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

[Wren]

Are you sick of strays from rpg.net yet?

I hope not, 'cause here comes another stray...

SASart Studios

[Valamir]

Are you sick of strays from rpg.net yet?

Quite the contrary.  I would encourage you folks to enter your information into the Forge Resource Library for future reference if its not already there.

[ECoats]

I saw xiombarg's post on the roleplayers' livejournal community - I'd like to throw my name out into the ring, too. My online portfolio is http://www.ec-art.org - and there is more at my deviantart gallery.

My focus is mainly fantasy, dark fantasy, and creatures - but I'm versatile, and jump on the chance to push my limits (read as: if you don't see anything similar to what you want, ask me and I'll see if I can dig up an example).

Thanks!

[sharchen]

Hi,

If anyone's still looking for an artist, I'm available.

You can see my work here: http://www.users.qwest.net/~armstrongharmon/

Thanks,

--Ian

[Luke]

Wow! Well this kind of response was unanticipated.

Well gentlemen, a host of artists have responded to your desires. By responding they have implicitly stated they are willing to work for the price we offered and they are willing do the pieces as we've described them in this thread.

There are quite a number of talented illustrators who've answered the call. Now it's time to take the next step: CONTACT ONE OF THEM. Don't be shy, they responded that they are willing to work.

Here's how to do it:
• Look at the links, find an artist that you like.
• Send them a PM/email and remind them that you found them through this thread. Ask them if they are still interested.

• The working terms are 2 pieces, black and white, pen and ink, for $20 a pop. You will ask them to send you sketches of the pieces, not finished pieces. You and the artist will agree to a certain number of revisions per sketch. When you get the sketch, you ask for changes. More revisions than agreed = more money. Once you two come to an approved sketch, you pay them and they ink it and send it to you (and me).

• If they are still interested, describe your concept in detail, provide sketches if possible.

•If you are utterly incapable of performing this excerise, please contact me privately. However, I would like to remind you that this is part of the deal. You're self-publishing here, I'm simply facilitating. Talking to artists is your job  as the author.

Here are the following pieces that need artists:
Cell Gamma: Door plus arrows motif.
Over the Bar: Drunk RPG characters plus beer/wine bottles motif
WTF: FLCL logo (?) plus electric guitar motif
Snowball: Polaroid with caption plus curling dingbats motif
The Agency: 60s Agents plus lava lamp bubbles motif.


As far as I know Pagoda, Pretender and Discerment are all set.

Get to it, I'll check in next week to see how it's going.
-Luke

And remember, we're all in this together!

[Matt Machell]

A big thanks to all who made their services available.

Just to clarify, I've contacted an artist (from those who replied here and on RPG.NET). And the first of my pieces (The Agents) is being sorted.

I think it'll be damn fine.

-Matt

[Michael S. Miller]

Well, since Luke wants public art direction, here goes. I've privately contacted Ian Armstrong, and hopefully he'll take up the torch.

Discernment only needs its main illustration. It is to be a political cartoon of these little scientist-looking guys (scholars) crawling over, and in, this big subject lying on an examination table. One scholar is climbing into his chest, one has unscrewed his head, perhaps another is standing on a ladder leaning against his shoulder--perhaps not. Spread out on a nearby table are are little iconic "bits" that they've already extracted from the subject and catalogued.

I did a concept sketch: SKETCH 1
My wife (Whim) also did a sketch: SKETCH 2

Requirements for the picture:
1) The scholars must be cartoony--not a silly, inoffensive, Mickey Mouse-type cartoony, but a anonymous, iconic, maybe even creepy kind of cartoony. They've got to have big glasses that completely obscure their eyes. They've got to be recognizable as all the same type of scholar, even if they aren't identical (like differently-shaped glasses or noses, maybe, or not--your choice). The concept sketches used lab coats to acheive this, but those "mortar-boards" that folks wear at graduations could possibly work, too.

