On my way to St Hives I met a man with seven Hives...

[megamania]

I'm gettin' the DnD bug again.

 

[jonesy]

I'm gettin' the DnD bug again.

What kind of a bug? Kill it and take its stuff. Then go and look for bigger bugs to kill. It's the D&D way.

 

[megamania]

Posting to avoid this going to the next page!


No- seriously.... (hey- I can be serious....sometimes) ....I am looking to do DnD with the kids again along with some of my John Play stuff.


I also want to get back to posting artwork again. I seriously want to do either a daily strip or a comicbook of my Eberron stuff but with a Modem hookup it seems unlikely.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I also want to get back to posting artwork again. I seriously want to do either a daily strip or a comicbook of my Eberron stuff but with a Modem hookup it seems unlikely.

Actually... don't discourage yourself. Think about this. File sizes depend on the resolution, pixel depth, color depth, and file type. If you use a restrained color scheme you can be surprised about how small the files sizes would be even if they are huge in size.

For instance, Order of the Stick uses GIFs for all their strips. The files tend to be 670-690 x 940 (265 colors) and between 100kb-200kb. If they used PNGs or High quality JPGs their files can actually take up more bandwidth (100kb-300kb).

 

[megamania]

Actually... don't discourage yourself. Think about this. File sizes depend on the resolution, pixel depth, color depth, and file type. If you use a restrained color scheme you can be surprised about how small the files sizes would be even if they are huge in size.

For instance, Order of the Stick uses GIFs for all their strips. The files tend to be 670-690 x 940 (265 colors) and between 100kb-200kb. If they used PNGs or High quality JPGs their files can actually take up more bandwidth (100kb-300kb).

So roughly what would I be looking at with a B / W 3in x 6in drawing?
B / W 7x9 drawing? (cartoon strip vs comicbook page)

 

[Relique du Madde]

It really depends on the amount of detail and dpi.

For instance, I took the last issue of 8 bit theater then cut and pasted it to match those dimensions. Depending on the slice, I got these different file sizes ranges at 72 dpi:

7in x 9in PNG -> 400 - 600 KB
7in x 9in JPG (Max quality) -> 200 - 300 KB
7in x 9in GIF (256 color) -> 140 - 200 KB

3in x 6in PNG -> 80 - 200 KB
3in x 6in JPG (Max quality) -> 50 - 100 KB
3in x 6in GIF (256 color) -> 40 - 80 KB

Please note, these number ranges were approximate (rounded to the closest round number) and taken from 10 randomly chosen slices of the image, so they are not scientific or representative of every image.

 

[megamania]

Experimenting on posting and sizes / detail. Plus showing off my mad skills with dungeon tiles from the John Play Storyhour-


http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/294946-dungeon-tiles-use.html

 

[megamania]

Another experiment..... my hobby room from last year.......

 

[megamania]

Yikes. Found this file in my original John Play design file. I've been considering doing a comicbook since 2007 to post here...

 

[megamania]

I scared everyone away.....