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Altering MTG cards

Refie Visual Art DK30 Fall 2022 2 1

Description

I have started altering cards and I want to do it on regular basis to build a portfolio and hopefully feel confident enough to start taking commissions (been only making them for friends so far). I have done a lot of extended borders but I want to practice more of full altering. I’m aiming for 3 cards a week and at least one of them being a full alter :)

Recent Updates

Refie 3 years ago

Retrospective

I have realized that my goals were just so unrealistic with the free time I have available. I haven’t completed any week in full. Started a couple of cards and then scrapped them because they weren’t good enough. Just now I gave up on a card I worked on for the past hour because it was just unsalvageable.

But it’s okay. I’m satisfied with the things I have learned, especially from the failures.

Refie 3 years ago

Did I just publish three updates in 1 minute? Yes I did. I liked the previous one so much I decided to do it again, this time with Negate and some flavor text.

Refie 3 years ago

I tried my hand at the cartoon style again, because my previous attempts at line art were miserable. Quite happy with this one :D

Refie 3 years ago

Welp this one was a failure. I have bought some gold leaf and wanted to experiment a bit, but the symbol turned out to be uneven so I didn’t even finish the card. I will try that one again.

Here’s my favourite one to make myself feel better about that failed Sol Ring.

Refie 3 years ago

Completely failed week 2 because I bough rimworld and did nothing but play it for a week. But finally got around to try the “advanced extended border” that I haven’t done before.

Refie 3 years ago

For Week 1, instead of the Cat Token, I painted Sean on a crab card. My reference was his face when he saw “Talk to Miniature Ranni” for the first time.

Estimated Timeframe

Oct 10th - Nov 13th

Week 1 Goal

  • Paint a Cat Token with my friend’s cat on it
  • Extend a border of one of my friends’ cards

Week 2 Goal

  • Cards I ordered will arrive so I want to assess them and plan some full alters for them
  • Paint three cards with at least one of them being a full alter

Week 3 Goal

  • Paint three cards with at least TWO of them being a full alter and using my own cards (not friends’)

Week 4 Goal

  • Paint three cards with at least one of them being a full alter
  • Start promoting myself on facebook groups or make an etsy shop? If I somehow feel confident enough after those three weeks

Tags

  • art
  • mtg
  • magic the gathering
  • painting
  • alter