Would You Like Some Custom Sleeves With Tappedout Logos on Them?
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Posted on Dec. 29, 2014, 3:18 p.m. by Femme_Fatale
So, as you can see, Tolarian Community College has finished the review I was waiting for a month ago, when I was on hiatus. Considering his grades of B+ and B, I can definitely say that these custom cards from Inked Playmats are definitely worth it! However they are expensive, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Sleeve your sleeves!
As some may remember, I've posted images to use for custom sleeves of various labels and artwork that are shown around T/O. These images will help users advertise this site, or just feel like they are a greater part of the community.
Please note that I'm only doing sleeves. The images required for custom play mats and other things are massive, and T/O doesn't have images of that size just yet. I would like to do the "Ornithopter's Have Been Deployed" image, but that is too small to use for a playmat
Without further ado, here are some sample images that can can be used for Inked Playmats custom sleeve orders.
There are some things I want to mention: I can do jpeg and png, it is best to only put it in one of those image. I'm using 8/bit channel, purely because the other channels seem to give off a weird white glow, and nor does the Colour Replacement tool work for them. That tool is what makes changing the border colours so easy, and why I can churn out an image within a few minutes.
The border MUST be there, it is a requirement by tournament rules. This is so that you can't cheat by looking at the images at the edges of the card, as sometimes the cut or print of the image/card isn't perfect, and you can tell through slight variations. So once again, the borders must be there, and they must be a single solid colour all around. No effects or details are allowed. However, some images are small enough to not require a border, these look nice, but T/O doesn't have any images that would look nice with just a solid background.
I suggest that if you are going to buy these sleeves, buy a certain number of sleeve all in one go, otherwise you'll most likely end up with discolouration between sleeve orders, due to the complexity of how they are made. I cannot confirm this discolouration, as I have yet to buy them in that amount and Tolarian Community College did not mention anything about them.
I can do requests to change the border of the images to any colour. I can do multiple borders, IE, one (or more) border(s) under the first, to create an "inner glow". I can do more specific requests like change the colour of the base image, do some different effects, add or subtract some things ... Many things. Just remember that complicated suggestions will take some time, as my photoshop experience is limited, though creative.
Finally, I will only take requests to altar or do T/O RELATED IMAGES. There is a reason for this. Inked Playmats has their own service to altar, fix and change the images themselves upon user request if the user doesn't know how to do it. This is how they make some additional money, and I do not want to be taking their business away. So once again, I'll only be doing T/O related images. If you do not know how to photoshop, you are going to have to pay the little bit extra to have Inked Playmats fix the image for you.
I hope you enjoy the images I presented, and hope that this service goes on strong and many people start ordering and advertising T/O through custom orders ^u^
VampireArmy says... #4
Outdoing yourself as usual Ms Fetale! I'll be sure to grab one of these when I get the cash!
December 29, 2014 3:50 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #5
I have three separate images for that Epochalyptik, I'll show them to you in a moment.
December 29, 2014 3:53 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #6
Here are the images Epochalyptik, the first one is the one I normally use as it was taken straight from the site, and the second one is the one I found on the net just recently. It has different colours, but seems to be crisper. Now what could be done is we could just give Inked Playmats this image and say "I want this in a playmat" and pay the extra charge for them to do it themselves.
December 29, 2014 4:05 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #7
Okay ... photobucket is being a pain in the ass with their automatic image resizing. Here's the full size of image #1 just using gyazo like I did with all the card sleeves.
December 29, 2014 4:07 p.m.
Blind_Guardian says... #10
This is a must-buy for me, no clue what to pick though. Excellent work femme!
December 29, 2014 5:22 p.m.
The thopters without a logo looks great with the black, white, or light blue border.
December 29, 2014 5:24 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #13
Just want everyone to know that the grey that is used in the borders is one of T/O's signature greys.
At least I think it is. I should probably check that again.
December 29, 2014 5:27 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #14
I really want thopter ones but 45 bucks for 80 sleeves is a bit much
December 29, 2014 5:36 p.m.
Blind_Guardian says... #15
Where can I find shipping rates on their site? (I live in Sweden)
December 29, 2014 5:43 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #17
Add the stuff to your cart and go to check out benjamin_is_nuts, it'll show the shipping estimates there, as you can select your destination.
December 29, 2014 5:51 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #18
:O
The grey is not T/O grey! Well now, that has to be fixed ASAP.
Which grey would everyone prefer, comment box grey or background grey?
December 29, 2014 5:55 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #20
Oh wait that's for 105, never mind, I can't read.
December 29, 2014 6:01 p.m.
Very impressive! I might have to save up to buy myself some of these. I like the idea of having the Ornithopters have been depolyed sleeves.
December 29, 2014 6:14 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #22
Okay so now someone go pro status and Patti with these at s gp
December 29, 2014 6:19 p.m.
