The Book of Negative Man

[IAmBatman]

Seems like it’d be irresponsible to not at least try it.

[tcglkn]

I prefer the idea of mummy wrapping the border with a red name panel. But I am not a fan of the black text.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Testing out the negative idea, I like it, but I like weird crap so...

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I can work on a bandage version in a bit, this guy can get alt cards out the ass, but that one is going to take more work so it might be a while.

[MrNobody]

I like that as well, but I'm in the same camp of loving weird crap. It'll probably cost 2x the ink of a regular C3G card to print though.

[Arkham]

Doesn't look bad. I do question whether we may be overdoing the custom cards? And with this new precedent of changing those areas, what that could lead to down the road.

Not saying no or anything, just making sure we're considering it.

[IAmBatman]

Hmm, it's definitely interesting! Struggling to tell if I like it or not, but it's weird and weird stuff is fun.

I could understand if it's a bridge too far for some folks, though. Might be better to just keep as the alt.

[Karat]

Bats basically said exactly how I feel about it

[japes]

Yeah the black background on the power text looks too "customy" for me. I'm going hard no there.

I don't hate the black text for the rest, but don't love it either

[Soundwarp SG-1]

Ok, trying a bandage one as requested.

[tcglkn]

I like that a lot more than the black text on white panel one.

[MrNobody]

Tbh that's my least favorite of the bunch. The stripes don't read to bandages to me as much as they do dirt tracks, and the white border doesn't look nearly as good imo. It also loses a lot of cohension with Elasti-Girl.

I still probably like this version the most;
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Looks good to me, gives a subtle hint to him being "negative", but I bet 50% of players won't even notice it. It's also cool because since the Morrison era, his look has become black sunglasses over an off-white bandaged head (like the comic art). The art is mimicking the character here, and I think that's neat.

[Lord Pyre]

The black text looks really off-putting. Definitely not a fan of the negative card. It's really hard on the eyes.

Reversing straight black and white is just harsh. Coming from a painting standpoint, you rarely ever use flat black and white. It's harsh and since they're extreme colors you can't adjust them. And we're goofing around with those colors on a card, so that's why it looks so weird. If the text was maybe a real dark red or something, it'd look better, but the flat black there just really clashes.