (in between back/gray color)
There were no shortcuts. I traced each one of those sections with the polygonal lasso tool and then used a color overlay to get the right color. I put a thin black stroke around many of the gray sections that don't have a black section completely surrounding them (notably the face webbing and the horns). I essentialy "drew" the picture, but it's more accurate to say I traced it.
I picked the Shivan Dragon partially because of it's simplistic design. I was able to picture exactly how I though it should look before I started.
I am in no means an expert, but I don't think it's possible to really create the Black on Black art style just by messing with filters and levels.
Of the three Black on Black cards I've made (the above Jace and Shivan Dragon and a Liliana that I didn't post), I think only the Shivan Dragon comes close to mimicking the art style in the Wizards cards. I think my Jace looks cool, but it has too much detail when compared to the revealed Garruk promo.
For Jace, I cut out different parts of the image, messed around with saturation, levels and contrast and the Cutout filter. I was happy with the results, but noticed that there was too much detail when compared to Wizards Black on Black cards.
For the Shivan Dragon, I took the original Melissa Benson art, blew it up to 3,000 pixels wide and traced a series of layers on top of it.
From top to bottom:
Eye Color (the section I made red)
Eyes (Gray)
Horns (Gray)
Teeth (Black)
Mouth (Gray)
Nose (the gray part around his nostrils)
Fin Webbing around his face (Gray)
Foot pads (gray)
Wing Webbing (gray)
Belly (gray)
Entire body (black)
Background (in between back/gray color)
There were no shortcuts. I traced each one of those sections with the polygonal lasso tool and then used a color overlay to get the right color. I put a thin black stroke around many of the gray sections that don't have a black section completely surrounding them (notably the face webbing and the horns). I essentialy "drew" the picture, but it's more accurate to say I traced it.
I picked the Shivan Dragon partially because of it's simplistic design. I was able to picture exactly how I though it should look before I started.
Waste of time really. Filters->Artistic->Cutout. Does a fine imitation start to finish. Slight blur to anti-alias and you're gold.
Waste of time really. Filters->Artistic->Cutout. Does a fine imitation start to finish. Slight blur to anti-alias and you're gold.
I'll have to disagree with you there. The Garruk Black on Black made by Wizards appears to have exactly 3 shades in it's artwork (2 shades of black and 1 green). In order to accurately imitate that you'd want to get to as close to 3 tones as possible.
Using cutout, you lose too much detail unless you set it on at least 5 layers (probably 6-7) thereby ending up with 6-7 shades. Now, that might make a cool looking card, but I wouldn't call it an accurate representation of the style used by Steve Prescott for Wizards of the Coast.
BTW, I'm not saying that my cards ARE accurate to the style used in the Garruk card, BUT I think the Shivan Dragon I did is close (much closer than if I had used the cutout method which would have either resulted in a lack of detail OR would have too many shades).
Having said all of that, I should point out that my Shivan Dragon STILL has one to many shades in it. I put an extra color in the background to make the picture stand out more.
tldr; There may be an easier way to mimic the Black on Black card art than the way I described, but in my opinion, cutout isn't it.
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You can download it HERE. Files were renamed so that you can easily search for specific cards.
Here's a Cloistered Youth that may serve your needs.
Nice frame. Would look sick as a super art variant!
Theme: atmospheric and large-scale, but illustrating a dwelling (or former dwelling, in the case of the swamp) appropriate for a wizard of that color.
All-in-one
Plains
Island
Swamp
Mountain
Forest
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
zeerbe.blogspot.com
Esper Control -- WUB
The Aristocrats -- WBR
Modern
Mono Black Infect -- B
EDH
Animar -- URG
Ertai -- WUB
Krenko -- R
the link is broken
Modern
UWGB 4c Snow Control BGWU
Any chance it'll be made available?
It's on the blog, and was featured in the latest The Magic Show as well.
I uploaded all of the renders posted on this thread to dropbox and linked to it here. (post #2030)
Edit: Worked on these today. Yes, they're similar to zeerbe's fetches, but I like the lack of a guild symbol, making them a tad more generic/flexible. I'm liking the idea of sticking a symbol in the oval that says "This is what you get when you use this land".
