Topic: the ART of TRoS
Started by: Ben
Started on: 8/31/2002
Board: The Riddle of Steel
On 8/31/2002 at 5:08pm, Ben wrote:
the ART of TRoS
Howdy Strangers,
GII: So what kind of art is everyone hoping to see in the upcoming supplements.
Styles? Pencils, B/W Inks, Digital, ...(Jake really hopes you say B/W Inks)
Subjects? Bloody Deaths, Warm and Fuzzy, Landscapes, outdoorscenes, charactures, your mom(er, maybe not this one)...
and whatever else
Ah what the hell,
What're your favorite pics for the core book.
And what is the best pic and WHY. (ego boosts all around)
Also,
Which pics really chap your rear.
and what is the worst pic and WHY. (that's right, build us up and then tear us down, see if you can make any of us cry!)
try to give page numbers and editions
Ben,
Who is now thinking twice about this post
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On 9/1/2002 at 8:31am, Mokkurkalfe wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
I like pencil and B/W ink(happy now?). Håckan Ackegård is a personal favorite.
The art should have a clear connection to the text. Wounded guys in the healing section, coins, merchants and general stuff in the equipment section etc.
Lots of descriptive pics on everything, like those ecumberance pics. Love those. :-)
My opinion is that the gritty feel of tRoS isn't helped by uber-fantasy heroes in unrealistic armour(or chicks-in-chainmail-bikinis).
Pics of normal adventurers(as in, adventurers who dress practically) and of normal people(perhaps of the social classes).
Fave pic: The Encumberance pics, for the reasons mentioned above.
Worst pic: Page 59, 1st edition. What's it supposed to be?
On 9/1/2002 at 12:49pm, Nick Pagnucco wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
My favorite pics in the book are the (apparent) reproductions of prints from olf fight manuals. I think its people practicing with greatswords or something is the one that really stands out. I think it really hits home for the gritty, historical, strategic feel of the combat system. I'd love to see a lot of that in the Flower of Battle, as I think it'd work really well. Nevermind the fantasy drawing; TROS is best represented by art created in the historical Europe its based on. Inks, sketches, paintings... thats my feeling.
Beyond that, I'd need to see the book, and its inaccessible at the moment.
On 9/2/2002 at 1:30pm, Mokkurkalfe wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
Agreed.
The "non-authentic" art should also show medieval Europe, or how the people believed the world was like(e.g. siehe and stuff). Perhaps it should go more for the Arthur/fairy-tale style? Altough that would be to step away from the present tRoS style, and I wouldn't want that.
Anyway, not so much high-fantasy feeling.
On 9/2/2002 at 4:19pm, Jürgen Mayer wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
B/W inks are my favorite. Digital pics are better suited to a modern/future setting.
The pic I like best is the Doppelganger from Of Beasts and Men, but I'm obviously biased ;)
On 9/2/2002 at 7:58pm, Sneaky Git wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
Jürgen Mayer wrote: The pic I like best is the Doppelganger from Of Beasts and Men, but I'm obviously biased ;)
Not to sound like an idiot or anything.. but, has Of Beasts and Men been released already?
On 9/2/2002 at 8:25pm, Brian Leybourne wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
Sneaky Git wrote: Not to sound like an idiot or anything.. but, has Of Beasts and Men been released already?
Err.. no. Although it's in the final stages of writing.
Brian.
On 9/2/2002 at 10:29pm, Spartan wrote:
Re: the ART of TRoS
Ben wrote:
And what is the best pic and WHY. (ego boosts all around)
My favourite pic is the wizard on page 125 of the revised edition. Kind of dark and gritty... a mage with a blade in hand... just in case his spell fails.
-Mark
On 9/3/2002 at 11:24am, Mokkurkalfe wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
Sneaky Git wrote:Jürgen Mayer wrote: The pic I like best is the Doppelganger from Of Beasts and Men, but I'm obviously biased ;)
Not to sound like an idiot or anything.. but, has Of Beasts and Men been released already?
My guess is that Sneaky Git drew that picture...
On 9/3/2002 at 12:36pm, Wolfen wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
I assume you meant Jürgen Mayer?
On 9/3/2002 at 12:44pm, Mokkurkalfe wrote:
RE: the ART of TRoS
Wolfen wrote: I assume you meant Jürgen Mayer?
Hmmm, must've gotten me head stuffed with cotton and rammed it into a hard wall somewhere...
Either that or I just can't find my way through all these quotes and stuff.