Shrink's Free Card Art

[Shantu]

Your art looks great. Here are my ideas for Divine Glory:
(Note: these would probably require the complete redraw of the picture, so feel free to ignore my rambling)
- Remove her wings. It's her swords that fly, not herself. Of course, the wings make her look overall more angelic and divine so.. don't know.
- Leave her face as is: the empty eyes and blank expression (in my opinion) give her an aura of divinity and coldness.
- Make the swords look like the ones in the game; a sword made of light. This could be displayed via a dark blackground which is lighted up by the light of the swords.
- Remove the sword from her left hand; make her either play with flames (might conflict with the expressionless face) or just have some fire in her palm/on her fingers. Alternatively, her swords could be coated in fire.
- Draw 2 or 3 swords floating around her
- Her armor looks good, the red color reminds me of blood.

 

[Shrink]

Your art looks great. Here are my ideas for Divine Glory:
(Note: these would probably require the complete redraw of the picture, so feel free to ignore my rambling)
- Remove her wings. It's her swords that fly, not herself. Of course, the wings make her look overall more angelic and divine so.. don't know.
     Well I wanted the picture to represent the deck itself. Not as if the FG is using the deck. Maybe others will agree with you.
- Leave her face as is: the empty eyes and blank expression (in my opinion) give her an aura of divinity and coldness.
     A goddess seems as she would have more than the expression on coldness, but I'll keep that in mind.
- Make the swords look like the ones in the game; a sword made of light. This could be displayed via a dark blackground which is lighted up by the light of the swords.
     I was actually planning on having the swords glow. My inability to be able to copy over exact pictures is preventing me from drawing Morning Glory well enough. The swords well be blades of light.
- Remove the sword from her left hand; make her either play with flames (might conflict with the expressionless face) or just have some fire in her palm/on her fingers. Alternatively, her swords could be coated in fire.
     I'm not sure if the best way to approach the explosion is by removing the weapon. I want to show how she can wield more weapons than other FG's.
- Draw 2 or 3 swords floating around her
     Definitely a possibility.
- Her armor looks good, the red color reminds me of blood.

 

Thank you very much for your suggestions. They're much appreciated. This is the hardest, longest project I've worked on so everything you say helps.

[EmeraldTiger]

I did further editing and now i call it Ghost Mace.

[Shrink]

I did further editing and now i call it Ghost Mace.

Very cool and very eerie. An interesting edit of the original ^^

[ZephyrPhantom]

Your art looks great. Here are my ideas for Divine Glory:
(Note: these would probably require the complete redraw of the picture, so feel free to ignore my rambling)
- Remove her wings. It's her swords that fly, not herself. Of course, the wings make her look overall more angelic and divine so.. don't know.
     Well I wanted the picture to represent the deck itself. Not as if the FG is using the deck. Maybe others will agree with you.
   I'd keep the wings, but I think they need to be in a more "curved over" or "embrace" shape - the wings extending off the image ATM seems kind of off or unimposing.\
   - Leave her face as is: the empty eyes and blank expression (in my opinion) give her an aura of divinity and coldness.
     A goddess seems as she would have more than the expression on coldness, but I'll keep that in mind.
   Coldness implies water, but the blank expression on her face fits really well with the picture, too. I think I'll wait until the face gets developed a bit more.
- Make the swords look like the ones in the game; a sword made of light. This could be displayed via a dark blackground which is lighted up by the light of the swords.
     I was actually planning on having the swords glow. My inability to be able to copy over exact pictures is preventing me from drawing Morning Glory well enough. The swords well be blades of light.
   I'd say this is up to interpretation.
- Remove the sword from her left hand; make her either play with flames (might conflict with the expressionless face) or just have some fire in her palm/on her fingers. Alternatively, her swords could be coated in fire.
     I'm not sure if the best way to approach the explosion is by removing the weapon. I want to show how she can wield more weapons than other FG's.
   Maybe have a fireball floating on either side of her? Explosions are cheap cards so she probably doesn't hurl giant meteors at enemies and flaming swords imply Farenheits.
- Draw 2 or 3 swords floating around her
     Definitely a possibility.
   Agreed.
- Her armor looks good, the red color reminds me of blood.
   +1 to this.
 

