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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Redemption® Resources and Thinktank => New Card Ideas => Topic started by: BubbleBoy on February 19, 2009, 06:41:50 PM

Title: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 19, 2009, 06:41:50 PM: and here are a few samples! ;D
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FArrogance.jpg&hash=cca9199a1d8302514ec7cfae84bf4fe2b5678978)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FGideonsArmy.jpg&hash=1b62b6a58fe6df3f0ccee350d8af28bd137c101e)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FJosephsDream.jpg&hash=f3d516cf0a7b82991d5e50c83deb064329c38fbb)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FPontiusPilate.jpg&hash=dd9dfa45f69eb4ed064381a5c518f8bcfd622291)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FRigidDemon.jpg&hash=31686fa0d7fb24cd49cd69cba1f647758b7b036f)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FIAmCounsellor.jpg&hash=25df5a911aa51a3b27474922ff1caefea93942f2)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: TimMierz on February 19, 2009, 06:42:35 PM: Photobucket.com is an easy way to get your images uploaded and shareable.
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on February 19, 2009, 08:16:50 PM: Quote from: BubbleBoy on February 19, 2009, 06:41:50 PM
...but I don't know how to post an image here from my computer. :-\ Any techno-nerds out there that can help me...or am I just an idiot? :P
Not the first, nor the second. Just uninformed, Tim is right. Once you upload your picture (its very easy to follow, just log in and click the Upload button) just grab the Url (web address) and add [Oimg] [/Oimg] (remove the Os) when you post it.
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 19, 2009, 10:38:56 PM: Here's what happens when I do that:
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff194%2Fbaconsnake%2F%3Faction-view%26amp%3Bcurrent%3DGideonsArmy.jpg&hash=5b914c81f1cb1c002db0a2f84de099f48d732df5)
If you want to know, here's the URL: http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/baconsnake/?action=view&current=GideonsArmy.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/baconsnake/?action=view&current=GideonsArmy.jpg)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: TimMierz on February 19, 2009, 10:45:21 PM: On your main gallery page, hover over the desired image and copy the "IMG Code" to get something like this:

(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff194%2Fbaconsnake%2FGideonsArmy.jpg&hash=80d88f234029baf1862ac906de777a9ff6644f56)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 20, 2009, 06:34:57 AM: Oh, I see. Thanks a lot! :) Would you like to see the other cards I've been working on? ;D

(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff194%2Fbaconsnake%2FArrogance.jpg&hash=29334a49342c6ca8e9c7c1392b9d1ed09e200345)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff194%2Fbaconsnake%2FPontiusPilate.jpg&hash=14dd0641ea7da0e78f085dd736caf07b3b526b44)
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff194%2Fbaconsnake%2FRigidDemon.jpg&hash=172bc745bcbaa58d405af03e52316354ffd0bfe5)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on February 20, 2009, 12:28:47 PM: rigid D i'd make CBP not CBN.

I love P pilate.

Arrogence is ok..I guess....
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 20, 2009, 04:22:41 PM: Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on February 20, 2009, 12:28:47 PM
rigid D i'd make CBP not CBN.
Yeah, I thought of that after I was done. :-\ Now I can't change it. ...I could make a new one....

Anyway, what do you think of Gideon's Army? (Tim posted it for me. ;D)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: TimMierz on February 20, 2009, 04:31:15 PM: Construction-wise, you did quite a good job. A couple nitpicks to make them even better in the future:

- Some of the templates (like the demon one you used) have extra space on the top in case you have a two-line title. When you don't need all the space (as is usually the case), just extend the image up higher. That's why the title area for Rigid Demon is so huge.

- The card title, abilities, and special ability should not be bold. I see some of your text was bold, and some wasn't. If they're bold for visibility reasons, try instead changing the color or adding an outline/tight shadow to the text. (On newer cards, like RoA, it seems that not even the reference is bold anymore, but I prefer the old bold style. :))

- I'd put the artist/copyright text on the bottom, if you can, it looks more "complete."

