#example designs

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Judge Example Rooms ~

Heyo! Myself, @mistershinyobject, @gollumni and @spooky-bard came up with a few examples of Rooms for y'all's brainstorming this week. Can you guess who did which room? (There aren't bonus points for the right answer.)

Lat-Nam's Vault / Sage's Study

This time-locked room from Dominaria allows you to delve into an artifact-oriented room, where the Powerstones can help you unlock your locked rooms, and if need be you can turn the Powerstones into card draw with various U/X themed decks! I like the way that this card shows the use of older cards/mechanics with new Room technology on one of Magic's most established planes.

Lavish Ballroom / Wine Cellar

A powerful Duskmourn-themed rare, you can dance the night away or depart to the dank cellar for a quick nip. These are one-use effects, but the ability to tutor (and then make big swings) can create some serious presence. I like this card's limited-to-constructed feel with the power-push that resonates with contemporary design.

Printing Press / Counterfeit Lab

Move outta the way, there's ink and blood to be spilled! This super powerful card comes to us from the streets of New Capenna, with allied powers and monocolor benefits all around. This is a really fun design that plays into shard technology, multicolor overlap, potential limited shenanigans, and the feeling of how information and disinformation are collected together.

Sigil Annex / Aerie Watchpost

This hybrid Alara-themed card from the towers of Bant has some complex but grokable combat tech. Hybrid design allows for cards to be centered without overreach, and here you may want to get a little bit aggressive in Naya or a little more wary in Esper. Both sides allow for your deck to power up their given shards no matter what orientation you're going for—although in the greater scheme of things, I'm not sure what a Room would look like on Jund... Maybe a cave?

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for artists against apartheid

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Commission for @sunterelle ! I love spider characters <3

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A lot of you underestimate how prevalent British bias is not only in F1 but across sports generally, and even in other industries.

Max saying he has the wrong passport in the paddock is an accurate statement. Do you think he, Seb, or Michael would've been half as vilified by the British media if they had a British passport instead? Would Fernando? Do you think Yuki would get half as much shit about his radio "conduct" if he was British? Because it's the British commentators who consistently have issues with it, and say shit like it's "unbecoming" for a driver to speak that way, ignoring that 1 it's not his first language and 2 IT WAS ENGLISH PEOPLE HE LEARNT THAT LANGUAGE FROM. Sometimes people misspeak, but Yuki has always taken accountability and apologised if he has and if he caused harm. Martin Brundle did not get nearly as much backlash from the media when he misspoke and called an Asian driver a slur while commentating. He also never apologised for it.

Alex, one of the four Brits on the grid but who drives under the Thai flag, has said that the commentators only call him British born when he does well. He was completely excluded from the Silverstone publicity about the home crowd heroes, whereas George, Lewis & Lando were heralded, not only on race weekend, but for weeks leading up to it.

Alex's statement also reminded me of this Richard Harris quote, "When I'm in trouble, I'm an Irishman. When I turn in a good performance, I'm an Englishman." Genuinely, if I took a shot every time a British organisation/person claimed a talented Irish person was actually a Brit, I'd have died from alcohol poisoning years ago.

Hell, I see George wearing the poppy pin this weekend in the lead up to remembrance Sunday. Do you know the amount of shit James McClean gets every year because he refuses to wear one? And he has very valid reasons for choosing not to wear it, yet he's torn to shreds every year by not only random people on the Internet or on the streets but by commentators and the media too.

Because of how this sport became mainstream and because no one challenged Bernie Eccleston's monopoly on broadcasting rights back in the day (people were given the opportunity to buy a share of the broadcasting rights; the idiots said no), this sport has prioritised the British voice/perspective for decades. I know the other broadcasts are just as biased for their home team/drivers, but the British one is the biggest one, as it's the main broadcast for better and more often for the worst. It's the broadcast with the most reach and influence. Their bias has to be challenged eventually if this sport ever hopes to properly expand and grow. The British bias is so difficult to miss once you start noticing it.

