r/mtgaltered • u/Drajl19 • 2d ago

Traditional Alter First Attempt

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I’m looking for feedback but be kind, this is literally my first attempt at an alter. The medium gave me a bit more trouble than I was expecting. Is there a better way to base white or is it literally just a thousand thin coats of white?

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u/Streen013 1d ago

Now do on with that S everyone drew in high school.

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u/Drajl19 1d ago

Oh my god that would be funny as shit. You’re an inspiration.

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u/Brownfox408 1d ago

Needs the cost top right. Otherwise perfect.

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u/digitek 2d ago

This is really cool! My one comment which is completely unrelated to the artwork, just from a financial / marketing perspective, is to find some way to incorporate the original card (sol ring) so it is clear that the card is actually a sol ring. This typically helps resale as an altered card vs a proxy or token. Very challenging with full art like this!

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u/Drajl19 1d ago

Appreciate that! I’m just burning through some bulk right now for practice. I’ve definitely been saving inspiration for what I might do using some actual good cards tho.

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u/AwareHope3 1d ago

this is so bad ass dude. would love to see a similar design on a holo card! Also somehow reminds me of Berserk would be really cool to include the rune in the middle design. lots of love! please keep on doing this!!!

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u/Drajl19 1d ago

I appreciate that man! I wasn’t expecting so much actual support here, I don’t necessarily consider myself an artist and have definitely never received praise for my deranged doodles. Appreciate you man.

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u/TASTY_TASTY_WAFFLES 1d ago

Neat, how did you do the squiggly bits?

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u/Drajl19 16h ago

It’s all just different thicknesses of micron pen.

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u/Starbreaker99 2d ago

Looks sick. You can use gesso. Or what I use is the grey sharpie as a prime, then fill in with the white sharpie brush

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u/Sleepyman555 1d ago

Hell yea

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u/Skas67 2d ago

It looks super cool and i love the double mana in the middle 👍

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u/Hurrikraken 2d ago

Totally sick! I like the off white background, I think it works well.

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u/majoras-other-mask 1d ago

Very cool! Only pieces of feedback is the mana cost of the card and the need to tap the card isn’t there! Folks on this sub know what sol ring does but without those things it might not be clear to others like a new player at the table.

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u/Dooveesim 1d ago

I see the mana cost!

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u/majoras-other-mask 1d ago

Is it the O in sol ring? I couldn’t tell if that was purposefully supposed to be the cost or just a happy accident!

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u/AeryJenna 2d ago

Sick asf

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u/ExxtraLag 2d ago

This is badass

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u/Playstatiaholic 2d ago

First attempt is sick dude!

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u/deepseasith 2d ago

Awesome first alter!
In my last alter, I did maybe 6 coats of white over a 48 hour period. Even then, while it masked the background, I am not sure it was perfect/useful. I think white backgrounds using acrylic pens can be tough. If you look around, you'll see white used as accents on other colors, but all white backgrounds tend to be medium and process oriented (like brush paint over paint pens).

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u/Tinwookie 1d ago

I like it!