[Sakura] Series 9 Booster Packs

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

                                  

 

I suppose Showcase hasn't seen booster packs since the days of - DG -, Chaotix and a ton of other veterans that once frequented this place.

Anyway, might as show off my Series 9 stuff (Arc-V); considering another user did his the other day.

 

Basically, font here is Xirod (TCG)

 

Credit to BT. for helping to find the TCG font; out of fairness, both of us were scanning for fonts to replicate whatever Konami has on their stuff.

Otherwise, Ghost-Clan and Oberon also yield similar results; idea was also to combine the two fonts in the event of certain letters.

 

(All of them should be available/free for download)

 

OCG's one is the Yu-Gi-Oh! Leisho one (I believe the third one) and FOT-Rodin.

Both of these fonts should be in a thread within the Tutorials section.

 

 

Spent around 2 hours scratching the OCG template based on a JP Storm of Ragnarok pack in Photoshop.

Think the top/bottom are a bit too dark compared to a standard OCG blister; will need to lighten it a bit.

 

The 150 logo was a little bitchy to render in terms of the kanji, so I omitted it here.

(Working on a new render of said logo, with the characters)

 

 

So yeah, most likely not at - DG - level, but at least there is an Arc-V template.

Will probably release the template later once I work out the kinks.

 

 

Anyway, please CnC

[-DG-]

Oh wow, haven't seen boosters on here in forever! The japanese logo is a little LQ, if you could perhaps find one of slightly higher quality, though I do like it!  The silver seal on the american booster could be redone, but from experience, I remember how hard it is to find those! Perhaps do some experimenting and make your own, makes for a good challenge :D

 

On the OCG, the seal should be a little embossed, perhaps a little smaller dots as well, really makes for a cleaner look on the boosters!

 

I would also try and scratch the back hexagon, would give you something new to call your own, and I always found making the circles to be quite enjoyable!

 

All in all, not bad! Glad to see someone bring these back!

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Yeah, to think I was around during you and EHK's era of them.

Out of fairness, I think yours (and EHK's/Chaotix's and whoever else made them in the old days) should still be buried about 30 or so pages in the tutorials area.

 

As already noted, I took the seal off of that Storm of Ragnarok pack I originally scratched it from; probably Google can yield a nicer logo.

The dots are a bit awkward though; think I used the square brushes to generate it with a light stroke behind them.

 

For the hexagon, I technically scratched that one also, though it is a bit messy near the bottom because of copy/pasting mirror images.

 

 

But indeed, it needs a bit of work to be perfect.

 

 

Thanks for the CnC though.

(I see you've also made one; should expect it to be at high caliber, considering your skill)

[-DG-]

One trick I like to do is make a pattern out of the dots and use a texture belvel/emboss where the seal is on the OCG.  I find it tends to look a little more realistic without being too overpowering, you should give it a try!