@woogerboy21: As Shazaam answered, yes, those are directly layered. There's a few different ways to layer things, but it's mostly a preference thing. You either layer directly, use foam spacers, use card spacers, or you have "floating" pieces which use something to hold them up and give a 3D effect. The guys here (shazaam and serot) like to do direct layering but I'm not as big on it. I need to experiment more, though
@Shazaam: Yeah, the top is Beta and the others are Unlimited...total cost about 30$
As a general aside to the layering questions, I would like to figure out a good way to create very small floating elements. You can't really do this with putting cards underneath when the card gets too small. I'm thinking you can use small wires to pierce into the card and hold it up but I do not know how reliable it would be. I'll definitely be experimenting with it in the future. For example, think of Vines of Vastwood with floating background leaves where possible. It'd look better if pulled off correctly, I think.
I'm trying some different styles for these cards as well as general effects. Hopefully some will come out good because they're going to be very large jumps from what I am used to. I might backburner Dreamstone Hedron and Traitorous Instinct until I'm better; I need some extra copies of both, too.
Hope to see some new work from everyone! Definitely keeps me motivated when I see awesome stuff from others.
Another question for you guys. What do you use to color / shade the cards with? Manufacturer? Are they pastel's? Charcoal? And after coloring / shading do you seal the cards with anything?
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Here is a shot of some cards I have been working on. Im getting better with the cuts and layering. I would like to work on the shading methods and also do something with the text box frame.
These I did a long while ago but never posted any pictures. The Asmira could have a bunch more going on, but it was a special challenge - only 5 copies of the card, cut carefully to make more layers than that.
I use a combination of 3 brands of pens/markers:
1) Sakura PIGMA Brush Pens - for most of my colors and for black. I love these and would buy more, but their color spectrum is very limited - only 8 or 10 colors.
2) Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens - Shades of Grey set. Wonderful. It's great to have a variety of greys to use either on their own or to darken a section previously done with a color.
3) A handful of fabric markers that I bought when I first started out. I don't use these much anymore because I don't like the tips, but I have some colors here that PIGMA doesn't make and I don't have money for expensive replacements. No brand listed because I wouldn't recommend them (and because I can't remember)
Each of the first 2 sets is about $15. I've used the PIGMA pens for over 100 cards and most of them are still in great shape (I've used up one black, and my brown isn't looking too good). There are much more expensive options out there as well, with a wider variety of colors. BUT you don't even need sets this expensive/diverse. As serrot said somewhere (I think - if not, sorry for putting words in your mouth), most cheap markers can do a halfway decent job. As long as you're hiding away the white of your cuts, matching colors more closely isn't going to make much of a difference.
Another question for you guys. What do you use to color / shade the cards with? Manufacturer? Are they pastel's? Charcoal? And after coloring / shading do you seal the cards with anything?
I'm pretty sure everyone uses markers. Paint and pastel would be more work (and messier) than just inking the sides of the cards. I use a small set of Faber Castell Pitt pens but I'm looking at buying the full set. Right now I have a great selection for doing dark or autumn colored inking, but I don't have much to do very light green, yellow, and blue colors. Color selection is very important for making a good looking card so a bigger selection or a set where the colors blend well is helpful.
Funny you should post Stalwart Shield-Bearers because that was one of the first cards I did. I was so-so about how it came out, but one thing I tried was to make the archer fully 3-d. In the picture he is on several planes, with the arrow coming out on the one in the front. I'm sure that if I re-did certain layers (it isn't glued) that it would look much better:
Like I said before I was trying some different effects. Below is Disfigure which has art that makes for a great 3-d however there is not much going on in the art to layer. I decided to try to make the scars on the face look unique by forcibly scratching, gouging, and cutting the card and then inking the resulting texture. I like this much better than trying to layer the hand shape on the face. I tried both face on top and face on bottom with direct layering and it did not look very good, in my opinion. Here's a WIP; it still needs some extra ink work:
This thread is incredible. I got motivated to make my own. Unfortunately, I do not own a camera, otherwise I'd show off the two I made so far.