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starting a petition to end this dichotomy in warrior cats designs forever

[cardo-de-comer]

batter has a bat

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This technically applies to my Stepmother AU in which Alicent is around six years older than Rhaenyra, and occupies a wicked stepmother role as opposed to ex ‘friends-to-first loves-to-enemies’. Despite lacking the foundation of shared girlhood, both find simultaneous comfort and rivalry in one another, and undergo a gravitational pull. A young Rhaenyra’s eagerness to participate in swordplay and political affairs at a young is accommodated for, and she grows up with a sword in one hand and the weight of experience in another, which further helps pave her way to the throne.

Alicent’s Costuming

Alicent’s clothing is almost entirely bottle, emerald, or forest green. While there is layering present in her skirts and jackets, the accent should always be a darker green than the base color. The fabric is deep, rich, and retains an undeniably high-quality luster. Look to velvets and silks. Gold embroidery lingers around her sleeves, neck, and hemline to elevate the coloring.

Metallic embellishments should be almost military-like, and appear heavy. Contribute to the imagery of chains or shackles in addition to her status

Draws inspiration from historically accurate stiffness and Victorian shapes, with a tapered waist, imposing, puffy sleeves, and a high neckline. Despite inaccuracies, this shape is evocative of someone elegantly and conservatively feminine, repressed, and capable of exerting power over others. Reference a classic, trussed hourglass shape. Skirts should be notably heavy and full; may make noise in movement

The coloring and shapes remain relatively consistent but lack variation; this is to demonstrate a lack of freedom and exploration, as well as an adherence to conventional feminine roles

Despite these limitations, her costuming should always be put-together, coordinated, and unquestionably fashionable. Tight sleeve cuffs may be accompanied by a more traditionally medieval fan sleeve

Shoes should stick mostly to slippers, or flat designs

In this AU, her hair leans more towards a dark brown instead of auburn, as her show counterpart. This is mostly due to faux-book accuracy and to simplify the sketch process, since keeping her hair darker in comparison to Rhaenyra’s lighter hair translates more easily in uncolored renderings.

Keep her hair either in a tidy bun or pulled back and loose; avoid too many intricate shapes, braids, or styles. Occasionally, the hair will hang loose. Lean into medieval or royal headpieces, clips, coverings, etc.

Rhaenyra’s Costuming

Rhaenyra’s clothes are primarily black and red, occasionally accented or substituted with neutrals such as beige, white, or gray. Exceptions may include blue or yellow, but she generally stays in this color palette.

Strong focus is drawn to her shoulders and neckline, sometimes with embroidered or embellished detailing. She often has strong, angular shoulders in her dresses or jackets, occasionally theatrically pointed. Off-the shoulder necklines emphasize her collarbones and a certain broadness.

There should be decent variety in her clothing; there is a hypothetical outfit for every occasion and more (for battle, for riding, everyday, formal, feasts, everyday, etc.), and most should be composed of multiple pieces and utilize generous layering. This includes under-fabric, belts and corsets, jackets and doublets, draped fabric for aesthetic purpose, and even functional capes.

Most of her clothes should provide visual aid for movement; additional fabric to her skirts, for example. Her clothes should be highly stylized but still easy to move in. In riding and battle gear, it is presumed that she wears pants and boots under her skirts, even if they are not visible.

Shoes lean more into boot cuts, still practical but should have a sleek and uniform quality to them. When she walks, she should make some kind of noise. Shoes should usually be black or potentially red, the latter for decorative purposes.

Overall her style should be more contemporary and lean into the fantasy element. She’s not opposed to oriental details or showing skin, and her costumes should reflect both couture-height drama and period-reliant aspects. Longer lines and diagonal hems mean she is not as devoted to an hourglass shape, and her high collars should always be decorative in some respect.

Keep her hair long and mostly loose, sometimes pulled back. Small braids should be implied as incorporated. Occasional hairstyles feature complicated braids. With the exception of highly decorative braided styles, simple buns should be avoided unless accompanied with very high necklines.

Avoid headpieces that are not either a) her crown or b) ceremonial.

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Hello :3!!! Doing some 20 (usd) chibi Comms like these ^ I need to save for a new laptop, so dm me if you’re interested!

