Magic The Gathering Tokens

My original goal was to turn my mushroom pictures into counters for Magic the Gathering. Turns out, they were not ideal for these small circle chits. I had the feeling that would happen, but that's okay. Instead, I recreated each of the mushrooms individually and now I can make them into stickers and, as I originally intended, counters for Magic!

Here are the mushrooms drawn individually.

Afterward, I scanned them, made a background, and scaled them to fit on my label template. 

I printed them (after fiddling for far too long with printer settings) and stuck them to the cardboard chits I had ordered. It was a little time consuming, but I also coloured the edges of each of the chits to hide the grey cardboard edge. I'm happy with how they turned out and can't wait to use them in a game!

Eventually, I think I'll turn these individual mushroom images into a sticker sheet. That's a whole other thing to learn how to do, but I'm excited for that. For now, it may be time to move onto something new with a lack of mushrooms.

Mushroom Spores

Mushroom Spores in Field
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores in Forest
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores Three Mushrooms
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores in Skeleton
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores in Forest
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores in Backyard
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores from Two
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores Shrouded
4"x4", Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Multiliners

Mushroom Spores Part 2

 Here are the final mushroom spore pictures! I've had a lot of fun doing these, and when I've managed to finish the tokens I will share. Trying to do a variety of different mushrooms and locations and incorporate the spores each time.

Here's the rough outline work for these.

That's all the images I was planning to do. Now I'll see about getting them onto little tokens for Magic the Gathering! If they don't work out... well, I guess I'll make some simple smaller images. I'm still happy with these even if they don't end up getting used the way I originally intended.

Mushroom Spores Part 1

This all starts with a magic the gathering deck - Xavier Sal the Infested Captain. Back in the day I had a different Saproling commander deck that I really enjoyed. For those who don't know what a Saproling is, it is a sort of fungus plant creature in the magic the gathering card game universe. Usually depicted like the image below.

Your typical Saproling creature.

Now, with Xavier Sal I have breathed new life into a Saproling deck once again! Where is this all going? Well, fungus creatures, which make Saprolings, need spore counters. Counters which are usually tracked with a simple dice. However, I want to step it up a notch so I'm going to make my own spore counters with mushrooms and spores on them! It's inspired me to make some small 4x4 images. Here they are!

I'm continuing my journey into the world of colouring with markers - I like how they are turning out. They're made with Copic, Ohuhu markers, and Copic multiliners for the outlines. My plan is to put a portion of the image onto a small chit token. I'll print on circle stickers then I can apply them to the chits.

Here's the rough sketch work for each of the images.

I'm planning to do another set of 4 mushroom spore images so that I'll have a large variety of tokens, but I'm also just having a lot of fun making these. Thanks for stopping by!

Opus February Daily Challenge 2024 - Part 5

 

On to the final prompts!

It's always amazing to me how at the end of a whole month you can look back and just hold a whole swack of real, physical art pieces in your hands that otherwise never would have existed. The final push brought out more colour inclusion - it increases the overall time, but I've learned I need to do it more often. Here they are!

That's it! That's all the art for this challenge. Hopefully it doesn't take until the next monthly challenge for me to make more art. Thanks for taking a look! Lastly, here's the thumbnails and sketches again.

Opus February Daily Challenge 2024 - Part 4

 

Prompts!

Another set of pieces. I've really enjoyed doing the pictures of my family. It gives me a break from trying to brainstorm some creative idea and just focus on rendering a nice picture.

Here are the thumbnails sketches and rough full size sketches I did for the above pieces. I feel like I'm starting to get into the flow of making each piece - like I've got a pipeline from start to finish now.