Good job, though.
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 20, 2009, 04:42:37 PM: Quote from: TimMierz on February 20, 2009, 04:31:15 PM
Some of the templates (like the demon one you used) have extra space on the top in case you have a two-line title. When you don't need all the space (as is usually the case), just extend the image up higher. That's why the title area for Rigid Demon is so huge.
Yes, I realized that partway through making these. (If you noticed, the title space for Arrogance was really small; it was the second card I made, after Rigid Demon.) I'll remember that in the future.

Quote from: TimMierz on February 20, 2009, 04:31:15 PM
The card title, abilities, and special ability should not be bold....Try instead changing the color or adding an outline/tight shadow to the text.
I was trying to put a shadow on the SA text, but I can't figure out how to do that on paint.net. :(

Quote from: TimMierz on February 20, 2009, 04:31:15 PM
I'd put the artist/copyright text on the bottom, if you can, it looks more "complete."
Yeah, I kinda spaced on that. :-[ :D
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: JSB23 on February 20, 2009, 08:43:31 PM: They're all sweet... you get a cookie
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: Isildur on February 20, 2009, 08:52:33 PM: These cards are over powered but they sure look nice! :)
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 20, 2009, 09:01:03 PM: Thanks guys; I feel special. ;D Anyway, I made a new version of Rigid Demon; see how you like it...
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FRigidDemon.jpg&hash=31686fa0d7fb24cd49cd69cba1f647758b7b036f)
The only thing left to do is the "copyright info."
Title: Re: I just started making cards...
Post by: lightningninja on February 20, 2009, 09:01:32 PM: Love it! :thumbup:
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: Minister Polarius on February 21, 2009, 01:14:53 PM: Like them all except I Am Councilor. Too powerful, and the cost isn't THAT great if you run a GoYS.
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: New Raven BR on February 21, 2009, 03:20:36 PM: ya know, nobody has thought up a card idea that'd bring cards back that have been removed from the game
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: thestrongangel on February 21, 2009, 04:25:25 PM: because that would be brutally worthless in RTS
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on February 21, 2009, 07:22:49 PM: Quote from: Minister Polarius on February 21, 2009, 01:14:53 PM
Like them all except I Am Councilor. Too powerful, and the cost isn't THAT great if you run a GoYS.
Yeah, I can understand that....

NEW CARD!!!
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi666.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv28%2Fbaconsnake2%2FWringingtheDew.jpg&hash=96154d2a7356015105faae8009638656036981e9)
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: thestrongangel on February 21, 2009, 07:24:55 PM: I wish.....
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: Alex_Olijar on February 21, 2009, 09:28:37 PM: I'd do the Dew. It's broken.
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: Isildur on February 22, 2009, 08:30:57 PM: Wait wasnt that a bad thing...
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: Warrior_Monk on March 04, 2009, 09:10:40 AM: I don't get how you guys say this is so overpowered...
like Rigid Demon can still be owned by all of the greatest enhancements, and he automatically gives inish over.

lol, looked at Joseph's Dream and I was thinking of the ones where the stars bow down to him... wrong joseph...

Wringing the Dew isn't that bad... as it's only heroes in territory, but perhaps make it just discard?
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on March 04, 2009, 09:24:06 AM: JS seemingly was specifically designed so people could kill the judge to protect themselves. Can you really imagen all your ecs over /4 dying?
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: Warrior_Monk on March 04, 2009, 09:53:15 AM: Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on March 04, 2009, 09:24:06 AM
JS seemingly was specifically designed so people could kill the judge to protect themselves. Can you really imagen all your ecs over /4 dying?
protection fortresses!
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on March 04, 2009, 06:24:20 PM: Aren't that hard to kill.

Viable
Besieged
The new pg killer
spreading mildew
set fire
battering ram
T blast
Samson's sac

Not as viable
Siegeworks
Im sure im missing 1-2
Title: Re: Getting the hang of making cards...
Post by: BubbleBoy on March 04, 2009, 06:27:26 PM: I believe you forgot Siegeworks. ;D