Trading Card game Artwork
Hello everyone. Just thought I'd introduce myself. I am a graphic designer who is currently working on a brand new online TCG. This is my first major personal project with industry talents working alongside me to produce something unique for the mobile app market, console and web.
The game itself takes inspiration from classic RPGs like; final fantasy (Triple Triad), Kingdom Hearts and Zelda, puzzle games; Candy Crush, Bejeweled and Battlecamp, as well as community driven cooperative play (Multiplayer, Team based coop and a fully integrated Guild system). I'll be promoting more artwork and exclusive screenshots of this game in the forthcoming weeks on our website.
Artwork:
Looking forward to any feedback!
The game itself takes inspiration from classic RPGs like; final fantasy (Triple Triad), Kingdom Hearts and Zelda, puzzle games; Candy Crush, Bejeweled and Battlecamp, as well as community driven cooperative play (Multiplayer, Team based coop and a fully integrated Guild system). I'll be promoting more artwork and exclusive screenshots of this game in the forthcoming weeks on our website.
Artwork:
Looking forward to any feedback!
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remembers me of a card game from a long time ago on the playstation 1 , sadly i cant find the title anymore
il be watching this!
Thank you both for your delightful comments. I appreciate the support!
Showcasing the Eminence branding.. Any feedback is welcome.
I've been playing a lot of card game recently so i am so looking forward to this! great style and solid looking idea.
I'm honoured! FFT certainly has some awe inspiring artwork. Thank you!
Much appreciated. I'll continue to update this thread with more artwork as the weeks go by!
Anyway, this art is great! I'd like to see some more.
Thank you NegevPro! - I remember Kartia: The word of fate, great game! Very underrated.
I'm not much for TCG's, but I'm totally diggin' what I'm seeing so far. I know you mentioned mobile, but do you have more specifics on all the platforms this will be releasing on?
Can't wait to see more!
Some small things to crit, for the 4 first images, the middle one with the crossed swords looks a whole bunch better than the others, because it uses value a lot better. The others are too busy and everything is too equal in strength.
If you would change a couple of the lighter paths to a darker value, you had more contrast and focus.
Also on the right one, the colors are a little problematic. Why bring in the sky blue and the purple just for tiny things ? Cutting one would make it better imo,
and also if you bring in a new secondary hue, like that light blue, make sure it is countered by another thing with the same hue to bring the artwork back in balance.
You use a gradient on that dot on the right one, but gradients break your style I would say. It looks kinda unfitting on the "hidden" character cards aswell, you do that nowhere else. Im not saying dont use gradients at all, but those are very strong.
On the artwork, the red kilt of the character leads the focus to a wrong place in my opinion. Well actually it leads in a good way, but you are more or less drawn to his crotch area which is strange.
Right now it is Logo>Legs>Sword>(Head)>Flag>Castle which is actually a very good way, but id try equalizing it somehow on the char so his head matters more. (Bright helmet reflection on a side?)
Also it looks like you were not sure with warm cold contrast. The background uses only cold, and the foreground uses warm, but only partially. The left of the character and foreground part is somehow cold and a lone stone on the left foreground is cold aswell. If you made it really part/part, the back and foreground would seperate a lot better. Especially the char should be warm as hes clearly in focus.
Cremuss, your comments are truly appreciated - The world map design is something I cherished doing as I wanted to try something experimental, whilst staying true to the visual style.
Hello Shrike, Thank you dearly for your constructive crit! One thing I would like to mention is that each division will hold their own unique colour palette. Not all of the division designs have been revealed yet so I can fully understand how the spot colours on the blue division stand out at the moment.
In regards to the the gradients, they will be more subtle once the cards are released. Very excited to show the overall aesthetics of the cards as I feel the contemporary lineart mixed with soft gradients add a new dimension to the overall stylistic elements of the game.
Furthermore i've taken on board your crit on the main concept art and will review the changes with my partner. Again I really appreciate the feedback thus far. Awesome stuff!
Thank you!
Thought we'd give out some free wallpapers for anyone that wishes to sport the Eminence brand on their desktops!
Hi Snader! Thank you for the crit. The division icons that you thought were most recognizable are actually the starting divisions we'll be using for our initial release. We are still in the process of refining the others and designs are likely to change along the way, we will certainly take your feedback on board.
For those who are wondering, the following 4 starting divisions will be Aeterna, Ixion, Wilkurse and Hollows.
I'm looking forward for more!
