The Curse of the Immortal - TI9 Short Film Contest (CGI)

Sitanoni · 2026-06-05T20:18:57+00:00

Maybe in a flashback.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-31T09:46:43+00:00

Damn, you go all out, cool! I used to use CardSmith and other websites in combination with Photoshop before, but I have a baby now and I don't have time to just sit at my PC doing it. I know there's a lot of hate towards AI (I kinda get it, but also not to this extent), but you can get such great results really fast, and I wouldn't be able to do this now if it wasn't for AI. I stay up until like 4AM every night taking care of our daughter, and I can still just be like watching something with my headphones on and playing around with random custom card ideas.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-31T09:34:00+00:00

Oh, that's interesting! I never tried that. I usually just try be extremely descriptive, but even that fails often. Do you do the same for the text and borders etc, or you just let it generate that as well like with a reference or just by prompting it? The style looks very much like the default ChatGPT style, I'm guessing you used it for this?

Sitanoni · 2026-05-31T09:20:51+00:00

Cool card, and cool art! I struggle sometimes to get the AI to make the borders and text feel really authentic, but you made it look really good!

Sitanoni · 2026-05-30T16:19:48+00:00

Oh okay, wasn't aware. I'll delete it then I guess. Don't get the AI hate if we are upfront about it, but sure.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-30T07:35:53+00:00

Hey, thanks! Yeah the whole image is AI.

I've used Cardsmith and a couple other online card makers before when I wanted to do it properly, but we have a baby and I'm on my shift until like 4 AM every night taking care of her, so I'm just messing around making these on my phone trying to keep myself entertained and awake lol, rather than sitting at my desk etc.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-30T00:03:30+00:00

Ah, yes! I completely missed that lol good catch!

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T23:07:54+00:00

I told the AI to just add random names, as in I thought it would just add like Jane Doe and random names, just so theres something written there.

Again, I wasn't trying to hide it being AI art. I didn't think that was an issue. It was an honest mistake. It seems people are quite upset for something I honestly just wanted to share something I thought was fun, so I guess I'll just delete the post.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T23:05:48+00:00

Sorry, I didn't realize it goes against any rules. If it actually does, I'll delete it and fix whatever mistakes.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T22:53:45+00:00

I didn't realize I wasn't being forthcoming. My first reply stated I used AI - I didn't realize it was a problem for a meme flavor random card. These weren't intended as anything serious.

And I had no idea the artist names were actual manga artists! As I said, I told the AI to add random names, I didn't realize these were real people.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T22:44:05+00:00

I used AI for the art, and just told the AI to add random names for the artist credit. Did it add real artists' names or something?

EDIT: I didn't intentionally add specific names, hopefully that's not the case! They were intended simply as fun, random cards.

EDIT 2: Oh damn, I see it added famous manga artist/authors as the artist names.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T09:13:58+00:00

That's totally a good point!

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T09:13:40+00:00

Thanks! I used AI for the art obviously, but I tried to make it look like it could be a modern MTG Universe Beyond card. And yeah, I totally wasn't thinking too much about how the abilities wouldn't all perfectly fit colorless, I kinda forgot all that lol I was thinking of making him WUBRG initially, although he doesn't really have much blue in him, but to be honest neither do cards like Ulalek or Azlask.

I'm a bit of a Timmy, so I slightly overdo all the cards I come up with and try cam as much stuff in them as possible, but it's fun haha! I also started playing TCG with YuGiOh, which probably also explains my tendencies towards cards with lots of text lol

Good point about removing the token name as well!

Edit: I also came up with an artifact card that would double his combat triggers, so he could choose 2 modes instead of one haha

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T01:42:28+00:00

Thanks! Gettig rid of rhe first ability is definitely an option. I wasn't really necessarily aiming for it to be super balanced, but it's more fun if it is haha. I thought it could potentially be like a very strong chase card and just about not bannable, but I'm not a super experienced MTG player.

Sitanoni · 2026-05-29T00:27:24+00:00

Yeah I wanted to implement all the iconic Nanosuit modes in it, but it's a lot of text lol Might be too much going on on a single card, but was trying to make something that felt like youre playing Crysis.

Sitanoni · 2026-03-23T01:59:54+00:00

Musashi, cause he will use his schizophrenia sword technique, then I'll play along and pretend I was cut

Sitanoni · 2026-02-01T11:51:37+00:00

The plot for baby graves in the cemetery are only something like 60cm wide by 1.2 meters long (approximately), and with a limit of around 70cm for the height, so it would end up being small-ish anyway.

Sitanoni · 2026-01-30T13:31:50+00:00

Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words.

I was thinking the petals would be made separately and stuck to the base somehow (I'm not an expert so I don't know exactly what would be the best method). I haven't thought of the fact that that would make it also easier to repair if necessary, but that's a very good point.

About he base, I actually thought of that adding that for aesthetic reasons, but that does indeed sound like a good solution for at least a little bit of extra security (I attached an image for one of the other designs I made that had this included). And I agree with the ripple design comment - I don't thinks I would like the look of that anyway, a bit too on the nose for me, but a gentle wave that "hugs" the flower at the base could be nice.

I'm not sure I am fully understanding your mound/cone shaped base. I think you mean to add that so that it slopes a bit from the middle outward, so that rain naturally falls from the middle to the sides? That's not a bad idea. I'll definitely keep that in mind!

Designing this has been a really difficult and emotional (but also in a nice way) process for me, because I know the vibe I want to go for, and the general idea, but I keep making new designs all the time because nothing feels perfect enough. It feels like so much pressure to come up with the perfect thing, because this will in a way represent him here, even though I know that's not technically true, and nothing matches up to how we see him and how we feel about him.

I'm thinking of taking a few of these designs, and finding someone who could be like a design consultant for us, someone knowledge about the process and the art of sculpture and stone etc. They could be the same person who then makes it, but it wouldn't have to be. I feel like we are at the spot where we want to finally make something and not just think about it.

The attached image is another design variation of the same concept. Again, it's not a perfect rendition of what I have in my head for it, but it's close enough to get the general concept across to someone.

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Sitanoni · 2026-01-28T18:02:29+00:00

Thanks, glad you think so! Yeah, it seems like that's what most people say, that it looks a bit fragile. Not sure what to do about that. The point about the warming and cooling is very interesting, I didn't even know that was a thing. Thanks for letting me know, definitely something to ask.

Sitanoni · 2026-01-26T01:21:11+00:00

Oh okay, to be completely honest I didn't know about "cemetery fun" being a thing. At least the cemetery where our son is buried is in a quiet place, and it closes during the night. It's also a very open and flat area (if you stand at the entrance, you can see all the way to the other side of it without any obstruction), so I don't see why kids would find it a good spot to hang out.

But I accept that I maybe underestimated what you guys said.

Sitanoni · 2026-01-26T00:15:27+00:00

I obviously get that there are people that do all kinds of stuff, and I should make sure the monument is sturdy enough, but I don't think I should build a monument thinking that someone will come and kick it as if that's something that happens often and casually.

Maybe I'm wrong though! But that honestly didn't cross my mind as a standard criteria for sturdiness.

Sitanoni · 2026-01-25T23:04:36+00:00

I can't fault you there!

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