#magic proxies

[baerthe]

I haven't posted in a while cause I liked doing big posts on Tumblr. Been working on a new series of proxies using updated versions of an older frame of mine and a public-domain/stock-owned trained generator. The idea is focusing on what I am actually good at which is graphic design and art editing. Personally, I like the results. We have an Art Nouveau-inspired set, we got a Kaiju 80's anime set...

Hell we even got a set of lands inspired by the gameboy! So, this is *not* real pixel art. This is the part of the card I find interesting, the most. It is the result of a pretty complex script I wrote for Photoshop that takes a (rather poorly done) AI pixel art (in full 32 colors) that is about 8 times the size of this, uses an algorithm to try to correct for common pixel art errors, then resizes it (dithering patterned) to the right size for the GB (but a bit wider), rescales it again (NN) to 4x size, applies color filtering to the GB 4 colors, then adds in a faux pixel gird (its not perfect). I edit it before the grid for mistakes/errors. That image (below) is filtered onto the screen of the token PSD. The land as a whole was made in Illustrator, and Photoshop, and used Firefly (I have a commercial license) for the stock image pixel art.

Also doing some tokens :) Been a busy last two months of work. This shouldn't be a surprise but most AI "art" is really poorly composed and riddled with errors. A lot of them I can edit, paint over, etc, but there's a lot I simply cannot. But it is also obvious which stuff I did earlier and which I did recently; as Ive gone at it It has gotten so much easier to do larger re-paints and edits. So I'm hopeful.

[furious-jorg]

BLAHAJ BLAST!!

(Never let it be said that I am not an ally to the trans community)

I made this proxy of the card shark typhoon for a friend as a secret santa gift, figured I oughta post it here.

Enjoy, feel free to use, don't try to sell it or claim you made it, yada yada yada.

[xochilexart]

Finished this Avacyn! Special thanks to @votecheckbox for putting the proxy together. You can download the proxy on my Ko-fi page.

Also be sure to check out vote_checkbox's Kofi-page as well to see her awesome work!

[neonjawbone]

i make... too many edh decks... so im thinking about making a bunch of alter/proxies of staple cards, here's a little test run with everyone's favorite commander all-star

[whiteweddingparttwo]

@punkitt-is-here said they were playing Magic The Gathering, and that inspired me to make this custom token for the Witness Protection card!

[raayllum]

All I see is parts.

6x06 / 7x04

[goldstarknight]

Pixel Art Redraw of Cold-Eyed Selkie (2023)

The second MtG redraw/proxy I ever made. To this day I still like how the water animation turned out. :)

support or commission me on ko-fi

[vinsmousseux]

I've made another custom magic card for one of my decks. This time it's Gisa the Hellraiser for my mono black crime deck.

As always with these custom cards I was trying to emulate a specific style as a little drawing exercise and fun experiment. For her I was specifically trying to Ape the Zenless Zone Zero style of character concept art as I think all the art in that game is pretty slick and stylish. I think the end results are still pretty decent, but I also feel like this was maybe less successful than my other attempts at style mimicry with these cards. Like I think she looks good, but doesn't really scream ZZZ to me. I guess that just means I'll have to go harder on the next card I make.

[affinityforanime]

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Once you thaw out that turkey, do you prefer roast or deep fry? 🍗 And then pumpkin pie for dessert!

[vizsladyke]

Btw I made the best mtg proxy ever last week

PLEASE feel free to use this and tell me how ppl react to it

[geebiejeebies]

I built a Bloodborne themed MTG commander deck and decided I needed to make some appropriate proxy tokens. Here's the first four I drew up.

It was tough deciding which things from the game to adapt into the tokens. I also plan on doing a bunch of BB specific proxies for some of the cards in the deck too.

[baerthe]

Current WIPs

Some of the Work in Progress(es) that I am progressing work on (lol) for upcoming magic content. Much more time is spent working on the frames, layout, and UX because my time has been freed up with art editing (versus art illustration). Some proxies >:) Want to ideally do a few sets, conceptually thinking an 80s anime kaiju set (like a secret lair? I guess) and then unique "commander pack" sets that are little collections of cards (with the commander) relevant to a specific commander, like Atraxa (or Vilis is my other post). The Sheoldred here, conceptually, would be some sort of promo given out when I ship anything this year, but it's not satisfactory of a design yet for me.

Also have more tokens wrapped up, but those are less fancy aren't they?

Been using Adobe Firefly as the Art base for the card illustrations (everything besides the base art is made from scratch by me, since my focus is being a graphic designer and art director). This has been going well, but requires a lot of repainting, which at first seemed daunting, but now is getting pretty straight forward.

[misscryptidart]

Glascow Willy Wonka Experience scam disaster AI piece of garbage lmao moment I love you

[pierrelucstl]

Look at this awesome board. I'm winning for sure.

[neonjawbone]

i got a chance to play my breeches list and ended up doodling him- which i then just, wanted to see as a card....

[mollysunder]

What if Ekko and some the Firelights are the only Zaunites that came to help defend Piltover?

I noticed in what is supposedly the big battle between PnZ vs Noxus, we actually don't see Zaun fighters attacking Noxian forces. The only Zaunites we see fighting Noxians, or at least providing support to Piltover is Ekko and the Firelights.

Between Ekko and the Firelights, only Ekko is wearing Jinx's X tag. From the trailer we can see that other Zaunites that rally behind Jinx or just support her either wear her pink X, dye their hair blue, or wear burgundy red (like Silco). The firelights don't dress like this, but Ekko does while he leads them in this fight. It could be a sign that they separated recently and came back together for this fight.

From the battle scenes we get in the trailer, it's more likely that Ambessa's forces had tried to take hold of Zaun, but were ultimately pushed out. In the shot where Ambessa's topside fighting against Piltovan enforcers, her mask is clearly damaged. If you look closely, you'll notice that there's at least three deep diagonal scratches across it.

There are only two seasoned fighters capable of leaving that kind of damage, Warwick or Sevika with her new arm (or maybe dhe got her claws back). Since I'm confident Warwick would turn Ambessa into ribbons, I think it's likely her and Sevika traded blows instead.

And then there's the scene where Ambessa has lead her forces in what must supposedly be Viktor's territory in the Sump. From the few shots of the place, we know there's about 6-7 people there including Viktor, and somehow they'll manage to repel Ambessa's army back?

Really, all the teasers and trailers have shown that Noxus will try to occupy every level of Zaun from the Sump to the Promenade, and even in Stillwater. The battle in Piltover probably only happens once Ambessa's forces are completely pushed out of Zaun and back into Piltover, and suddenly it's Piltover's problem.

Ekko and the Firelights are probably only helping Piltover because they assume leaving Ambessa in control would make everything worse. Meanwhile Jinx, Sevika, and Viktor's factions won't see a difference between Piltover and Noxus since they were literally working together (really it's a lateral move to most), and are content to watch them fight it out.

Obviously we see Jinx in what could be an airship over Piltover, but what makes us think she's there to help?

Tldr: Jinx, Sevika, and Viktor's factions respectively when Piltover asks for aid against Noxus.