I know eventually I'm going to want to make a Vorosh, the Hunter because he is my EDH general. I have two issues, though. First, I'm not too good about figuring out layers. Could someone give me a few tips for Vorosh? Second, what to do about the teeny tiny spines. Those seem like they will be awfully difficult. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
I've just begun working on some 3D cards, starting with tokens (so as not to ruin anything valuable :)). If anyone with experience in this and some free time and patience could hit me up on AIM or through PM I'd really appreciate it, I have some questions and would appreciate some tips.
I use a combination of 3 brands of pens/markers:
1) Sakura PIGMA Brush Pens - for most of my colors and for black. I love these and would buy more, but their color spectrum is very limited - only 8 or 10 colors.
2) Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens - Shades of Grey set. Wonderful. It's great to have a variety of greys to use either on their own or to darken a section previously done with a color.
3) A handful of fabric markers that I bought when I first started out. I don't use these much anymore because I don't like the tips, but I have some colors here that PIGMA doesn't make and I don't have money for expensive replacements. No brand listed because I wouldn't recommend them (and because I can't remember)
Thanks for the info. I went and picked up a set of the faber-castell grey scale pens, and looked for the sakura but they didn't have any so I tried a different brand. If they don't work out there is a couple of other higher quality pens with brush tips they have at the local arts / crafts store around my area that looked promising. Faber-castell had one but it didnt look like they had red / orange colors . And the other company (can't remember the name) only sold there pens singly and were about $5 each. I hope to get around to actually trying some color / shading here today... yippeee...
Below is Disfigure which has art that makes for a great 3-d however there is not much going on in the art to layer.
Looks good. I come to find I enjoy doing cards that have more a scene to them rather than individual closeup's of one character. The individual character cards tend to turn out more flat with the layers and I like the popup book kind of look were you can put multiple layers of spacers between each layer containing something in the art frame.
I love all of your work! I just saw this thread two days ago and was totally inspired by it. I knew I had to have a 3D life counter of my own.
I chose Lifelink (seemed appropriate). I used about 15 cards all in all, but only about 6 layers of lifelink. I think in my second attempt I will try for more layers.
I can't wait to bust this out at FNM. Thanks for inspiring me.
@woogerboy21: I also prefer scenes to individual characters; they're usually easier to do, and often look cooler. Doing so many EDH generals has forced me to work with individual characters more, and I'm happy with how they turn out, but they take so much more time!
@Sakura-Tribe Elder: Vorosh is a tough one; most of his layers flow smoothly into each other, so choosing how to cut is tricky. I'll likely be finishing and posting one in a couple of weeks, and can talk through some of my choices then if you haven't already gone for it. Definitely the hardest of the Planar Chaos dragons to 3D.
@d.g: The scratching technique you used on the Disfigure sounds interesting; I might try it some time just to see in person how it works out. If you haven't already glued it together, I'd recommend cutting out the victim's mouth.
Without thinking of your scratching idea, I probably would have gone with a "thin layer" of the hand. I used to use thin layers a lot and I've come back to them recently for some of the generals I've done. It's just like direct layering, except I slice off the back of the piece and most of the white inside, leaving a direct layer that's about 1/4 the thickness of a card.
@Kayshiz: Nice Lifelink counter It gives me a question:
For those of you who make life counters, where do you get your beads and what do you use for crossbars? I made my first life counter recently, and I'm very happy with it, but I'm wondering if there are less expensive options for the bar and where to go for more bead variety.
Thanks for the response, Shazaam. I recently bought the copies of Vorosh, but I'm going to wait for more time to practice before I cut em up. And if you are going to be doing one, I might wait to see it for a bit of a help.
On a different note, that Intet is awesome. Almost makes me want to make another EDH deck.
Oh my god these are amazing! Couple of quick questions though
How much do your commissions cost Shazaam? Has anyone tried doing 3D cards with multiple varying arts combining into one image and if yes, any images?
