Just call me Puff Meri.

[azurite]

Well, so the eye is not improving. Or it wasn't this morning, so prior to going to class I went to the school optometrist, who gave me antibiotic eye drops. Being contagious (and looking like some sort of pirate come assault victim) she told me to ditch school for today and tomorrow... yay? It's only the second day of my TR classes, but I'm already missing three... and tomorrow is the first day of my ballet classes! *wail* Well, I went in and told Sal I couldn't come in for the Sundial, and he actually thought I was supposed to come in yesterday, when all this hiatus began! (In my defense, I wasn't supposed to come in. Jodie drew up my schedule just before the problem escalated. Therefore, I wasn't scheduled for coming in the evening-- not till next week). The likelihood that this'll be cleared up by tomorrow morning or evening is slim to nil. I want to try and make anime club, at least, but there's no guarantees.

But I am doing something somewhat productive with my time-- I got my FFnet email working again (mysteriously), and I decided to splurge on a font from Emigre-- the Matrix Regular font, for only $39. And after much scanning, coloring, filtering, editing, and typing, we have the fruits of my labor AND my money...




The process:
(1) Scan an existing Yu-Gi-Oh Card (in this case, the magic --yes, I said magic-- card "Dragon's Gunfire). I tried to find templates, such as those used in Yu-Gi-Oh Virtual Desktop, or for Konami's PoC or YGO Online games, but no luck. Scans of cards online were of poor quality, and were either watermarked or cut off the edges.

(2) Remove the original text using the clone stamp, the smudge tool, and the blur tool. Lather, rinse, repeat.

(3) Take some of guardian_kysra's original work for Mamono's fanfiction "In The Sands of Egypt" and recolor it. Use filters and special tools to achieve certain textures, color effects, shading, and so on.

(4) Add in my own text, ranging from a first-in-series card number (AZU-001) and also the fic information (title, author, summary, genres). Credit is, of course, given to Kysra for the original art.

Ta-dah!

So I'm thinking of starting up a series of these for fics. If you want a card, give me all the juicy details:
- What sort of card would you like as the template? (Ritual - Blue, Trap - Red Violet, Spell/Magic - Green, Normal Monster - Gold, Effect Monster - Rust)
- If you choose a Monster card, what would you like specified as the ATK/DEF?
- If you chose Spell/Magic or Trap, would you like any additional icons, such as Quick Play/Instant, Ritual, etc?

You'd have to provide me with fanart, preferably of a large size and pre-colored.

And if no one wants any, I plan on making a bunch of joke Yu-Gi-Oh cards anyway, similar to Magic: the Gathering's UNGLUED set. If people want to help me with that, provide me with funny names, images, or ideas for cards.

Anyway, I have to get around to a bunch of other things... once I get better. But this impairment of mine means sitting in front of a computer isn't so fun anymore. I'm now "One Eye" Sweet, and it's not fun. I just want this to go away. Of all infections, why an eye infection? Why not an ear one, so I could take that bubblegum flavored medicine, or even a stomach infection (like Scott!) so I could subsist entirely on bagels?

Stupid contacts.

Comments

[shockman.livejournal.com]

Wow, did you get pinkeye? Bleech. You do ballet? I don't like dancing... Is it any fun? Hehehe... That's a funny card. Can you do one for me? Or maybe you could give me a balnk scanned version? Please?!?! -shockman

Nooope!

[azurite]

Not pink eye, conjunctivitis.

Yes, ballet-- I like dancing. I'm sort of a Téa clone, but with more attitude, and less friendship talks. I just started class yesterday, and it was okay. It'll get challenging soon enough.

I'd be glad to make you a card, but like I said, you'd need to give me details as to what you'd want on it. If you wanted a blank card, you'd still have to tell me what kind of card, and what, if anything, you wanted on it.

Re: Nooope!

[shockman.livejournal.com]

Yeech... That's an evil disease. My sis had it once. Not pretty... Hehehe "a Téa clone, but with more attitude, and less friendship talks". That's a good way to put it. Could you scan Blue Eyes and a counter play trap card? I already know what I'm gonna put on it too. -shockman

Re: Nooope!

[azurite]

I have three Blue Eyes variations to choose from-- the Kaiba starter deck standard (looks kind of small), the special Shonen Jump one (sparkly, with the Egyptian tablet in the background), and another one with it doing the Burst Stream/White Lightning attack. Any one you fancy?

As for Counter Play trap cards, I'll have to look through my stash. I think you mean something like Mirror Force, right?

If you already know what you want me to put on it, you can say so-- just as an FYI, I actually PURCHASED the Yu-Gi-Oh font, so I'm not going to distribute it freely left and right. Sorry.

Re: Nooope!

[shockman.livejournal.com]

Psh. Don't worry about sending me the text if you had to pay for it. I don't like mooching. If you want money for it I could send you some if you have paypal. Uh, I don't really mind which one... Yah, mirror force would be fine too. THX. -shockman

Re: Nooope!

[azurite]

What I meant was, I'm creating custom cards for fun-- not cards to be used in real duels, tourneys, etc. These can't be printed or anything, which is why I'm asking anyone who wants custom cards to tell me the exact details of how they want their card to look. Give me a few days and I can make it. If you have your own ideas, I can send you the template of a Counter Trap card, the 167 x 167 image of a Blue Eyes, and that's it.

Re: Nooope!

[shockman.livejournal.com]

Uh... yeah. I never thought these cards were real. I just thought it'd be fun to try to make one. -shockman

Re: Nooope!

[azurite]

I wasn't implying that the cards WERE real obviously, but plenty of people out there would love for me to send them the font so they could make counterfeit cards. I wanted to make it clear that I won't be sending anyone the font at all, but I'm happy to make cards FOR people, for the purposes of displaying it on the web.

Re: Nooope!

[shockman.livejournal.com]

Oh, you meant counterfeit cards... Okay, yeah. Don't need to worry about me doing that. I wouldn;t even know where to start looking for the type of paper they use for the cards much less how to forge and print them. Well, then that was smart to think ahead. -shockman

Coooooooooool!

[cutieme4u.livejournal.com]

I stopped playing Yu Gi Oh cards a long time ago, but I must admit your card looks awesome!

Re: Coooooooooool!

[azurite]

Waaai, thank you! ^_^

well, try the other thing

[katiat325.livejournal.com]

for your eye, how about trying to use chamomile tea...or green tea...or any kind of herbal tea really. Make some, then dip a piece of cotton (either a ball or one of those round pieces that people use to apply concealer or whatever) and then press it to your eye for like half an hour...make sure to re-dip every now and then within that half an hour, and do it 2-3 times a day.

Sound silly, I know...but hey, it works for me if I ever get something wrong with any one of my eyes.

*jaw drops*

[guardian-kysra.livejournal.com]

How c-could I have missed this??? O.O

AZ! You are divine *glomp*

Re: *jaw drops*

[azurite]

*snicker* Don't worry, you're not the only one! I plan on making more, too, esp. for Playing Tag, because it would have made such a killer Valentine's Day card (but I'm just so belated in every holiday). Would you like a certain particular one, maybe? I made another one-- not sure if I uploaded it to my Pics Gallery, but it was a Seto Kaiba card where his "special effect" was 'enlarging all breasts on the field.'

...it's a long story. ^_^ Anyway~!