J-H
Hero
I'm putting together a Kickstarter for a campaign I have written. The funds are primarily for art & maps, and I've lined up someone who I think will be a good map artist (Elven Tower). I need one or more artists to put together some good creature art, plus one group picture of some tournament contestants (there might be a smaller or less detailed version with a bigger picture as a stretch goal?). Everything is in a vaguely Greek Mythology version of D&D.
At a minimum I have two "big" monsters to do that probably rate a half-page or so picture, plus the contestants, and a couple of smaller creatures. It would be nice if adventurers were present, but they do not have to be. I have a couple of strange "nice to have" art pieces (the infinite-legged spider is one), but they're for a "may or may not be encountered" part of a quest.
I'm also looking at magic item art (about 25 items) as a stretch goal for some printable magic item cards.
As far as I know I don't need exclusive license.
For style alignment, when I go on DTRPG and look at stock art under the "wolf" category, I like the pieces by Dean Spencer, John Latta, and Zeleznik, and I don't like the pieces by Monster Mage Games. The Diane Ramic stock art is OK but seems to lack some energy. A lot of the character portraits I see tend to be very cartoony or "obviously CGI from the 90s style" (it's something about the lighting) and I don't tend to favor that look. I'm not sure how to describe what style I'm going for aside from doing comparisons (I am not an art guy).
If you're interested as an artist drop me a PM here. I'd also welcome recommendations for anyone who's taking commissions.
The current schedule is:
1. Develop art costs/budget.
2. Write the advertising blurbs, finish playtesting the final 1/6th of the campaign.
3. My wife delivers a baby and get I knocked out of doing anything for about 4-8 weeks.
4. Pre-advertise on Kickstarter.
5. Launch on KS and start actually commissioning the art once I can tell that it's going to fund enough to cover the art costs. Unlike EN Publishing, I don't have a big budget that lets me pre-commission all the artwork and KS with a fully completed project.
6. Finish & distribute the PDFs in a reasonable timeframe.
At a minimum I have two "big" monsters to do that probably rate a half-page or so picture, plus the contestants, and a couple of smaller creatures. It would be nice if adventurers were present, but they do not have to be. I have a couple of strange "nice to have" art pieces (the infinite-legged spider is one), but they're for a "may or may not be encountered" part of a quest.
I'm also looking at magic item art (about 25 items) as a stretch goal for some printable magic item cards.
As far as I know I don't need exclusive license.
For style alignment, when I go on DTRPG and look at stock art under the "wolf" category, I like the pieces by Dean Spencer, John Latta, and Zeleznik, and I don't like the pieces by Monster Mage Games. The Diane Ramic stock art is OK but seems to lack some energy. A lot of the character portraits I see tend to be very cartoony or "obviously CGI from the 90s style" (it's something about the lighting) and I don't tend to favor that look. I'm not sure how to describe what style I'm going for aside from doing comparisons (I am not an art guy).
If you're interested as an artist drop me a PM here. I'd also welcome recommendations for anyone who's taking commissions.
The current schedule is:
1. Develop art costs/budget.
2. Write the advertising blurbs, finish playtesting the final 1/6th of the campaign.
3. My wife delivers a baby and get I knocked out of doing anything for about 4-8 weeks.
4. Pre-advertise on Kickstarter.
5. Launch on KS and start actually commissioning the art once I can tell that it's going to fund enough to cover the art costs. Unlike EN Publishing, I don't have a big budget that lets me pre-commission all the artwork and KS with a fully completed project.
6. Finish & distribute the PDFs in a reasonable timeframe.