I was thinking of attempting a Zirilan of the Claw 3D card, but changing the background and the dragon to a more newer set, but keeping Zirilan.
Finally if you're looking for beads/rods (even though this probably won't help since I live in Australia) instead of going to an arts and crafts store go to a hardware store. They'll have plenty of the rods in sizes you're looking for and usually some items that make great beads. That or you can try picking up some of those children's make a bracelet set things at toy stores, usually cheap and they have like 10 bajillion beads.
Oh my god these are amazing! Couple of quick questions though
How much do your commissions cost Shazaam? Has anyone tried doing 3D cards with multiple varying arts combining into one image and if yes, any images?
I was thinking of attempting a Zirilan of the Claw 3D card, but changing the background and the dragon to a more newer set, but keeping Zirilan.
Finally if you're looking for beads/rods (even though this probably won't help since I live in Australia) instead of going to an arts and crafts store go to a hardware store. They'll have plenty of the rods in sizes you're looking for and usually some items that make great beads. That or you can try picking up some of those children's make a bracelet set things at toy stores, usually cheap and they have like 10 bajillion beads.
I'm experimenting with mixing art, but I decided that you almost certainly have to use the background of the original/intended card to make it believable. If you use another background you have to use the entire card (or most of it) and that'd show through and (IMO) not look very good. The only exception would be a landscape, such as a mountain background with an airbourne dragon, etc.
A better approach would be to include fragments of other art in your intended card. You can put an almost unlimited amount of other art, anything that looks good or "fits", and be as creative as you want. Regardless, you should try both to see what you can get out of it. I'll be trying certain things but I'm pressed for time lately!
I was thinking of attempting a Zirilan of the Claw 3D card, but changing the background and the dragon to a more newer set, but keeping Zirilan.
Mixing art is tricky, because the color schemes and image setups are usually different enough that it looks a bit off. I did a quick mock-up of how it would look with a few different dragons in the background. The 3D effect would definitely help distinguish between Zirilan and the dragon, but the art would look a bit unnatural. However, a guy on dragonhighlander.net put the Jund Panorama art behind his Sek'kuar, Deathkeeper and it looks pretty good, so it can work if you find art that matches.
Another issue is that old and new art boxes don't line up. For the new Shivan Dragon version of Zirilan below, I had to move the Shivan around, which would be very tricky and time-consuming to do with actual cards (but, possible). Even after moving it, part of the border shows through at the top of the art; new art boxes are much wider, but also slightly shorter.
Just finished my handmade Life Counter
The total cards I used only 16 cards but not all Elvish Visionary.
SO, comments? This is my first time made this stuf.
Very nice job with the Elf Warrior and Visionary, especially for a first couple of cards! The foil looks really great on the Visionary, too.
The only advice I'd give is to color the edges of the Elf a bit more; it looks like a lot of white is showing where you made your cuts there. It's probably not as noticeable in person - pictures often make the white spots stand out a lot more.
Very nice job with the Elf Warrior and Visionary, especially for a first couple of cards! The foil looks really great on the Visionary, too.
The only advice I'd give is to color the edges of the Elf a bit more; it looks like a lot of white is showing where you made your cuts there. It's probably not as noticeable in person - pictures often make the white spots stand out a lot more.
Well thank you Yes I was just realize that there's so many white there. So then I made some improvement in my next artwork on Zendikar's Wolf token.
Check this out:
EQtheFrey - I still can't see the wolf token I've always used Photobucket and haven't had any issues with them so far. Try them if you're still looking for a different host.
bigup - Nice ones - that Overrule is the first paint alter/3D card combination I've ever seen. Very cool. Did you paint the pieces first and then cut them? If so, did it chip at all when you cut it or is that not an issue?
I posted these to the main altered art thread but hadn't here, whoops They're both on the auction site.
Ok, so I've been enviously staring at this thread for a couple of days now, wishing I was capable of doing this, and today I decided to man up and give it a try.
