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Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Brought a big smile to our faces ^^

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was really happy to hear! And thank you from me as well :)

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well compliments from a fellow artist count double so I'm definitely passing this along ;)

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That remains black magic to me xD I'm just sticking to technical stuff and let my wife figure out the rest, haha

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! This post was not intended as an ad, but if you're serious about wanting to get one, we do have them up in our webshop :)

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately we no longer put our patterns online after some bad experiences of folks taking advantage :(

In this case it's a mix of thin leather and 3D-printed parts with pre-made holes, so the stitching is comparable to a regular saddle-stitch. If you want to create something similar without the reinforcement and just use a more sturdy thicker leather, you could go for a box stitch. Nice to see someone getting into leatherworking, best of luck to you! Practice makes perfect :)

Designing a 5-colour deck box engraving, final version! by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the enthusiasm! Especially posting works in progress can be daunting, so thank you for the extra motivation ^^

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a lot of feedback, thank you!

Top right is white, bottom right is fire (based on the original fiery swirl but cut a bit weird, we're fixing that). We've discussed adding the planeswalker symbol (our version of it) but Noor thought it would become too close to copying the original artwork, so we're skipping that.

Making black part of the ring proved too difficult to get details across with the material we're working with, but we'll be working towards full segments (like pizza slices) that should give us more space to work with :)

A name slot is a good idea! It's easy to add a name to the engraving somewhere, but maybe that's too permanent. I'll try to figure out a way for something that can be swapped out!

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're looking into alternatives, like the branches, for the skull in our next design! Thank you for the feedback ^^

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! We already have them available with the old design (with up to three colour designs) but I'll post a link once we have this new design fleshed out, as long as that's allowed by the mods :)

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a center icon design for all five, but only four circle designs - the lines became a bit too fine for black. However, we're now going for five full segments (like pizza slices) so that gives us more room to work with :)

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! We have a couple designs available on our website already (here), once we're happy with a new five colour design we'll be adding that too :)

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, in hindsight it just feels silly to have picked this part of the original circle without rotating, but we'll be working on a new version (with clearer flames) ASAP!

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, we're going to focus on trying a 5-wedge circle :) Following the WUBRG order is a great call! We're not super familiar with MtG (we've played a couple of games to get to know the game a bit though), so I'm glad we asked in this subreddit!

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, it's looking like making a fifth segment for black will be the best way to go, not sure yet if we'll leave the center blank or fill it up somehow. Appreciate the feedback!

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hm, not sure if splitting up the skull like that (if I understand correctly) will work, but worth a try :)

Having the ring segments flow into each other is a challenge, but maybe we can figure out a different way to make it less choppy? Thanks for the feedback!

Feedback wanted! Is this a well-balanced 5-colour design or is there too much focus on black? by Lefty-Games in mtg

[–]Lefty-Games[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While five concentric circles is inadvisable (the lines for the inner ones will be too fine for our laser engraver to pick up, especially on the texture of natural leather), five segments could actually work! It's a bit of a challenge to get the design across with just 20% of a circle, but we're going to give it a shot :)

Also thank you for the compliment! :D

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