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[ShadowHammer]

I'm trying to figure out how to do vector art, but I can't seem to upload it to imgur. Do I have to export it as a .png first?

Yeah, as some sort of rasterized image format.

Alright, thanks. I was hoping there was an easier way, but it's not like it's a lot of work, either way.

edit: well, here's one of the things I vectored.

[Bauglir]

So, in my infinitely salty nerdrage over Dragons of Tarkir, the most recent Magic the Gathering set, I tried to put together something that avoided the problems I had with the real set. In the process, I did start to realize why they did some of the things they did, but I also think they still wound up making an aggressively bland and safe set that failed to deliver on the promise of a Dragon set despite the number of cards with Dragon in the typeline.

Obviously, what I posted is a very rough draft. I shouldn't have taken the time to do this much; I certainly don't have time to playtest it and smooth out the edges, fix obvious holes or broken interactions with other sets, and the other stuff that you'd expect of a real set, especially given that it will never be played, but it at least serves as proof-of-concept that things could've been more interesting, and that's what I really wanted. I'll take feedback if anybody is (for some reason) insane enough to actually look through the thing, but mostly I'm just glad to have done with it. Now it can stop consuming headspace.

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EDIT:

Spoiler: Major Changes (click to show/hide)

• Clan colors are different. Each one is still three colors, but with a single enemy pair (with all multicolor cards in hybrid) and a single ally pair (with multicolor cards in gold). This means each clan has lost an enemy pair from its identity, so that (for instance) the Jeskai no longer have RW.
• A new mechanic, Conceal, replaces Megamorph. You turn cards face down for their Conceal cost, usually triggering some special effect.
• A new ability word, Commune, replaces Formidable. Each Commune ability involves revealing the top card of your library, and depends on the characteristics of the revealed card. You usually benefit from revealing creatures, especially ones with high power.
• A new keyword, Bargain, replaces Exploit. When a creature with Bargain dies, you may pay its Bargain cost and put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. If you do, you return that creature from your graveyard to your hand.
• There are more dragons now, including a red common Dragon wyrmling with Firebreathing. This justified by a diminishing of the dragon tempests, as opposed to intensification; dragons are now mostly born small.
• The new dragons have abilities more tightly tied to draconic flavor, such as breath weapons.
• Some chase reprints at Rare; largely steps on Battle for Zendikar's toes, but given how many reprints you'd expect from that set, I think that's actually a good thing. I hardly took all of them, and this frees up space for things like Manlands.

[GiglameshDespair]

Our Electronic Overlord suggests you read and follow the instructions on the terminal.

[Bauglir]

I'm obeying but I'm afraid my attempts to cartwheel like that have been met with failure, and also bruises.

[Fniff]

Are you the sort of person that has an existential crisis when faced with yard work?
Yes, yard work is amazingly pointless. Your objective is unclear (Really, you're never going to have as nice a lawn as you think you're going to have), the failure state similar (No-one is going to arrest you for having a shit garden), and success limited (Even if you have a really nice lawn it will inevitably fall apart and require your intervention). This is why most memories of being outside for me consist of me angrily raking leaves while wondering why anyone can assume that life has meaning and that justice is even a concept.
Finally, we have a game (created by me in Flash with Stencyl and sounds from SFXR) that models that feeling accurately!

Existential Yardwork!
Featuring: random generation (Exactly one thing moves around), simple controls (arrow keys, bump into things to interact), graphics (That are less aesthetically pleasing then most classic Atari games) and one (awful) sound.
Hope you guys enjoy my first game which I made in four hours. Have a meaningless and ultimately unfulfilled day.

[GiglameshDespair]

Now with added watching electronic eye.

[Shook]

BIG BROTHER IS looking violently from side to side IN YOUR DIRECTION

I like the scanline effect, it's pretty neat. One thing that bothers me slightly though, the diagonal sides of the circle has some EXTRA THICKNESS going on!! Am i entirely wrong in assuming that it's at least partially made via the circle tool? :v (also disclaimer: whether you used it or not, i'm okay with using the circle tool due to how annoying it is to make circles manually, just gotta clean up them lines yo)

Existential Yardwork!

NYARGH THAT VIOLENTLY REPEATING SOUND

Have to say though, it feels surprisingly tight otherwise. I wouldn't expect such a game to feel tight, but it does. Nice work. :v
And in other news, i went to arting course today (again again), and this time i brought my ACRYLIC PAINT SET. This means i could get some good pointers on how to use the stuff, and finally get off my arse and actually legit paint a couple of things.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mixing colours with meatspace paint is SO MUCH HARDER than the digital equivalent. :v (also potato cam doesn't quite capture the colours right, but eh)
also also here's a dinosaur i drew while waiting for the stuff to dry completely

Spoiler: ??? (click to show/hide)

[GiglameshDespair]

Actually, it's all one pixel thick.

All handdrawn. Not some tool using... tool!

[acetech09]

Actually, it's all one pixel thick.

All handdrawn. Not some tool using... tool!

Did you resize/scale the image at all? By the time it lands on our screens, it definitely has variable thickness.

[ShadowHammer]

Actually, it's all one pixel thick.

All handdrawn. Not some tool using... tool!

Did you resize/scale the image at all? By the time it lands on our screens, it definitely has variable thickness.

The scanlines are thicker than the green lines, but I think Gig means that he made the circle pixel-by-pixel.

I see what Shook means, though; at 45°, 135°, etc., the pixels are directly touching each other, rather than being only adjacent diagonally. This gives the effect of looking thicker.
I edited it a little, making it a more typical circle-pattern (original version is the left side, for comparison):

[Vector]

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[coolio678]

I'm trying to figure out how to do vector art, but I can't seem to upload it to imgur. Do I have to export it as a .png first?

Yeah, as some sort of rasterized image format.

Alright, thanks. I was hoping there was an easier way, but it's not like it's a lot of work, either way.

edit: well, here's one of the things I vectored.

I'm a fan of vector art myself, and I'm always happy to see others trying it out as well. What program are you using, because it looks like it might be Inkscape.

edit:On another topic still relating to vectors, those characters are really nice. They're quite smooth and defined.

[WillowLuman]

Vector art is indeed nice. What program did you use?

Also, cake. German chocolate cake.

[GiglameshDespair]

Actually, it's all one pixel thick.

All handdrawn. Not some tool using... tool!

Did you resize/scale the image at all? By the time it lands on our screens, it definitely has variable thickness.

The scanlines are thicker than the green lines, but I think Gig means that he made the circle pixel-by-pixel.

I see what Shook means, though; at 45°, 135°, etc., the pixels are directly touching each other, rather than being only adjacent diagonally. This gives the effect of looking thicker.
I edited it a little, making it a more typical circle-pattern (original version is the left side, for comparison):

Ah, I see what you mean.

has it fixed.

[Vector]

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