For the original image that I was using had a lot of red and blue in it. I find that when you add gold text boxes and colored mana symbols that they can often clash with the colors of the image. Of course the art director at Wizards knows this, and this is why you will see that the color scheme of the card art matches the borders and the mana symbols in modern cards. 

When making my own alters I've found that the selective color filter in Photoshop helps a lot. In the Vish Kal I've removed most of the red and blue to make it more black and white. Also, I've used the most prominent color as the background color in the rules text box. 

I originally got into altered art after trying and failing to make proxies look as good as their digital counterparts. This is probably the first card I've done that actually lives up to the standards that I've always dreamed about ever since I saw my first digital proxies.