I'll spare everyone from my first terrible mess, but here are two that turned out well:
(Although, please keep in mind that I'm not as good a photographer as Shazaam)
This was my second attempt, which is faaaar better then my first. Although it didn't turn out as nice as the next one, it taught me a few things about using the x-acto knife as well as about goodish layering (since I still kind of suck).
I just had a few of this guy laying around, and he has no home in my Goblin deck, so he was my third attempt (third time's the charm?). Not as good as some of awesome works in this thread, but I'm quite proud of it, what with having started today and all.
I'll probably be sticking to commons until I improve (a lot) for the sake of my wallet.
Comments? Tips? Any help is welcome.
with work draining me daily, i've not touched much other than mah remote control for the tv. great work im seeing here from new names and old. i have a few i could be working on but, ill hold off til i can pawn off some of my earlier creations.
@bigup: love the 3d cards you did there. especially the Healing Leaves. ive been wanting to do that one, and seeing it now makes me really want to cut it up. also, i've been wanting to do a mixed media 3d card by painting some crap on a few layers or so, but havent really decided how i was going to do it.....
@Shazaam: holy jeebus, i loves mah that Azami.
@brazil_dude101: i just noticed i got a PM from your, sorry i hadnt responded, as i stated earlier, been super burned out. sent ya a pm tho, its prolly a bit late. sorry
@Mr_Penguin_2010: For the life counter rod i use (i think) a 3" needle. I don't know for sure as i have misplaced the packaging and cant find the image i took of it. as for keeping it in place i cut notches to make the needle stay put.
@brazil_dude101: i just noticed i got a PM from your, sorry i hadnt responded, as i stated earlier, been super burned out. sent ya a pm tho, its prolly a bit late. sorry
Hey, no problem. Life intervenes.
Although, any major constructive criticism on either of my attempts? (Other than just practicing)
@mr_penguin: serrot_29 has a lot more experience with life counters than anyone else around here I think, so listen to him I've only done 1 life counter, and I used a Dritz Long Doll Needle (5", which I cut in half so I got both bars from 1 needle). It worked well, but it was a little thick, which limited my bead choices a bit. For commissions: I do them, and d.g. and serrot have both mentioned commissions at various points but I'm not sure if they still do - PM any of us, or if there's someone else whose work you liked (like if you wanted an alter/3D combo like bigup made) I'd say go ahead and PM them and ask
@serrot: Thanks I was surprised by how awesome she turned out. Glad to see you're still around, and I hope to see more of your cards, but I know real life can be draining :). My nursing clinicals start back up next week...so much for free time
@brasil_dude: Nicely done! You're right that practicing is the biggest advice I could offer. With more cards you get a steadier hand and a better idea of how to layer art. The first rare I did was something like my 80th or 90th card, but most people don't wait as long as I did I think
Your pictures are actually pretty good. Having the alternate angle helped a lot in figuring out some of your layering that wasn't clear from looking at the first pictures. It took me a long time to find a way of photographing that I'm happy with. When I first started doing this I took pictures using the built-in webcam of my Macbook
Other than practice:
1) Like most 3D cards, yours could benefit from better edging. It's probably not as noticeable in person (it rarely is) but pictures always make the white spots stand out a lot more.
2) Your alternate angle of Goblin Shortcutter makes it look like you have 1 layer of the top of his staff, then a layer with his hand, then a layer with the bottom of the staff. (If I'm wrong, ignore this tip): When you have a layer (layer A) that starts in front of another layer (layer B) but ends up behind it, sometimes it can work very well to bend layer A so that it moves behind layer B smoothly. For example, in my Azami, the brown scroll that goes over her arm is attached to a layer that's in front of her whole body, that is bent and curved over her arm. For the shortcutter, you could cut a layer like this: ...and bend it back so it moves from in front to behind the hand. The way you did it doesn't look bad, but that's a technique you might like to try with a future card.
The card would be: http://www.trollandtoad.com/p296184.html.
