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Life counter

Life counter
Contribution for the Macro Dreams challenge: "Iacta alea est"

Such regular icosahedron dice is used as a life counter in Magic The Gathering collectible cards game. Each player starts with 20 lives. Damage getting through are then reduced from the counter by turning the number of remaining lives on top of the dice. When the lives goes below one, the player looses the game.

I photographed the dice against a mirror. Then on Snapseed photo editing app I used "/\/" shape curve for solarization, and added a strong vignetting. Finally I turned the image black and white, using green filter to make the dice look even darker.

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Magic The Gathering The Musical by Zombie Cat Productions at YouTube =,D

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7 comments - The latest ones
 Colin Ashcroft
Colin Ashcroft club
A memory restored, I have one of these dice somewhere .... I wonder where .... I know it’s blue. I have promised myself not to start a search through box after box of all my possessions!
3 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
superbe macro et traitement
3 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Oh great ! I’ve never heard of this game
3 years ago.
 Au Cœur... diagonalhorizon
Au Cœur... diagonalh… club
ooooouh
I love this graphical treatment !
3 years ago.
 Ghislaine
Ghislaine club
Je connais ces dés de jeux de plateau.
J'ai eu des dés pipés et des dés sphériques que j'ai perdus.
As-tu essayé de visualiser ton image après une rotation de 90⁰ ou 180⁰ ?
3 years ago.
Sami Serola (inactiv… club has replied to Ghislaine club
Merci, Ghislaine =)

www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/50684914/in/group/2536444

180⁰ indeed works, making the reflection look less like a reflection, and as an other dice instead. Moreover, the symbol for full 20 lives now looks like it is on top.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Ghislaine club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Merci d'avoir essayé : ce n'était pas très commode de retourner l'écran pour avoir l'autre vue !!!
;o)
3 years ago.

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