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preview It's a Dog's Life 2nd Edition cover art

Started by Simon W, November 02, 2004, 08:41:00 AM

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Simon W

This is not yet complete, but it is a preview of the new edition cover art

http://www.geocities.com/dogs_life2003/preview.jpg

The snake will be a rattler in the finished version (the artist had it in her head to do a cobra!) and there will be more background detail.

Any comments/thoughts?

Simon W
http://www.geocities.com/dogs_life2003/

Paul Czege

Simon,

I think it absolutely passes the "I want to play that dude" test for the effectiveness of a cover at hooking the interest of a prospective player. The war-painted prairie dogs look awesome.

Would you mind sharing here the text you provided as art direction to the artist?

Paul
My Life with Master knows codependence.
And if you're doing anything with your Acts of Evil ashcan license, of course I'm curious and would love to hear about your plans

Simon W

Thanks Paul,

I simply sent Meg Baker (the artist) a draft of the rules text and said I was looking for something like a bunch of prairie dogs on a wide-open prairie, with a snake, ferret or similar threatening them. She sent this, which I thought was great (apart from the african cobra!). Nothing clever really, but I think sending the artists a draft of the rules to read really helps.

In my case, I generally have no idea exactly what I want from the artwork point of view, so I give the artist free reign to find something in the text that takes their fancy and come up with a concept sketch. The artist usually has a far better idea of what would look good and also what they would like to draw.

I've done the same with Dreamscape (originally a 24-hour rpg - now loooking much different), which Andrew Navarro and Ben Morgan are working on. They have come up with some pretty nice concept sketches so far. Watch this space.

Simon W
http://www.geocities.com/dogs_life2003/