Vroman altered card artwork

[pyr0ma5ta]

That is, by far, the best Null Rod proxy I have ever seen in my life.

[vroman]

First, cards update. I added 7 cards on friday [6-16-06]
noteworthy:
New Jester, old art
Incinerator smokestack
Mario Ruby

Do you think you could give a step-by-step description of how you completed a card?  Maybe just pick a specific card that you did, and describe the order/layers/colors/techniques/etc that you used?  I would find that very helpful, and it may give other people motivation to make their own.  Specifically, I really like the way the Bazaar of Baghdad (the one closest to the real card art) on the first power proxy page - but I can't tell what is paint, or sharpie, or ink.

Yes. Im writing a how to guide now. Ill post it w my next update.

[zeus-online]

That rishadan port got me thinking...why not make a good ol' "Godzilla attacks" ?

/Zeus

[FlyingMan]

Do you think you could give a step-by-step description of how you completed a card?  Maybe just pick a specific card that you did, and describe the order/layers/colors/techniques/etc that you used?  I would find that very helpful, and it may give other people motivation to make their own.  Specifically, I really like the way the Bazaar of Baghdad (the one closest to the real card art) on the first power proxy page - but I can't tell what is paint, or sharpie, or ink.

Yes. Im writing a how to guide now. Ill post it w my next update.

Great, I look forward to it!

[vroman]

the tutorial is still in the works. until then, I added 9 top notch cards yesterday. click on the picture to disable auto-resizing.
notably:
Spencer signed Earth+moon Crucible of Worlds
ALIENS Tangle Wire
1984 model Mindslaver
Bender Jens
B-Ring Cage Fighter Showdown!
Crazy Viashino preacher

[pyr0ma5ta]

Oh, man.  I want Mindslavers like that one.  And that Crucible...  :shock:

Keep up the good work.  Incidentally, does your process work on foils?  I want foil Crucibles like that one.

[vroman]

Oh, man.  I want Mindslavers like that one.  And that Crucible...  :shock:

Keep up the good work.  Incidentally, does your process work on foils?  I want foil Crucibles like that one.

so far, no. I tried to erase and redraw one common test foil, and it turned out terrible. I havnt pursued it.

[pyr0ma5ta]

If you ever figure out how to redo foils, I have 4 foil Crucibles and a foil Mindslaver for you to doodle on.  You would be repaid for your time.

[PacmanXSA]

That Bring is pimp.  If I play you again at Gencon, I'll be sure to have you fire up my monkeys, staxs, trini and brings!!!

Keep it up baby!

Pac

[vroman]

I like to draw more than I like to write, thus another update:

Mox Penguin
Cuba Mask
Missile Command Shattering Spree
Martian Tripod Legacy Weapon
Old face Jester Cap, new art
compare to
New face Jester Cap, old art

[Methuselahn]

If you ever figure out how to redo foils, I have 4 foil Crucibles and a foil Mindslaver for you to doodle on.  You would be repaid for your time.

 Non foil cards are just plain white cards with printed ink on them, etc.  Foils are plain cards that have a plastic film on them.  Basically, an image is printed on the plastic (reversed, of course) then the silver and glue are applied to foil them out and make them stick.

Basically to alter something and retain it's foilyness, you'd have to remove the plastic film from the card, remove the glue, then the silver reflective stuff, then alter the image (backwards), then reapply the silver and glue, finally reattaching the card.  Only God and Superman can do this.

Nice pics btw.

P.S.  Remind me to bring you some high quality ink solvent (I work in ink manufacturing) to the next SCG Chicago so that you don't have to rip your card faces to shreds with an eraser any longer.  eww.

[vroman]

Cards update [7-14]
Face Hugger Mana Drain
Mad Max Wasteland
Metal Gear Sundering Titan

I posted my proxying tutorial for those who were interested:
http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=29152.0

Remind me to bring you some high quality ink solvent (I work in ink manufacturing) to the next SCG Chicago so that you don't have to rip your card faces to shreds with an eraser any longer.  eww.

noted. thanks.

[The Chosen One]

man, that solemn simulacrum with Bender is freakin hilarious. Amazing work man!

