I like the idea and what you are doing, though the aesthetic doesn't quite work for me, personally.
One objective complaint - the card name/title in the middle above type info feels very awkward and it seems having that at the top still would be more appropriate.
I think they are beautiful and allllmost perfect. I dont think the slash in the P/T box should be that long. Maybe more like the current cards would look better.
The thin borders really do it for me. I think it looks so much nicer than a thick one like we have now.
I like where the mana symbol is, reminds me of the futuresight style cards without the arch of it, but i too don't like the title of the card in the middle. The title should be at the top. Otherwise very nice.
I've gone back and forth on a few of the frame's features and here's an update (beside a render of a modern frame style card so you can see the expanded text and art space more clearly) —
- The consolidated name/type box didn't turn out to look good in any placement so I went back to separated name/type.
- Reverted to a more modern style for name and type bubbles.
- Black card border reduced and inner corners rounded.
- Reduced left-side color bar to make space for a larger text and art box.
- Simplified expansion symbol and artist info treatment.
- Fixed font in P/T box, made it larger to accommodate higher values.
The next steps will be to develop a star-frame overlay and possibly one for miracles and DFCs.
In the vertical orientation, it's odd to me that the colored mana symbols don't come first. I can't really explain why, though. I also think the gold border is just a bit too orange.
Link, I tried adjusting the orangeness of the gold but it turns out it looks really gross when you do. I get that same feel about the mana symbols sometimes.
Scarth, the fonts I'm using can be found in the New PSD Links thread.
These are looking really nice. Having the title at the top makes a big difference, really frames the card better. Only thing that bothers me a little is that the art and text box now extend a little longer than the closing curve on the right side of the title and type box, I think if you had a small vertical strip (lined up with that curve ending) running down the right side that had the same texture as the left side it would look super sharp make it look very clean. I love the layout idea...really nice work here.
I really like it now that you put the title back at the top! the mana symbols don't bother me where they are and i think this is probably one of the best new designs i've seen.
Honestly though i hope the current frame style never changes, Having the art shifted to one side for alter artists would be quite the pain in the bum, not to mention how we'd have to paint around those mana symbols lol. But i do like it!
Keeps getting better and better. One last thing i noticed...Do you think the title and type line verbiage should be left aligned with each other? It would create a clean implied line down the frame. Other than that perfect.
New frame style. This time I wanted a really intricate layered look instead of the more sparse looking minimalist thing. Incorporated some of Kentu's suggestions already — last time I posted a render with this frame, I left off the lattice element entirely. (Oops.) Thoughts?
How important is it really that the mana cost be moved away from the right side of the name? How many cards are there where the length of the name and the mana cost conflict with each other? Currently the only thing on the left edge the is the mana cost, and that space could be expanded into if the mana cost were moved back to the right of the name.
Hey, Willows! Haven't seen you around here for some time Whatever happened to this Dryad Arbor template? Do you still have it? Would love to see this finished, especially for color/artifacts/gold cards
Hey Xenocyde, I do still have it somewhere in my backups, but it's a bit problematic to get at because my main computer died. It's a straightforward reshaping of the layers of the standard pre-m15 template, so it's got all the textures and stuff set up (although some of those I am not sharing.) When the file becomes available to me again, I can make it available to you and/or ping Kentu to add to the template repository.
One objective complaint - the card name/title in the middle above type info feels very awkward and it seems having that at the top still would be more appropriate.
The thin borders really do it for me. I think it looks so much nicer than a thick one like we have now.
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I've gone back and forth on a few of the frame's features and here's an update (beside a render of a modern frame style card so you can see the expanded text and art space more clearly) —
- The consolidated name/type box didn't turn out to look good in any placement so I went back to separated name/type.
- Reverted to a more modern style for name and type bubbles.
- Black card border reduced and inner corners rounded.
- Reduced left-side color bar to make space for a larger text and art box.
- Simplified expansion symbol and artist info treatment.
- Fixed font in P/T box, made it larger to accommodate higher values.
The next steps will be to develop a star-frame overlay and possibly one for miracles and DFCs.
Or can someone point me to where I can find them?
Scarth, the fonts I'm using can be found in the New PSD Links thread.
Honestly though i hope the current frame style never changes, Having the art shifted to one side for alter artists would be quite the pain in the bum, not to mention how we'd have to paint around those mana symbols lol. But i do like it!
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To buy some of my alters check out my ebay page and add me to your favorites here:http://myworld.ebay.com/queen_gothica13?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
Hey Everyone,
Willows and I are working the last couple kinks and will be releasing very soon. Thank you for being patient with us.
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Got some exciting news! We have a new template that is now available. A Huge big up to Willows for sharing this truly unique template.
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To get start this template off I would like to show a few renders I have done playing around with this template.
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How important is it really that the mana cost be moved away from the right side of the name? How many cards are there where the length of the name and the mana cost conflict with each other? Currently the only thing on the left edge the is the mana cost, and that space could be expanded into if the mana cost were moved back to the right of the name.