NPA Art Thread -- Author's and Artists Come Hither

[Luke]

Those are inches, right? Just double-checking.

Also, what about smaller spot illustrations? Or is that what you mean by "sidebar"? I mention this because I wasn't thinking of Cindy's picture being a full 9" tall...

Also, what kind of art rights are we talking about here? I assume we're licensing the work for use in the RPG, and then the rights revert back to the artist, i.e. we're renting, not buying the work, as it were.

Inches.

Spots are fine, should be 2x2 at 300 dpi or larger.

As far as the sidebar goes, I want it full bleed. Shit, that means it actually needs to be 11.5" tall. I got my sides flipped. Damn me!

We are using the pieces for the NPA, the agreement that I usually undertake is that the artist owns the piece but agrees not to sell it to other rpgs while our book is in print.

-Luke

[LindseyErin]

Yo all.  I am new, and was pointed in this direction by Mr. Ben Lehman.   I'm just thowing up the link to my deviant page, so if people like what they see they can yell at me.  Bear in mind that its newish, so I don't have a ton of stuff up there.  I just recently updated with more punkish stuff, since there seems to be that thread going in some of the games.  If there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask. :)

http://lindseyerin.deviantart.com/

[hwango]

Thought I'd also throw my metaphorical hat into the ring.  My most recent artwork has been stuff I created for my Exalted campaign, which can be seen at http://alum.wpi.edu/~wes/exalted.htm.  Other pages of older artwork visible at http://alum.wpi.edu/~wes/art.htm.  I can be reached at hwango@usa.net, but be sure to mention Forge or Art in the subject so I can distinguish your message from the junkmail.

[Lxndr]

Alexander,

You probably want to be specific about what you want for the caption. I think the polaroid imagery will communicate that something about the game is like Memento. Your caption should hook the user on what the experience of play is like. Is "don't stop" the best possible hook?

Hm.  For whatever reason, I'm currently thinking "Turn Around" instead of "Don't Stop."

[xiombarg]

Hm.  For whatever reason, I'm currently thinking "Turn Around" instead of "Don't Stop."

At the risk of derailing this thread, what about "Remember When?" or even just "Remember?" as slogans?

[Jeph]

Right. So I'm working with Jonathan Walton on the Pagoda logo/title page (preliminary sketch looks awesome!). For the piece to "lead the eye along," I'm thinking a few idealistic shoots of bamboo planted in the lower righthand corner, extending up to the top of the page and maybe above the text a bit in the upper right margin. Something like...

::google image search::

...this, but leaning in the other direction and without the accompanying calligraphy.

--Jeff

[Luke]

Right. So I'm working with Jonathan Walton on the Pagoda logo/title page (preliminary sketch looks awesome!). For the piece to "lead the eye along," I'm thinking a few idealistic shoots of bamboo planted in the lower righthand corner, extending up to the top of the page and maybe above the text a bit in the upper right margin. Something like...

::google image search::

...this, but leaning in the other direction and without the accompanying calligraphy.

--Jeff

Yes. Yes. Yes.

A word of warning to all artists: Line art is going to print better in our medium. Grayscale images will look ok, but not as nice as they should. We're going to go POD with this, so imagine getting reproductions done on a really nice photocopier.

-Luke

[Jeph]

For the record:

Art may be color, right? Or is the NPA going to be b&w?

[Luke]

For the record:

Art may be color, right? Or is the NPA going to be b&w?

In case I was not explicit: All art (that you all have to worry about) is Black and White[/color]

[xiombarg]

A word of warning to all artists: Line art is going to print better in our medium. Grayscale images will look ok, but not as nice as they should. We're going to go POD with this, so imagine getting reproductions done on a really nice photocopier.

That would actually enhance the look I'm going for. The photocopier thing, that is. ;-D

[hwango]

Well heck, I just noticed that the automatically generated links in my post don't work, because they include the punctuation with the URLs.  So, for people having trouble with those links, my most recent art is at http://alum.wpi.edu/~wes/exalted.htm and other, older art can be viewed from the menu at http://alum.wpi.edu/~wes/art.htm

[DanielSchenström]

Hi, I was pointed here by Matt M's post on rpg.net. I wanted to offer my services.

This puzzles me though: "300 dpi TIF file that is the same size as it will print in the layout.
1200 dpi line art."

So is it both? I.e. do you want two copies of the artwork, one for each resolution? Should both be tifs?

When is the deadline, I've looked through the posts but seem to have missed it? This is extra important for me since I live in Sweden and I can't deliver 1200 dpi images digitally in any convenient way (MSN, or ICQ are possibilities), so it'll probably have to be burnt on a CD (at extra cost for the postage) and sent using conventional mail.

My gallery is at http://www.griffindesign.org/

[Matt Machell]

In case people wondered, I posted a brief note in the RPG.NET freelancer forum saying we were looking for artists, since I figured some of them might be interested.

Seems to have worked :)

-Matt

[Lordgeejay]

Yep. Came here from RPGNet forums too.  I want to offer my services as well.  Samples of my work can be seen here:
http://ultorgabrihel.deviantart.com/gallery/

If you are interested, just send me a message through here:
http://lovaria.com/feedback.php

[veinglory]

Are you sick of strays from rpg.net yet?

http://billplee.epilogue.net

Ready and willing!  My portfolio is mainly grayscale work but I can do ink or fully painted colour also.