As a prototype, that's not terrible.
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To do:
*Figure out how to make an elaborate text box that doesn't take ten years to do on every card
*Learn to account for the corner edging while designing the geometric underlay bits on the bottom text box
*Maybe vary the yellow a bit? A little texturing couldn't hurt.
Edit: *Learn to be more careful around slow-drying metallic ink, I SEE YOU, SMUDGES >:/
Also I'm torn between setting a definitive text box size (for the sake of regularity) and knowing that there's a limit to how tiny I can write >_>
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Also I'm torn between setting a definitive text box size (for the sake of regularity) and knowing that there's a limit to how tiny I can write >_>
Okay, standard text box size on the cards is an inch, give or take. Art box is about an inch and a half. Side gutters are... A little less than an eighth of an inch. We'll keep them for the text box, but ditch them for the art. So if I mess with the border measurements a little, I can get almost two inches for art. That sounds pretty good.
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Okay, standard text box size on the cards is an inch, give or take. Art box is about an inch and a half. Side gutters are... A little less than an eighth of an inch. We'll keep them for the text box, but ditch them for the art. So if I mess with the border measurements a little, I can get almost two inches for art. That sounds pretty good.
I'm saying this all out loud so that I don't forget it. These toots are at future me.
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I'm saying this all out loud so that I don't forget it. These toots are at future me.
...I need to get a cutting mat with guidelines, this L-ruler is *not* accurate -_-;
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...I need to get a cutting mat with guidelines, this L-ruler is *not* accurate -_-;
Lesson learned - Always do the text box first.
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To do:
*Figure out how to make an elaborate text box that doesn't take ten years to do on every card
*Learn to account for the corner edging while designing the geometric underlay bits on the bottom text box
*Maybe vary the yellow a bit? A little texturing couldn't hurt.
Edit: *Learn to be more careful around slow-drying metallic ink, I SEE YOU, SMUDGES >:/
Dunno if it's helpful, but my first thought about "*Figure out how to make an elaborate text box that doesn't take ten years to do on every card" was maybe bullet journal stencils
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Dunno if it's helpful, but my first thought about "*Figure out how to make an elaborate text box that doesn't take ten years to do on every card" was maybe bullet journal stencils
@cryptica Hm. Not a bad idea.
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Lesson learned - Always do the text box first.
Second attempt. Much better. Tried a bit of fixed kerning as an experiment, 1/16th is obviously way too small. I'll do 1/8th next time :x
#Mtg #art #magictheGathering #fediart #mastoart
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Second attempt. Much better. Tried a bit of fixed kerning as an experiment, 1/16th is obviously way too small. I'll do 1/8th next time :x
#Mtg #art #magictheGathering #fediart #mastoart
One irritation of this style is that correcting black-on-yellow text is a LOT more irritating and time consuming than it was when I was using white-on-grey. >_>
Before I could just go over the white text with a marker and redo it, now I'd have to use that awkward-ass whiteout pen and re-color and THEN redo the text <_<
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One irritation of this style is that correcting black-on-yellow text is a LOT more irritating and time consuming than it was when I was using white-on-grey. >_>
Before I could just go over the white text with a marker and redo it, now I'd have to use that awkward-ass whiteout pen and re-color and THEN redo the text <_<
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@CactuarJoe insert joke about "draw a card" here