[vroman]

more cards, courtesy of Kevin Brewer, who I did some proxies for:

Psychadelic Lotus
Unhinged Time Walk
French Welder

next projects:
another 1984 mindslaver, w just big INGSOC logo
multi-armed Hindu Shiva viashino heretic
ichorid as Cthulu

[Mr. Nightmare]

I really enjoy that Timewalk frame, and you did an amazing job with the surprisingly difficult artwork.  I don't promise not to steal that.

[netherspirit]

LOVE the Welder!! Very funny. Hehehe, all extremely nice cards though!

[Dominik]

Hey,

I, like the above poster, have also been inspired by vroman's work. Here are some examples:



They look a lot better in person, because there's some distance between you and the card and the method of texturing can be seen. Also, these are pretty big images so the flaws are really noticeable.

If anyone has any ideas for a sapphire, I'd really appreciate it if they could let me know, as the original art does not work well in this style (black background, textless, etc).

Any comments/criticisms are appreciated. Thanks!

[vroman]

I cant see the pictures from Dominik or TheAlpha. please either provide a link or email them to me: rovroman81@netzero.net

I got a lot of my altered cards signed at Gencon, and updated my site accordingly.

[vroman]

I finally found a web browser that loads the above images. good work. Dominik's lotus looks quality.

after taking a couple months off I got back to drawing, and have a lot of cards under work. heres a few completed ones:
Darkblasted welder
Gerrard Capashen: New and Improved!

[Dominik]

I finally found a web browser that loads the above images. good work. Dominik's lotus looks quality.

after taking a couple months off I got back to drawing, and have a lot of cards under work. heres a few completed ones:
Darkblasted welder
Gerrard Capashen: New and Improved!

Sorry I didn't email you the link! I don't check the basic user forums that often and completely forgot about it.

BTW, nice work on the 'Blast and Capashen (Gerrard would be a very good card for UW Fish- however it would put a bit of strain on the manabase- good idea though!).

Here are some Long cards I made- following the same theme as the Lotus/Pearl:



<EDIT> Heh... Finally finding a use for those Mirrodin Plains I hate so much, lol,</EDIT>

I also have a really sick new Black Lotus and Mox Sapphire I made- this time I just tried to make it look as close to the real thing as possible with the random markers/highlighters I had. Vroman, props to you for the highlighter idea- I've never tried them before but they work very well! I'll post the Lotus and Sapphire today or tomorrow.

EDIT: Here they are:

[vroman]

good work. Id recomend carefully sharpieing a black border to your unlimited base proxy

[Dominik]

good work. Id recomend carefully sharpieing a black border to your unlimited base proxy

I'd have done the proxies with Beta lands but unfortunately I only have a few, and I like to use them in decks. Thanks for the suggestion though, I have tons of UL lands I could use for Lotus/Mox proxies so it would look almost exactly like beta if I do it well enough. I find that the best way to ink cards is to put tape on the inside edges of the borders, then make a single very neat, careful stroke. This way the border is smooth, and looks a lot like it would on an actual card (if you do it normally -as you would color with a pencil crayon or shade with a pencil- you can see the edges of the sharpie lines, and this makes it obvious that it was inked). Of course this doesn't work well if you have older/unused sharpies (you need the thicker ones, so one stroke can cover the width of the border).

[vroman]

3 more cards today:

Ozymandian Darksteel Colossus
Scientologist Cosmic Horror
Unglued Saphire

[netherspirit]

That Mox is beautiful...

[Mr. Nightmare]

3 more cards today:Unglued Saphire

Well, I know what I'm doing when I get home tonight.

[Twaun007]

I just saw the Mad Max Wasteland and it is F#$%ing awsome!

[froz3nn]

i made so moxen proxies, honestly i think they suck, im not used to working so small.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0178.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0177.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0176.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0175.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0174.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/froz3nn/IMAG0173.jpg

for the ruby, i should have just drawn a piece of shit b/c thats wat it is. The marbalized background is also near impossible to replicate.

[wethepeople]

what do you have left for sapphire, jet, or pearl proxies?

[vroman]

I dont have very many saphires, jets or pearl currently ready made, but I can make any kind of custom mox proxy you want
Mox Pearl Penguin

[Liam-K]

If you're looking for ideas a merchant scroll with Force of Will artwork would be hilarious.