There are tools online you can use to make your own tokens, but they have limitations, and I want my tokens to look as legitimate as possible—and that means using the most modern token layout (which debuted, I believe, with Magic 2015) and the proprietary Beleren font. Now, I don't have access to that font, so all the titles and type-lines of the tokens I make have to be spliced together in Photoshop from existing cards. The results, fortunately enough, look really good!
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| The main figure in this art is a piece called "Avatar of Kaldra" by an artist named Nicholas Fair. After he contacted me with his name, I was delighted to give him full artist credit at the bottom of the card. The Fifth Dawn expansion symbol acknowledges that the Helm, which actually makes the token, is from that set. |
Looks nice, but the correct order should be "Legendary Creature Token - Avatar"
ReplyDeleteStill good though.
Actually, since I decided to put the token in the "Modern" card frame, the order of the words was chosen to match recently-printed Legendary tokens. Just check the "Ragavan" token or the "Ashaya, the Awoken World" token to see that it matches!
DeleteThat was a very creative and nice detail you added! I think that this is a very wonderful and well-done token! Kudos and props to you!
DeleteDo you have these for sale, and if so, how much would ten (10) tokens cost? I can pay with PayPal if you wish.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your interest! It had never actually occurred to me to sell tokens: indeed, since this image uses a proprietary font and the trademarked Fifth Dawn expansion symbol, I kind of suspect that trying to monetize it would be illegal in some way.
DeleteYou can make them for yourself pretty cheaply, though. Just save the images from this blog, open a Microsoft Word document (or OpenOffice, or whatever), and then paste the token images you want to create into a new document. Make sure that the images are sized just like real Magic cards: 3.4375 inches tall (or 8.7 millimeters tall, if you prefer metric units). You should be able to fit 9 of them on a single document, ready to print on standard-sized 8.5 x 11-inch paper. Then, save the document and find a good place to print it on heavy card stock. If you have a good printer at home, that's pretty easy. Otherwise, you can take the file to a print shop, like a FedEx/Kinko's kind of place, and ask them to print it on the heaviest-gauge card stock they have. It's not very expensive to print a single page, even in full color and with thick card stock.
After it's printed out, a couple of minutes with scissors or a paper cutter should give you some sweet-looking tokens. I recommend putting them in sleeves, so that their paper doesn't get scuffed and their plain-white paper backs are not visible. Hope that helps!
It does help. I already create my own MTG backs for my other tokens. I only use Ultra PRO Pro-Fit sleeves and place the printed backs in the sleeves with the tokens. I did not want to take the token from you and do this because I am a true believer in paying for people's creations.
DeleteThank you so much for your time.
Regards...
Jay
Hi there, I'm the artist of the Kaldra art you're distributing as part of this token. I'm a big fan of the card and the lack of (good) art it has officially, which is why I made it. I'd ask you please add my name (Nicholas Fair) to the card or remove the image entirely. Thank-you for understanding.
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Awesome! I had tried to look up your name when I first put it up, but the closest I could get was "Deems." I will be delighted to add your name to the token image!
Delete...and the Photoshop work is now done, so your name is featured in a standard Artist Credit at the bottom of the card. Thanks again for reaching out!
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