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@Shazaam: Yeah, the top is Beta and the others are Unlimited...total cost about 30$
As a general aside to the layering questions, I would like to figure out a good way to create very small floating elements. You can't really do this with putting cards underneath when the card gets too small. I'm thinking you can use small wires to pierce into the card and hold it up but I do not know how reliable it would be. I'll definitely be experimenting with it in the future. For example, think of Vines of Vastwood with floating background leaves where possible. It'd look better if pulled off correctly, I think.
I'm currently working on a few new 3Ds:
I'm trying some different styles for these cards as well as general effects. Hopefully some will come out good because they're going to be very large jumps from what I am used to. I might backburner Dreamstone Hedron and Traitorous Instinct until I'm better; I need some extra copies of both, too.
Hope to see some new work from everyone! Definitely keeps me motivated when I see awesome stuff from others.
d.g
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Here is a shot of some cards I have been working on. Im getting better with the cuts and layering. I would like to work on the shading methods and also do something with the text box frame.
MTGO: woogerboy21
Full Version - Alternate Angle
Full Version - Alternate Angle
1) Sakura PIGMA Brush Pens - for most of my colors and for black. I love these and would buy more, but their color spectrum is very limited - only 8 or 10 colors.
2) Faber-Castell PITT artist brush pens - Shades of Grey set. Wonderful. It's great to have a variety of greys to use either on their own or to darken a section previously done with a color.
3) A handful of fabric markers that I bought when I first started out. I don't use these much anymore because I don't like the tips, but I have some colors here that PIGMA doesn't make and I don't have money for expensive replacements. No brand listed because I wouldn't recommend them (and because I can't remember)
Each of the first 2 sets is about $15. I've used the PIGMA pens for over 100 cards and most of them are still in great shape (I've used up one black, and my brown isn't looking too good). There are much more expensive options out there as well, with a wider variety of colors. BUT you don't even need sets this expensive/diverse. As serrot said somewhere (I think - if not, sorry for putting words in your mouth), most cheap markers can do a halfway decent job. As long as you're hiding away the white of your cuts, matching colors more closely isn't going to make much of a difference.
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I'm pretty sure everyone uses markers. Paint and pastel would be more work (and messier) than just inking the sides of the cards. I use a small set of Faber Castell Pitt pens but I'm looking at buying the full set. Right now I have a great selection for doing dark or autumn colored inking, but I don't have much to do very light green, yellow, and blue colors. Color selection is very important for making a good looking card so a bigger selection or a set where the colors blend well is helpful.
Funny you should post Stalwart Shield-Bearers because that was one of the first cards I did. I was so-so about how it came out, but one thing I tried was to make the archer fully 3-d. In the picture he is on several planes, with the arrow coming out on the one in the front. I'm sure that if I re-did certain layers (it isn't glued) that it would look much better:
Like I said before I was trying some different effects. Below is Disfigure which has art that makes for a great 3-d however there is not much going on in the art to layer. I decided to try to make the scars on the face look unique by forcibly scratching, gouging, and cutting the card and then inking the resulting texture. I like this much better than trying to layer the hand shape on the face. I tried both face on top and face on bottom with direct layering and it did not look very good, in my opinion. Here's a WIP; it still needs some extra ink work:
d.g
I know eventually I'm going to want to make a Vorosh, the Hunter because he is my EDH general. I have two issues, though. First, I'm not too good about figuring out layers. Could someone give me a few tips for Vorosh? Second, what to do about the teeny tiny spines. Those seem like they will be awfully difficult. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
:symg::symu::symb: Vorosh
:symw::symu::symg: Phelddagrif
:symw::symu::symg: Jenara
:symu::symu::symu: Azami
:symb::symu::symb:DePietro
:symg::symb::symg:Savra
i havent colored anything in yet, and i havent Glued it either. Im waiting on picking up a few more cardstocks or 1/8 foam core to make it pop more.
