Cuentos de la Cripta...

Here are two of the alters I'm doing for my friend Brian's Jhoira EDH deck. Must say, I'm a bit jelly.

I based the Volcanic Island on Krakatau, with a few embellishments.

Original cards:
Mana Crypt (en español)
Volcanic Island

3 Cartoon Alters + A Work in Progress

In the... er... rather long time since my last post, I've started using new paints ("Klug-Approved" Golden Fluid Acrylics, as opposed to the Liquitex heavy body paints I've been using thus far), and I've also taken a page from the pros' books and started doing traces onto the card instead of trying to do everything freehand, and making grayscale base coats under the colored paint.

These two are commissions, for Mike and Nick from Magic & Monsters in Mission Viejo, CA:

Yeah, Taz would be more on-theme for Berserk, but Wile is supposed to represent Nick's doomed opponent as he delivers the coup-de-grâce with Uril.

Crazy-Cat-Lady Kemba is an alter idea I've been wanting to do for a while now, but finally got around to completing. The Jhoira is for my friend Brian, and is still incomplete, but I figured I'd show a bit of the black-gray-white base-coat method I've been using for my recent alters... it seems to provide better contrast (and smoother texture) than the lazier direct-on-the-cardboard method I used to use.

Original cards may be viewed here:

Ghave, Guru of Spores
Berserk
Kemba, Kha Regent
Jhoira of the Ghitu

That's all, folks!

Dakkon Blackblade

Next to the original:

In sunlight:

Dakkon Blackblade, Professional badass and French vanilla EDH general extraordinaire.

(Completed 12/1/11 for Dexter, Irvine, CA. Original art by Richard Kane Ferguson)

Hodgepodge #1, or "I Finally Found My Camera's USB Cable"

I haven't been neglecting the card alterations these last few weeks, I just need to keep better track of my electronics accessories.

The original art for Venser, Shaper Savant features him tossing around a bunch of glowing rectangles. You know what else is rectangular?

These two are for EDH decks I plan to build. Eventually.

(Left Venser is for Mike, of Magic and Monsters, Mission Viejo, CA, formerly TSS Card Shop; other cards are from my own collection.)

Original cards:

Venser
Drana
Planar Portal

Dates completed: Oct 29, Nov 7, and Nov 14, 2011.

Why So Grim?

Before:

After:

#1

#2

#3

(For A&N Sports Cards in San Dimas)

http://www.magiccrabs.com/

Date completed: 10/7/11

They Say That Milling's the Best Way of Killing...

...Under the Sea.

(for Aaron, at A&N Sports Cards in San Dimas)

Date completed: 9/27/11

For comparison, here's an earlier version of the same alter that I did over a year ago for one of my friends:

Ulamarshmallow Man

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

(for Mike, of Tom's Specialty Card Shop in Laguna Hills)

Date completed: 9/24/11