littlejohn's fantasy art (Updated 6/12/03)

[Malessa]

Very nice!!

 

[(contact)]

Most of this stuff is digital so it's pretty much free

Free for a crappy low-res desktop wallpaper type of image, sure.

alsih2o: While David's work is digital, there is something he could do for you.

If David is willing to sell prints, he can have a file that you want printed using archive-quality material, and have it matted or framed for you. The print would be signed, of course.

Price would be up to him, most of these kinds of things are going to go for between $20-$150, and up (depending on the artist).

Since David would be making a single print for you, probably the printing cost would have to be factored in. Archive-quality material is very important, but also a little more expensive.

This is what some digital artists are doing for people interested in collecting their work

 

[littlejohn]

Haha. (contact)'s my agent now. I guess if somebody had to give me money...

Seriously, that sounds neat. I'll check into it if there's sustained interest.

See you all next week.

 

[Piratecat]

Nice! I actually like the b&w version of Greywolf's experience between the twin spheres of Abernia and Volpos. It was the one of the climaxes of the campaign to date, and you captured it beautifully. I especially like the effect of his wrists disappearing into the spheres as they merge.

Except, err, he had on clothes. I can see it now:

D: "Hey look, Ernie! Greywolf's weapon is bigger than yours! Guess that's why they call it a 'long sword'. Heh, heh."

E: "Dranko, shush! Of course his weapon is bigger. I use a short sword. And Greywolf, put on some pants! We can see your naughty bits, and it's only a matter of time before Dranko makes some rude comment."

D: "Actually, I --"

G: "Did I ask for this? I didn't ask for this. And now the Black Circle stole my clothes."



Request you should feel free to ignore:

David, if you ever decide to do a sketch of Nolin, he looks a little like Robert Duncan McNeil (the pilot from Star Trek: Voyager) or John Hanna (the brother from The Mummy), but that's not what he really looks like. He really looks like a big honkin' phoenix named Rides The Sun, rising up from a half-elven form somewhere inside of him. Heck, I don't even need you to do it; I can see it in my head with your style, and it is good.

 

[Piratecat]

Amazed observation for today:

I have the "Velendo and the Stone" as my wallpaper, and I was gazing at it, thinking, "It would be cool if it represented what the Damming Stone was doing to Velendo." Then I saw something odd, and actually looked, and holy cow! Littlejohn got it exactly right. Squiggles of force lines in the sky, indicating the wind; force lines under Velendo's arm, indicating gravity; more lines in the road, indicating movement. That's exactly what it was like, and you nailed it in one. My hat is off to you.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Holy firking snit. I love this work! I think I like the black and white better, but the beautiful color ripple around his arms as they pass through the spheres is winning me over to the color version.

Also, Contact, can you post digital art to one of those flat screen digital photo frames? Something like this (http://www.ceiva.com).

 

[(contact)]

Haha. (contact)'s my agent now.

Oh, no. An agent gets half. Think I'm joking? I wish I was. Half. (Shakes head)

I'm just making suggestions-- digital art is becoming a more widespread medium for artists, but people still want to collect prints. Prints have many things going for them. The color quality is within the artist's control, instead of the viewer's monitor. If you get a high-quality print, the colors are also more vivid, and details more apparent. It's sort of like the difference between viewing a poster of a painting and then seeing the actual work.

And as a digital artist, you really should do yourself the justice of a high-quality print from time to time. It's really interesting. A lot of what I do is designed for the screen, but I proof the colors and last pass from a color print. It's amazing what you don't see looking into a monitor. It's like looking at your drawing using a mirror.

The other side of the print coin is image integrity. If an image is specifically designed for screen-viewing, some people think that looking at them in any other way is taking them out of context.

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You could totally use a Cevia frame for David's illustrations by just saving the ones posted in this thread. But if you seriously want to have one of his works in your home, a print would be my choice.

Of course, David might 86 the entire idea in some tempermental fit of artistic rage. (You know how they get.)

 

[el-remmen]

*wishes with great envy that littlejohn read his story hour*

Just amazing, l.j. - amazing and a credit to the writers of the story hours in question to inspire you so as well.


Good work, all!

 

[madriel]

Lovely work, littlejohn.

 

[Dawn]

Just arrived from contact's story and I must say beautiful work!