Art Choices

Summary:

Considering what styles I'd like to have for the game's artwork

Art Choices

Colin_Fredericks 01 Dec 2013 02:07

Hi everyone.

Development has been slow recently, partly because of my new job, but also partly because I've stalled on one of the most important items in next stage: getting art for the game. Today I narrowed things down a lot just in the process of writing this post. I still feel like I need to get a better handle on what I want the finished book to look like, but I've at least knocked out a few options.

Here are few artists that represent the sort of thing I'm looking for, in a continuum from smoother to rougher feel:

Roméo Jonathan
http://wen-jr.deviantart.com/ or http://ultim4.com/
See especially Rod Emergence

Julie Dillon
http://www.juliedillonart.com/
See especially the piece Ancient Discovery

Lea Faske
http://eksafael.deviantart.com/
See especially Cyerce Reprise

Kiri Moth
http://kirimoth.com/blog/
Kiri provided several good pieces for the original SA, including the Masquerade and the Tao.

Azisa Noor
http://scarlet-dragonchild.deviantart.com/
See especially Finding the Queen

Mimi N
http://futarinokizuna.deviantart.com/
See especially Hidden in Red

I definitely want the art to have a mix of sci-fi and fantasy feel, and I'm inclined more towards western-style than anime-style faces.

Re: Art Choices

TauCeti 03 Dec 2013 17:04

Those are all amazing.

Of course, they're probably exactly as expensive as they should be, so I'm not sure how you're going to afford the art Sufficiently Advanced deserves. If you'd like a donation towards your art budget, give me a heads-up. Honestly, from my perspective, it'd more be an investment in a game that I know that I'll enjoy.

Re: Art Choices

Colin_Fredericks 18 Jan 2014 19:05

Update on the art search:

Julie Dillon is booked for the year.
Roméo Jonathan's e-mail address bounces.

Slowly working my way through the list. I want to make sure that people have the opportunity to respond one at a time rather than e-mailing five people at once. Often that means more than one e-mail to a particular person, since these emails are of a kind fairly likely to get caught by a spam filter.

Re: Art Choices

Colin_Fredericks 21 Jan 2014 16:29

We have an artist! Lea Faske will be providing the interior art for Sufficiently Advanced 2nd edition.

Here are some of the pieces that made me confident she would do a good job:

Here and There

Lantern Festival

Cyerce Reprise

I'm working up the contract this week and hopefully things will be official soon. I'm going to encourage her to post works-in-progress and things like that on her DeviantArt page.

Re: Art Choices

TauCeti 21 Jan 2014 22:58

Wow those are amazing.