Thanks for the info. I went and picked up a set of the faber-castell grey scale pens, and looked for the sakura but they didn't have any so I tried a different brand. If they don't work out there is a couple of other higher quality pens with brush tips they have at the local arts / crafts store around my area that looked promising. Faber-castell had one but it didnt look like they had red / orange colors . And the other company (can't remember the name) only sold there pens singly and were about $5 each. I hope to get around to actually trying some color / shading here today... yippeee...
Looks good. I come to find I enjoy doing cards that have more a scene to them rather than individual closeup's of one character. The individual character cards tend to turn out more flat with the layers and I like the popup book kind of look were you can put multiple layers of spacers between each layer containing something in the art frame.
MTGO: woogerboy21
I chose Lifelink (seemed appropriate). I used about 15 cards all in all, but only about 6 layers of lifelink. I think in my second attempt I will try for more layers.
I can't wait to bust this out at FNM. Thanks for inspiring me.
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@Sakura-Tribe Elder: Vorosh is a tough one; most of his layers flow smoothly into each other, so choosing how to cut is tricky. I'll likely be finishing and posting one in a couple of weeks, and can talk through some of my choices then if you haven't already gone for it. Definitely the hardest of the Planar Chaos dragons to 3D.
@d.g: The scratching technique you used on the Disfigure sounds interesting; I might try it some time just to see in person how it works out. If you haven't already glued it together, I'd recommend cutting out the victim's mouth.
Without thinking of your scratching idea, I probably would have gone with a "thin layer" of the hand. I used to use thin layers a lot and I've come back to them recently for some of the generals I've done. It's just like direct layering, except I slice off the back of the piece and most of the white inside, leaving a direct layer that's about 1/4 the thickness of a card.
@Kayshiz: Nice Lifelink counter It gives me a question:
For those of you who make life counters, where do you get your beads and what do you use for crossbars? I made my first life counter recently, and I'm very happy with it, but I'm wondering if there are less expensive options for the bar and where to go for more bead variety.
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On a different note, that Intet is awesome. Almost makes me want to make another EDH deck.
:symg::symu::symb: Vorosh
:symw::symu::symg: Phelddagrif
:symw::symu::symg: Jenara
:symu::symu::symu: Azami
:symb::symu::symb:DePietro
:symg::symb::symg:Savra
How much do your commissions cost Shazaam? Has anyone tried doing 3D cards with multiple varying arts combining into one image and if yes, any images?
I was thinking of attempting a Zirilan of the Claw 3D card, but changing the background and the dragon to a more newer set, but keeping Zirilan.
Finally if you're looking for beads/rods (even though this probably won't help since I live in Australia) instead of going to an arts and crafts store go to a hardware store. They'll have plenty of the rods in sizes you're looking for and usually some items that make great beads. That or you can try picking up some of those children's make a bracelet set things at toy stores, usually cheap and they have like 10 bajillion beads.
The total cards I used only 16 cards but not all Elvish Visionary.
SO, comments? This is my first time made this stuf.
Comment moved to 3D Magic Cards thread.
I'm experimenting with mixing art, but I decided that you almost certainly have to use the background of the original/intended card to make it believable. If you use another background you have to use the entire card (or most of it) and that'd show through and (IMO) not look very good. The only exception would be a landscape, such as a mountain background with an airbourne dragon, etc.
A better approach would be to include fragments of other art in your intended card. You can put an almost unlimited amount of other art, anything that looks good or "fits", and be as creative as you want. Regardless, you should try both to see what you can get out of it. I'll be trying certain things but I'm pressed for time lately!
d.g
Mixing art is tricky, because the color schemes and image setups are usually different enough that it looks a bit off. I did a quick mock-up of how it would look with a few different dragons in the background. The 3D effect would definitely help distinguish between Zirilan and the dragon, but the art would look a bit unnatural. However, a guy on dragonhighlander.net put the Jund Panorama art behind his Sek'kuar, Deathkeeper and it looks pretty good, so it can work if you find art that matches.