Thank you very much for your suggestions. They're much appreciated. This is the hardest, longest project I've worked on so everything you say helps.

My thoughts are in light blue and in the spoiler. Keep it up srm, this is looking great. 

[Shrink]

Your art looks great. Here are my ideas for Divine Glory:
(Note: these would probably require the complete redraw of the picture, so feel free to ignore my rambling)
- Remove her wings. It's her swords that fly, not herself. Of course, the wings make her look overall more angelic and divine so.. don't know.
     Well I wanted the picture to represent the deck itself. Not as if the FG is using the deck. Maybe others will agree with you.
   I'd keep the wings, but I think they need to be in a more "curved over" or "embrace" shape - the wings extending off the image ATM seems kind of off or unimposing.
           Yes, the wings do need work. Fortunately, I haven't worked too much on them.
              Do you mean something like this?
              - Leave her face as is: the empty eyes and blank expression (in my opinion) give her an aura of divinity and coldness.
     A goddess seems as she would have more than the expression on coldness, but I'll keep that in mind.
   Coldness implies water, but the blank expression on her face fits really well with the picture, too. I think I'll wait until the face gets developed a bit more.
           I am working on the face and hair right now.. I will update the drawing soon to appreciate these thoughts.
- Make the swords look like the ones in the game; a sword made of light. This could be displayed via a dark blackground which is lighted up by the light of the swords.
     I was actually planning on having the swords glow. My inability to be able to copy over exact pictures is preventing me from drawing Morning Glory well enough. The swords well be blades of light.
   I'd say this is up to interpretation.
- Remove the sword from her left hand; make her either play with flames (might conflict with the expressionless face) or just have some fire in her palm/on her fingers. Alternatively, her swords could be coated in fire.
     I'm not sure if the best way to approach the explosion is by removing the weapon. I want to show how she can wield more weapons than other FG's.
   Maybe have a fireball floating on either side of her? Explosions are cheap cards so she probably doesn't hurl giant meteors at enemies and flaming swords imply Farenheits.
           I like this idea, it is developing well.
- Draw 2 or 3 swords floating around her
     Definitely a possibility.
   Agreed.
           This will probably happen nearing the end of the piece.
- Her armor looks good, the red color reminds me of blood.
   +1 to this.
 

Thank you very much for your suggestions. They're much appreciated. This is the hardest, longest project I've worked on so everything you say helps.

My thoughts are in light blue and in the spoiler. Keep it up srm, this is looking great. 

Thanks! I will try my best not to procrastinate 

[Jocko]

Maybe you could enlarge the image size, so no part is cut off, and draw the wings in this shape:
  _________
/       |   |       \
\__   |   |   __/
       

I dunno if you get what i say. Those things in the middle is the body.

[ZephyrPhantom]

           Do you mean something like this?
             

Yup.
EDIT : The below post by Kamietsu is a much better example of what I mean. ^^;

Maybe you could enlarge the image size, so no part is cut off, and draw the wings in this shape:
  _________
/       |   |       \
\__   |   |   __/
       

I dunno if you get what i say. Those things in the middle is the body.

That kind of puts DG a little out of focus with the current wings (and makes it a rectangular image or a square image w/empty space, which makes it less ideal for a card idea.) Enlarging the image size a little doesn't seem a bad idea though since it'll probably make the final image less crowded and gives more room for the wings.

Overall, I'd suggest enlarging the image size and using wings like the one in the above spoiler.

[Kamietsu]

I believe what Z is suggesting is the wings flow in a similar way as to these three example images:
Bottom pair of wings

[Shrink]

I updated picture with wings sketch and face color. I like the wings very much this way, so I think I'll stick with them.

Thoughts?

[EmeraldTiger]

I learned something new doing this.

[ZephyrPhantom]

I learned something new doing this.

Hmmm... interesting, but I'd like to see how srm's version develops.

Otherwise, just bumping this thread to say it looks good, keep it up.