Competition: Card Border Redesign

[vrt]

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20846.0.html

 


Not expecting to win here, but let's get this competition fired up a little.

You'll need to show the unupgraded Silence card as well(I assume the one you have there is upgraded?) Since three images are needed. 2 unupgraded and one upgraded(from one of the two elements you designed)

Next time update the rules at the start, not later on. I'll see if I still have the PSD, but I doubt it.

[Kamietsu]

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20846.0.html

 


Not expecting to win here, but let's get this competition fired up a little.

You'll need to show the unupgraded Silence card as well(I assume the one you have there is upgraded?) Since three images are needed. 2 unupgraded and one upgraded(from one of the two elements you designed)

Next time update the rules at the start, not later on. I'll see if I still have the PSD, but I doubt it.

The rules were updated at the start. I just reworded them so they were easier to understand.

[ArtCrusade]

My entry (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20893.new.html#new)

[Dragoon]

Thought I'd give it a stab.  My main design goal was to emphasize the card art.  There were a couple reasons.  First, we got some really awesome art and I thought we should try to showcase it.  And second, after about a month of playing, the only thing you look at when a card is played is the art.  You already know everything else pretty much.  So I tried to take the most important part of a card and emphasize it.

To that end I got rid of all the extraneous borders.  The top bar is semi-transparent to let more art through.  It's black for unupped cards and white for upped cards.  This is another quick and more obvious visual cue that the card is upped besides the name change and the title text color change in the current cards.

I think the text description area is a tad bigger than the current one.  A nice gentle gradient for the text area and the element's mark in the background helps tie all of an element's cards together.

Edit:
I changed the font from the sans serif font (Arial/Helvetica/Gills Sans or whatever it is) to Fontin.  It's a good font for small sizes and it is not too drastic of a change since it's very sans serif-y.  But I think it gives a bit more personality.

   

Here's (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20899.new.html#new) the link to the Card Art section.

[PlayerOa]

Thought I'd give it a stab.  My main design goal was to emphasize the card art.  There were a couple reasons.  First, we got some really awesome art and I thought we should try to showcase it.  And second, after about a month of playing, the only thing you look at when a card is played is the art.  You already know everything else pretty much.  So I tried to take the most important part of a card and emphasize it.

To that end I got rid of all the extraneous borders.  The top bar is semi-transparent to let more art through.  It's black for unupped cards and white for upped cards.  This is another quick and more obvious visual cue that the card is upped besides the name change and the black title text change in the current cards.

I think the text description area is a tad bigger than the current one.  A nice gentle gradient for the text area and the element's mark in the background helps tie all of an element's cards together.

   

Edit: Probably should've bolded the title of each card, but I'm too lazy to go back now and edit them.  Maybe later.  : P

pepokish made the Water Pillar art?

[The_Mormegil]

Thought I'd give it a stab.  My main design goal was to emphasize the card art.  There were a couple reasons.  First, we got some really awesome art and I thought we should try to showcase it.  And second, after about a month of playing, the only thing you look at when a card is played is the art.  You already know everything else pretty much.  So I tried to take the most important part of a card and emphasize it.

To that end I got rid of all the extraneous borders.  The top bar is semi-transparent to let more art through.  It's black for unupped cards and white for upped cards.  This is another quick and more obvious visual cue that the card is upped besides the name change and the title text color change in the current cards.

I think the text description area is a tad bigger than the current one.  A nice gentle gradient for the text area and the element's mark in the background helps tie all of an element's cards together.

   

Edit: Probably should've bolded the title of each card, but I'm too lazy to go back now and edit them.  Maybe later.  : P

Here's (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20899.new.html#new) the link to the Card Art section.

Very very nice art, and a little similar to what I had in mind too. I think I will make a swift sketch of my idea, before the actual art, to avoid (more? ) ninjas...

EDIT: This is the link to my entry topic. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20900.new.html#new)
I don't have images yet, but the concept is there.

[az4rel]

my entry is currently unfinished, but here it is. link (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20885.0.html)
when I finish it ill put the vertical ones here.

[Dragoon]

pepokish made the Water Pillar art?

Yup.  See here (http://pepokish.webs.com/).

[Olidot]

Thought I'd give it a stab.  My main design goal was to emphasize the card art.  There were a couple reasons.  First, we got some really awesome art and I thought we should try to showcase it.  And second, after about a month of playing, the only thing you look at when a card is played is the art.  You already know everything else pretty much.  So I tried to take the most important part of a card and emphasize it.

To that end I got rid of all the extraneous borders.  The top bar is semi-transparent to let more art through.  It's black for unupped cards and white for upped cards.  This is another quick and more obvious visual cue that the card is upped besides the name change and the title text color change in the current cards.

I think the text description area is a tad bigger than the current one.  A nice gentle gradient for the text area and the element's mark in the background helps tie all of an element's cards together.

   

Edit: Probably should've bolded the title of each card, but I'm too lazy to go back now and edit them.  Maybe later.  : P

Here's (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20899.new.html#new) the link to the Card Art section.

Wow.
That is so much win, it's dangerous. "Faints in awe"

[moomoose]

those are good goon, but if vrt puts in an entry for an art competition its pretty much over

[The_Mormegil]

I completed my entry. Here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20900.0.html) is the link.
Here are the three cards.

     

Note: I have more than 3 cards in the link. That is to show my ideas on a bit larger scale. Please ignore them on behalf of this competition's rules. Say they are just more explaining text.

[Dragoon]

Updated my design with rounded corners!  Everyone knows sharp corners on cards always poke you when you play with them plus they inevitably get bent up.  Rounded corners are much better.