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angel/demon dichotomy

[timbitshockey]

a thing i believe and have discussed at length with my friends in real life who have participated in team sports is that if you take any large enough group of guys, like, say, a hockey team. okay? are you with me? you take those guys and you put them in a saw trap style room where the doors lock behind them. in that room is an equal number of collars and leashes. you still follow? okay. you tell that group of guys that they are allowed to leave ONLY when every collar is on someone and attached to a leash and someone else is holding the other end of the leash. they don't have to do anything else! just half of them will have to put on a collar and the other half will have to hold onto the attached leash. after that the doors will unlock and they will be allowed to leave. i fully believe that in that scenario these men know absolutely instinctively and with NO discussion needed which of them will put the collars on and which will hold the leashes. it will not even occur to them to have done it a different way than their first instinct. this is a truth of the universe

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Typal Examples and More

Many thanks to Storm for pointing these cards out, but there are a few more cards from MTG history that have properties we're looking for in this contest:

The thing about Dragon's Approach and Slime Against Humanity is that they also have the unlimited-number clause; considering that those are half the examples we have, it might be a good idea to stray away from this constraint specifically. But Step Through is a phenomenal example because the Wizards in MH2 were...varied, to say the least. They were all situated in Grixis colors (UBR) and looked for a variety of archetypes. Maybe you had a token-making Wizard, maybe it helped with Delirium, or maybe discarding Step Through allows you to cast your Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar that you picked up P1P1!

I'll also note that tokens are an interesting combination to look at. When you're browsing sets, are there any creature types that don't appear on tokens that you could make tokens for? Would that combination of token-plus-type impact someone's deck choices or card selection?

Regardless, we've been digging up a couple of examples, and want to show you what we've cooked up—

@loreholdlesbian designed a nightmarish combat trick from Ikoria that combines counters, menace-matters, and the Nightmare creature type into one horrific attack. The power of the effect makes the flavor of the Nightmare typing all the more effective—i.e. it's the creatures that are born from the psyche that are best at navigating the psychic terrain. This could just put a menace counter on any creature, but at common that would be far too easy to jam any one-mana creature with this spell; Nightmares matter here.

@teaxch brought the idea for an artifact to the table, one from the modern Amonkhet that looks to accompany the rebuilders of the world. I shaped the flavor for this one with some minor tweaks including the cycling, but most of the time this card would be used for either an artifact shell (to represent the rebuilding) or a sorcery-based tempo deck (to represent questions as opposed to the instant-speed answers). Having a Sphinx in your hand to cast would just be an added benefit that might be an extra boon for any Sphinx Commander players.

Actually, that's another note: sometimes these limited cards will significantly affect Commander! Keep that in mind for how you're designing. Maybe your card would possibly help in limited but definitely help in Commander.

And as a last note, I came up with an Ixalanian card that I should add an art description to, but I wanted to get this post up first and foremost. Scouts on Ixalan can be found across multiple groups, but if the future of Ixalan perhaps doesn't involve the heavy typal and features a variety of outcasts and explorers together, this card can represent why you might need a specialist in your party.

Hope this is a useful resource! Have fun, everyone. @abelzumi

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i love when people get more loud and outgoing and happy to talk to strangers after having a drink or two it's fun to watch people come out of their shell however i am like that sober alcohol just makes me unable to mask my autism. which means partying with me is like this

friend: you were right man the people here are so cool i've made so many friend alrea- dude are you okay you are so quiet all of a sudden

me who has not blinked in 5 minutes: yes. can i please list aircraft designations in alphabetical order now

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I've had Ludovicas girlfriend on the brain for months and finally sketched her out. I see her as the opposite to machete in that she has dark colours and softer shapes. Her ears and facefur kinda blend together and she gets big soft browneyes..

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[xiaoks]

you guys have voted on whether to explode tim 😔😔

look at what you've done:

but now that he is DEAD there won't be any tims anymore (except for any finished wips).... also you guys made me very upset so you don't deserve to see the pile of timber nsfw i drew >:(

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finished their redesigns!!

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Those wacky skeletons ♥ (Patreon)