Art Requests

[Uatu]

Hmm - I wonder what should be standard for small pic sizes?

- Something like a passport photo? (I.e., mostly face, irrelevant on person's size)
- Like the above but with more body (torso and above)?
- Some kind of scale?
- Whatever?

[manikus]

Good question. I was just trying to do something art-related for the first time in a long, long time and was wrstling with the same issue. If you know the scale of the subject, it's all about aesthetics, but if you don't know the scale, or more correctly, the audience does not know the scale of the subject, I feel obligated to show more of the subject, and maybe even objects that are 'standard' to give a scale. This was my halfling picture was set in a tavern.

[Uatu]

Ah - I remember the halfling (various scales). (That is one good thing about 3D, you can re-render it in different sizes.)

I tend to vascillate between scales for small pics - you can see me doing one thing in one and another in the others (The ogre is really close-up, but there is a limit to how close you can go, especially for big monsters...)

[manikus]

Plus, there is situational scale. If the orog is interacting with the party, or if it is seen from across the cave harassing a kitten, two different sizes would be called for.

So, I try (loosely) to categorize my small pics into portraits and everything else. The portraits are generally mid-torso and up and are roughly in scale with one another. (I should probably check my work to make sure I'm not lying. )

[manikus]

New requests, not related to my mod project.

Half-Orcs
Assassins
Monks
Cavaliers
Thief-Acrobats
Illusionists

I would like small pictures/portraits, icons and sprites.


I think when I'm done with the mod, I'm going to start work on a 1e Worldhack.

[Dinonykos]

Originally Posted by manikus So, I try (loosely) to categorize my small pics into portraits and everything else. The portraits are generally mid-torso and up and are roughly in scale with one another.

I do it the same way. I also tried displaying the whole body, but especially in the 640x480 resolution, the face does not reveal any characteristics any more - this is certainly unsatisfying.

[Uatu]

Wow - more requests! A 1e worldhack sounds awesome (although it should be standard, I think!)

[manikus]

One of the reasons I like to work in the highest resolution (1024x768) is that I can get more detail.


DC is pretty much 1.5 edition. I want to add in Half-Orcs and the other classes.

[Uatu]

Yeah - 1.5 is pretty much what I give my PCs when DMing, too

I never liked half-orcs that much, but as a choice they are cool.

Cavaliers, barbarians, and thief-acrobats were also sort of unnecessary, but again, as part of a 1e worldhack (perhaps), they would be cool, too.

[manikus]

The interesting part about a 1e worldhack is that the only art needed would be for the missing race/classes. All of the rest will actually be hacking. So, I can start on that as soon as I finish the mod I'm working on.