I also left the header boxes gray/land colored because these lands a) don't have a color and b) don't actually tap for a color.
All-in-one
Arid Mesa
Bloodstained Mire
Flooded Strand
Marsh Flats
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Verdant Catacombs
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
The template for the blackened walkers? Or just the Jace?
Shocks came out pretty nice. I picked my favorite of the older and newer art for these.
All-in-one
Blood Crypt
Breeding Pool
Godless Shrine
Hallowed Fountain
Overgrown Tomb
Sacred Foundry
Steam Vents
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Watery Grave
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Gamble
Art from: http://www.abugames.com/images/products/actualpictureitems/6094.jpg
It's possible that some of these art choices wouldn't look good at print-scale, but they sure look nice on a big monitor. heh heh.
The lands have an interesting choice; Since the zen full-art basics have a little bubble that tells you what mana you can get from the land, I decided to do that with other nonbasics. It makes city of traitors more elegant, but ancient tomb is a little odd.
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
Art from http://cosmicunicorn.deviantart.com/
edit: found one
• Must be cheap. Total price tag < $100, preferably < $50. Ideally ~$30. No one card greater than about ~$6
• Format: Modern (makes getting the cards somewhat easier for the play group, and almost all my cards are Modern-legal)
• Must be relatively interesting in 1:1 games. I don't need to win against Splinter Twin, but I should be able to play duels now and then
• Avoid instant-win combos; they only serve to make me target #1, and then the deck is worse than useless because I get killed first, every time
• Must have a funny name!
by raging akujiki on deviantart
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=484979
Jace, the Mind Sculptor:
Shivan Dragon:
I am in no means an expert, but I don't think it's possible to really create the Black on Black art style just by messing with filters and levels.
Of the three Black on Black cards I've made (the above Jace and Shivan Dragon and a Liliana that I didn't post), I think only the Shivan Dragon comes close to mimicking the art style in the Wizards cards. I think my Jace looks cool, but it has too much detail when compared to the revealed Garruk promo.
For Jace, I cut out different parts of the image, messed around with saturation, levels and contrast and the Cutout filter. I was happy with the results, but noticed that there was too much detail when compared to Wizards Black on Black cards.
For the Shivan Dragon, I took the original Melissa Benson art, blew it up to 3,000 pixels wide and traced a series of layers on top of it.
From top to bottom:
Eye Color (the section I made red)
Eyes (Gray)
Horns (Gray)
Teeth (Black)
Mouth (Gray)
Nose (the gray part around his nostrils)
Fin Webbing around his face (Gray)
Foot pads (gray)
Wing Webbing (gray)
Belly (gray)
Entire body (black)
Background (in between back/gray color)
There were no shortcuts. I traced each one of those sections with the polygonal lasso tool and then used a color overlay to get the right color. I put a thin black stroke around many of the gray sections that don't have a black section completely surrounding them (notably the face webbing and the horns). I essentialy "drew" the picture, but it's more accurate to say I traced it.
I picked the Shivan Dragon partially because of it's simplistic design. I was able to picture exactly how I though it should look before I started.
Waste of time really. Filters->Artistic->Cutout. Does a fine imitation start to finish. Slight blur to anti-alias and you're gold.
I'll have to disagree with you there. The Garruk Black on Black made by Wizards appears to have exactly 3 shades in it's artwork (2 shades of black and 1 green). In order to accurately imitate that you'd want to get to as close to 3 tones as possible.
Using cutout, you lose too much detail unless you set it on at least 5 layers (probably 6-7) thereby ending up with 6-7 shades. Now, that might make a cool looking card, but I wouldn't call it an accurate representation of the style used by Steve Prescott for Wizards of the Coast.
BTW, I'm not saying that my cards ARE accurate to the style used in the Garruk card, BUT I think the Shivan Dragon I did is close (much closer than if I had used the cutout method which would have either resulted in a lack of detail OR would have too many shades).
Having said all of that, I should point out that my Shivan Dragon STILL has one to many shades in it. I put an extra color in the background to make the picture stand out more.
tldr; There may be an easier way to mimic the Black on Black card art than the way I described, but in my opinion, cutout isn't it.