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