Thank you! That means the world to us. :thumbup:
Hi pixelpatron, thank you for your awesome comments! In regards to the character design - These are still being tweaked/refined and will be revealed once we are happy with the outcome. The multiplayer aspect will take place in an isometric - top down world, hence the choice for bite sized avatars.
They are looking quite delicate.
One of my personal favourites, an all female division driven to madness. That's all i'm giving away for now! =P
Thank you very much for your compliments!
I am glad they tickle your tastebuds.
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Feedback and comments are always welcome!
Thank you.
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Hi PixelSuit! Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. :thumbup:
Illusive - The official Eminence typeface! Available for download soon.
May the Archaics of Artalys bless you sir!
Ah Jason, thank you. Much appreciated! :thumbup:
Mimiws it is an honor to have you on board!
On a sidenote, we are excited to announce our next card for Thursday.. Roshan.
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Promo artwork for Roshan. Next card we're working on is Maximus, the brute of Aeterna. :poly127:
More promo artwork, featuring one of our future divisions. Feedback / Comments always welcome!
Aeterna division cards released thus far! Any feedback is greatly appreciated. We plan on releasing a new card next week!
For example, the cards should convey parameters and promote the cool art, so make everything else low-contrast. The bright decorative corners, the black bottom panel, make it share a closer value that simply says "frame". The best areas in the cards are the heads, where u added an overall glow that make the values in that area tighter and more readable. Try doing that for the entire character, that could pop-out well vs. the dark frame overlay.
The same principle applies in the rest of your designs: the map illustration has the borders of the land brightest, while the 'hotspots' get lost in the details. Line thickness can also play a role here.
The elaborate 'mayan' designs work well on the cards' back with the circular emblem in the middle. The emblem gives them breath and space, while he rest fades-out in low-key. That works. Without the center element and/or with the value & color variations you added, it becomes a overwhelming and cluttered. Fixing it depends on where else this design needs to go, but I'd recommend differentiating the bigger shapes through line width, value & color while fading all the rest. It might seem less, but in the larger picture it will play out as more.
Hi Shotgun!
Thank you for your comments and such detailed feedback! We really appreciate that you have taken the time to help us improve the art of the game, especially since we believe it is a big part of Eminence: Xander's Tales.
You are right to point out the importance of values, tone and focal points. Everything must work together in harmony otherwise all you will get is visual noise. Although it has taken us a long time to come up with the design style I understand that we have taken some risks when it comes to breaking some of these rules.
After much consideration we have all decided to use an approach (inspired by geometric art and stained glass window designs) which we think will hopefully give us a more original and unique look. We have purposefully gone for a more abstract approach, hence the wide variety of shapes and patterns. The contrast between the head's more readable values, and the rest of the card, helps create a focal point. The frame itself has been specifically tailored to draw your eye to the focal point as well, hence our choice of values. We hope this will become even more apparent when viewed in game amongst the rest of your (and your opponents) deck.
The art direction, design and style that we are going for is very specific and will become a lot clearer as more cards (and more divisions!) and other elements of the game are revealed. So stay tuned and keep an eye out on our official website where we will release a new design every Thursday.
Thanks again for all your support.
I also like those colors.
For those division logos... I really like those details and symbols in there, like the guy with the beard (looks like a mixture of priest and dwarf to me, ha ha) and the dragon (see post #45). But I don't know if they'll be readable then displayed smaller.
That latest logo feels a lot more colorful then everything else in this thread, which is a little strange atm, but I guess that each division get's some unique colors or something like that? Until now everything looks rather "goldish" to me, exept the latest promo with those violetts and blues...
And... excuse my english if I messed something up, haha.
This sounds like an answer from a politician (or a slick business man)
Good luck
Hi Fenyce!
Thank you for your comments. The division crests displayed on the card will be modified for smaller screens as we have already looked into potential legibility issues.
In regards to your question on introducing new colors, you are indeed correct. Each division will sport their own unique color palette to stand apart from one another.. The colors will also be consistent for each card within a division.
Here is an example of some color choices we plan on implementing for future divisions:
Aeterna - Gold
Ixion - Blue
Wilkurse - Green
Hollows - Grey
Harlequins - Red
If you have any further queries, give us a shout. I'm always happy to answer questions!
Hi shotgun! Haha, apologies if it came across like politician riff-raff but we do take into consideration everyone's feedback. We will always continue to develop the art style and your words have been noted for improvement on future card designs. Thank you for the support and hope to hear from you again once we have more designs to showcase.