Hmm....I have a birthday coming...in a few months....I'll need to show these to my parents. They look awesome xD
December 29, 2014 7:52 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #24
So, which image(s) are good for submitting as playmat art?
December 29, 2014 10:21 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #25
None of them. They are only for sleeves.
Playmart art requires pixels of this size: 3675 x 2175
The pixel size required for sleeves: 420 x 570
I'm pretty sure you can see the size difference now.
December 29, 2014 10:53 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #26
@ Femme_Fatale. How hard would it be to get my user name, as it appears on here, to appear on the left alongside the 1st image of the tapped out main logo?
I can't get my name to appear like that on anything else to edit it onto that image. But again, I'm not experienced at all in that sort of thing. Would you be so kind to help me out please? If it's not too much trouble?
January 3, 2015 1:19 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #29
Give about a few hours to figure out how to do it. I'm unsure as to whether or not photoshop accepts html coding, but if I can't do it through coding I can find various other methods of doing it.
January 3, 2015 5:53 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #31
I'm almost done. And I did a little editing on the first black based logo. If you look at the image, you'll notice that it is very sharp and pixelated, both in terms of the logo and the background. I fixed that.
January 3, 2015 8:42 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #32
Awesome. Again thank you, Femme_Fatale. May I buy you some feature tokens, as tokens of my gratitude?
January 3, 2015 8:49 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #33
Too late, I already did - I think. I bought the tokens and put your name in there. I didn't receive them so hopefully you did.
January 3, 2015 8:57 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #34
Tagging: VampireArmy, vampirelazarus, TheHroth, Epochalyptik, JakeHarlow, aeonstoremyliver, ThisIsBullshit, bigguy99, benjamin_is_nuts and xzzane.
Okay everyone! A fairly important update here! The very first image has undergone a pretty dramatic quality check, at the cost of the logo being a tad bit blurrier, I removed the pixelation and sharp artifacts from the background and around the logo, the whole image should look cleaner now.
Old Image:
New Image:
There are some pros and cons. The background is no longer pixelated, so you don't have weird pink blocks in the middle of a grey background. You also can't exactly see where one colour starts and another ends on the background either, I tried to blur those colour lines away. Finally, the artifacting around the letters was removed to the best of my abilities. Now the cons is that the logo is no longer the same. It is slightly blurrier along the edges, and while I tried to sharpen the letters themselves, I'm unsure of just how effective I was at doing that.
The final con, is well, you may have already bought custom sleeves with this image. So you are shit out of luck.
January 3, 2015 9:06 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #36
January 3, 2015 9:14 p.m.
The font isn't the same D: but the fourth one looks good.
January 3, 2015 9:16 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #38
As in his name?
He is using a custom font for his name, you might not have that font installed on your pc, so you might not be able to see it.
January 3, 2015 9:18 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #40
I like the 3rd and 4th placements the best, thank you Femme_Fatale!!!
Did you get the tokens?
January 3, 2015 9:24 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #41
I would say yes, I did. I haven't actually checked how many tokens I had prior to the gift, though I'm sure I was running out.
Thank you for your wonderful appreciation gift of gratitude~
January 3, 2015 9:27 p.m.
The new image looks much better, thanks Femme_Fatale!
January 3, 2015 9:30 p.m.
DeathChant17 says... #43
Thank you for the favor :) I'm geeking out so bad right now I'm giddy.
January 3, 2015 9:31 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #45
I will probably pick up a set sometime in the future.
January 3, 2015 9:48 p.m.
shinobigarth says... #46
cool idea, but don't you wanna have the URL on there to help with bringing in people that notice them at FNM?
January 16, 2015 8:13 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #47
Because ... all I would have to say is that it is a website? I don't have that good of photoshopping skills to duplicate that font style to adding .com at the end.
January 17, 2015 3:34 a.m.
shinobigarth says... #48
i guess so....though SCG's logo has the .com in it, but whatever. you're not the one that made our logo. i do love their minimalist logo though.
would be cool if we had some sick exclusive art for sleeves with a small TO logo in the corner the way they do with some of their sleeves. something really cool to show off for anyone here who may find themselves at GP or whatever.
January 17, 2015 5:07 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #49
It would have to be art that one of our users submit to us for exclusive T/O custom sleeve use.
January 17, 2015 4:08 p.m.
shinobigarth says... #50
yep i realize that. theres gotta be at least one talented artist somewhere around here.
in the mean time, the ornithopters art with logo is ok, except to me the logo doesnt seem to fit with the art....id like to see what the "color wheel" logo looks like on the ornithopter
Epochalyptik says... #2
I'm a fan of the third design (the one with the color wheel and site name on the mottled background).
As for playmats, I wonder if I can come up with something. I need the thopter page...
December 29, 2014 3:27 p.m.