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Arika - Fake Cards

YAY! i finished my first Adobe Photoshop 7 Pokemon card! ^^;
If you can see my display name on MSn means that you already know I got Adobe photoshop yesterday but anyway, its great to be making some better cards..... right? Now i needa learn how to do this background stuff, then i can draw my own Pokemon which is even better!
 
Ah, good job with this one. And now that you're using a superior paint program I'll have to be more... strict in critiquing your cards.

I'll point out the top four biggest problems with your card:
- Its flat out broken, it can hurt the entire opponent's play field without even one drawback >__0. I think that needs to be greatly tweaked.
- Use a US adv blank, it looks a bit off using a japanese adv blank without with no japanese text, lol. I tend to use fangking's adv blanks since they are of good quality: https://projectservo.sifen7.com/fangblanks/fangadv/
just be sure not remove his name from the blank as he did create it.
- This is probably your biggest error. Text aligntment for well... everything is off. Look at a real card carefully. You can even take one of my more recent fake cards and use it to compare, it worked for me.
- Who did the Illustration? Sometimes, its the first thing a person sees when looking at a cool looking card. To me its a very important detail that should never be overlooked.

I mean no offense in your abilities, I'm just trying to help you get better is all. Overall though, its a average fake card, that I will admit. But I know you will do much better than that in the future, right? =) Well, keep up the good work!
 
OH! NOW I KNOW NOW! (thanks btw) The text alignment.. OF COURSE! ^^
And nobody did the art, its te cover of the Pokemon 4ever case in japan.
not even god knows. so.. I know what to do now, thanks.
 
Since Kai said my text alignment wasnt good, I tried looking at my cards and then I made a new card... I just drew a unown on Photoshop, it had to be quick so I just took a psychic adv blank and I started again. Everything on this card is made by me, except the card layout.
Well now I'am wondering if this text alignment is any better.
 
Hmm nice card, definitely one of the better fake cards I've since in this forum. But it is still full of errors:p.

Remember to use the "text box" tool to fill out your attack descriptions and also you will be able to place the text in left full justification, that's what I meant by "text alignment." Most people are at a loss at what I'm talking at this point, so don't sweat it XD.
Another big problem with the card is there are some white edges on the energy and symbols. Use pokemonzeo's energy/symbol sheet in PSD format. Its much cleaner using that =).

The last BIG error is that you are using the wrong type of adv blank, that's the japanese version. Use, the english version, the one with yellow borders. You can find a good set at: https://projectservo.sifen7.com/fangblanks/fangadv/

The rest are small, unoticable errors I wouldn't worry over just yet, at least not until you eliminate the errors I mentioned already. Well good luck and keep it up, you are getting better at it!
 
good cards! but the retreat costs are a little blurry (they have some white on the edges)
 
Yeah, i think i got all the errors right now, I havent been on PC for a long time so I didn't read your post until today, Kai. And yaeh I will start using the "Yellow Border" cards. Should I remake the Aegis Gundam before I post it?
 
Well, you don't have to if its too much of a hassle. I'm just saying that for future reference.
 
Oh well, I just finished another fake; Strike Gundam.
I'm going to another version of it though. The japanese-type version(no,not in japanese.)
and for the Aegis Gundam, your the only one thats going to see it Kai, I'm not going to post the one I made before, I'm making another one.
 
*cough* *cough* Can't... see... the pictures before... the Gundam ones...
*cough* What happened...
 
I was always curious as to the text sizes. I know both poke name and the attack names are supposed to be Humanist/GillSans condensed bold size 23. I hear reducing the width to 91% makes it look more realistic, which i'll admit it works. Only with Pokepower/body effect text or attack effect text, reducing to 91% doesnt really make it look perfect. Yet leaving it the way it is isnt any better.
 
Nice Pikachu. Your cards are good. I like your style too XD.

DRAGON_MASTER SIGNING OFF!
 
So, thinking of working for Nintendo in the Pokemon TCG department? You should honestly consider it. It would be pretty fun too ^^

Night Dragon_Master
 
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