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I'm kinda new on this site and so far I get my images from Google Images. Now I have a lot of ideas but cannot find suitable pictures off the Internet. I'm a terrible artist so making them myself is not possible. There are some matching images I found off various sources but is there a way to "anime-nize" or "carrtoon-ify" them so it resembles a legitimate Yugioh card?

 

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You can also make your cards written, which wouldn't require you to find pictures.

 

But yeah, a list of stuff you can use:

  • deviantArt (make sure you check that the art is available for free use, and credit them appropriately)
  • Pixiv (unless you can type in Japanese, probably should avoid, but it does yield good art)
  • Google Images (you mentioned this already)

You know what, I'll just c/p whatever I wrote in the card design guide.

 

 

A lot of us aren't the best artists in the world, and so we end up having to use other people's images. Thankfully, there are a variety of options that you can use to find suitable pictures for cards.

 

A few places you can find suitable pics are below.

  • deviantART - The world's biggest art site and community. There's a lot of artwork to choose from, although you may have to scour a few pages before finding one you like. (Make sure that you are permitted to use certain images, because some of them are not for public usage.)
  • JazinKay's Albums - JazinKay was a member on this site who compiled a large collection of art and even cropped them so that they are perfectly square and easy to use. Note that the art is sorted into albums on the side. Just be warned that some images come from other card games, but don't let that fact stop you.
  • Safebooru - Anime art site.
  • Danbooru - Larger version of Safebooru, except there is some hentai (anime porn).
  • Magic Deck Vortex - A large collection of cards from Magic: the Gathering.
  • Pixiv - A Japanese art community, there's plenty of anime art, but there's non-anime art as well. Just know that the site is in Japanese, so unless you're fluent in the language or have auto-translate, you might have a hard time looking for stuff.
  • Kyng's Card Art Dump - Kyng's card image gallery; contains around 1700 pictures at this time.
  • CFV Art - Full-art images used in CardFight! Vanguard (this is not be all of them, either past or current cards)
  • Toyo's Art Vault - Toyo's stuff
  • Aix's Collection - Aix's stuff
  • Sword-Summoner's Albums - Koko's stuff
  • Kingdom Hearts Keeper's Card Images - Kingdom Lombax/Samhain's stuff
  • M M - MM's stuff
  • hunduel's Deviantart - Hunduel's stuff
  • J-Max's YCM Archives - J-Max's stuff

Keep in mind that these are not the only places you can find suitable pictures from, but rather as some known places you can find stuff.

 

You're also free to do your own images if you possess adequate skill, either hand-drawn or done with graphic programs. Some of us are capable of doing our own pictures. Otherwise, just ask someone in Showcase to make you one. There are some image galleries around Showcase if you're interested.

 

If you need to use images from other card games, then that's perfectly fine. Some members may have objections to you doing so, but if anything, they need to focus on the card itself (and not whether you used a picture from a particular other CCG card that they like).

 

If you cannot find any images that suit your liking, there is NO shame in making a Written Card.

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