Another issue is that old and new art boxes don't line up. For the new Shivan Dragon version of Zirilan below, I had to move the Shivan around, which would be very tricky and time-consuming to do with actual cards (but, possible). Even after moving it, part of the border shows through at the top of the art; new art boxes are much wider, but also slightly shorter.
Very nice job with the Elf Warrior and Visionary, especially for a first couple of cards! The foil looks really great on the Visionary, too.
The only advice I'd give is to color the edges of the Elf a bit more; it looks like a lot of white is showing where you made your cuts there. It's probably not as noticeable in person - pictures often make the white spots stand out a lot more.
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Well thank you Yes I was just realize that there's so many white there. So then I made some improvement in my next artwork on Zendikar's Wolf token.
Check this out:
Comments??
My only comment would be that I can't see anything. Like, I even looked at your post contents to isolate the URL and got a 404 Forbidden message.
Try another host?
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Okay I'll try another host, just wait for couple minutes.
Any recommendation for host except ImageShack? Because I used that one before.
bigup - Nice ones - that Overrule is the first paint alter/3D card combination I've ever seen. Very cool. Did you paint the pieces first and then cut them? If so, did it chip at all when you cut it or is that not an issue?
I posted these to the main altered art thread but hadn't here, whoops They're both on the auction site.
Full Version - Alternate Art
Full Version - Alternate Art
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I'll spare everyone from my first terrible mess, but here are two that turned out well:
(Although, please keep in mind that I'm not as good a photographer as Shazaam)
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Full Version - Alternate Angle
I'll probably be sticking to commons until I improve (a lot) for the sake of my wallet.
Comments? Tips? Any help is welcome.
Sorry if this has been asked before, I just started reading these threads and this looks awesome.
I also is there any one doing commissions now?
Thanks
@bigup: love the 3d cards you did there. especially the Healing Leaves. ive been wanting to do that one, and seeing it now makes me really want to cut it up. also, i've been wanting to do a mixed media 3d card by painting some crap on a few layers or so, but havent really decided how i was going to do it.....
@Shazaam: holy jeebus, i loves mah that Azami.
@brazil_dude101: i just noticed i got a PM from your, sorry i hadnt responded, as i stated earlier, been super burned out. sent ya a pm tho, its prolly a bit late. sorry
@Mr_Penguin_2010: For the life counter rod i use (i think) a 3" needle. I don't know for sure as i have misplaced the packaging and cant find the image i took of it. as for keeping it in place i cut notches to make the needle stay put.
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Hey, no problem. Life intervenes.
Although, any major constructive criticism on either of my attempts? (Other than just practicing)
@serrot: Thanks I was surprised by how awesome she turned out. Glad to see you're still around, and I hope to see more of your cards, but I know real life can be draining :). My nursing clinicals start back up next week...so much for free time
@brasil_dude: Nicely done! You're right that practicing is the biggest advice I could offer. With more cards you get a steadier hand and a better idea of how to layer art. The first rare I did was something like my 80th or 90th card, but most people don't wait as long as I did I think
Your pictures are actually pretty good. Having the alternate angle helped a lot in figuring out some of your layering that wasn't clear from looking at the first pictures. It took me a long time to find a way of photographing that I'm happy with. When I first started doing this I took pictures using the built-in webcam of my Macbook
Other than practice:
1) Like most 3D cards, yours could benefit from better edging. It's probably not as noticeable in person (it rarely is) but pictures always make the white spots stand out a lot more.
2) Your alternate angle of Goblin Shortcutter makes it look like you have 1 layer of the top of his staff, then a layer with his hand, then a layer with the bottom of the staff. (If I'm wrong, ignore this tip): When you have a layer (layer A) that starts in front of another layer (layer B) but ends up behind it, sometimes it can work very well to bend layer A so that it moves behind layer B smoothly. For example, in my Azami, the brown scroll that goes over her arm is attached to a layer that's in front of her whole body, that is bent and curved over her arm. For the shortcutter, you could cut a layer like this: ...and bend it back so it moves from in front to behind the hand. The way you did it doesn't look bad, but that's a technique you might like to try with a future card.
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