2) Nothing is gory in this picture! Crisp and clean is the way to go.

3) The subject on the table must be visibly assisting the scholars somehow. My concept sketch shows him handing a scapel to a scholar. My wife's shows him holding open the access panel in his chest. You can come up with something else, if you want. Somehow, he has to be helping them.

4) The scholars have pulled out a number of items that they're cataloguing. They're searching for one that is called "Soul Quality" but haven't found it yet. Here's where the political cartoon angle comes in. I thought to illustrate this with each item having a tag, and there being an empty "Soul Quality" tag sitting on the table. My wife used a clipboard with a checklist. If you can come up with some other way to show this, great.

What follows is the list of qualities that they may have found (ignore the ones listed on the concept sketches--I don't know what I was thinking). Don't use all of them, five or six should do it, your choice. Also, keep in mind that final publication size for the whole picture is 4" x 4", so make sure the writing will be legible at that size.

As for the iconic object that represents each quality, these are just my first thoughts, so feel free to change them.

Pride -- ???
Wrath – dagger
Lust – apple w/ bite out of it (Adam and Eve?)
Gluttony – plate of food
Despair – tragedy mask
Ambition – medal or treasure chest
Envy – mirror
Hope – comedy mask
Faith – rock
Charity – cornucopia
Temperance – anvil
Fortitude – gear or cog
Loyalty -- ???
Justice – scales

Any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail or PM me.

[Jeph]

As far as I know Pagoda, Pretender and Discerment are all set.

Pagoda only has has cover art currently in the works. At the moment I'm perusing galleries, looking for someone to do the bamboo-in-the-corner piece...

--Jeff

[Ben Lehman]

For those who are curious, you can watch the development of the cover art at Lindsey's deviantart page:

lindseyerin.deviantart.com/

We are presently in preliminary sketches.

[veinglory]

Just a note to say I am working on the Snowball art.  Should have something to show for it by Monday.

[Flash Fighter]

But I would like to throw my hat in, you can view some of my work at http://home.comcast.net/~wushuwrior/Index.html

[kyrn]

Hi, another artist here

http://www.meredithdillman.com/art/portfolio.html

[Storn]

Meredith, I've run over your art before... you do nice stuff.  Got a great vibe with your color.  Not that this is what this thread is about... but I just couldn't help myself.  And your black and white is different and equally as wonderful.  Dang.

Yeah, I'm an artist too.

But I'm afraid I missed the boat (and my current workload is really heavy)... the project sounds interesting.

[Ron Edwards]

All right, that does it.

Storn, that was an empty post. It contributed nothing to the discussion, as you yourself acknowledge. When you realize that, as you compose a post, it is your responsibility here to recognize that you don't have to hit "submit." What you posted is a perfectly reasonable private message or email, and that's what it should have been.

This thread is already an abomination, as many artists have been given the mistaken impression that they are to come flocking to this link to post adverts for their work. As this is not their fault, I have not closed the thread, and also, I've been asked to "cut it some slack" for the sake of the project.

That slack is over. This thread just became, not only a bulletin-board, but a "hey, I'm an artist too" chat-room, and that's not going to continue.

For the sake of the NPA, I am not closing or locking this thread. However, it is now reserved only for the posts of artists who are arriving from external links. Everyone else is to stop posting to it, and discussions of further steps in the NPA project should continue in new threads.

Best,
Ron

[Storn]

Fine.

What I meant to do was support this interesting thread.  I gave a shout out to Meredith, because I think her art is worthwhile.  I'm hoping by calling attention to this fine artist, that her work would be considered.  Sorry if that annoyed you.

If expressing a regret of not finding this thread soon enough to particpate is bad... well.... y'know what... I just don't agree.  I feel, Ron, that you are calling me out in public.. and that means I'm responding.  I think this is the 2nd time you've been overly heavy handed in a week.  Hey, I understand that this is your forum.  But that is just the way I feel about it.