tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post8780322240563607007..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: More on the artwork for The Random Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and Their Modern SimulacraJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-16478798475896554402011-10-31T13:41:25.777+02:002011-10-31T13:41:25.777+02:00Hey! I think you aren't that bad artist at all...Hey! I think you aren't that bad artist at all. If you couldn't find anyone else to do the work, you might do it yourself for dirt-cheap items.<br /><br />I like that not-so-serious art. Many older Finnish rpg's are horrible in art as they got drawings from anyone who agreed to draw but for some reason there is special feeling in those. It might be enthusiasm on producing material and gives this from gamer to gamer feeling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674233268949925440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-70275997169438559022008-05-20T19:22:00.000+03:002008-05-20T19:22:00.000+03:00Hers are better than yours and it's not just the s...<I>Hers are better than yours and it's not just the shading.</I><BR/><BR/>I hope so, or I published the wrong set! :P<BR/><BR/>The eyeball monster's wings were not modeled on bat wings. Trivia note: I learned that bat wings were as you describe after seeing somebody paint a dragon's wings that way.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to what she does when she's not burdened by my (visual) framework.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-89714896408778488572008-05-20T18:59:00.000+03:002008-05-20T18:59:00.000+03:00Hers are better than yours and it's not just the s...Hers are better than yours and it's not just the shading. Hers are more relaxed and look far more natural. You can really see this in the tentacle box. You're clearly working very hard to keep the parallel lines of the tentacles from undulating. Hers taper nicely, and writhe in a way that looks alive.<BR/><BR/>You can see it again in the legs of the spider-thing, where she added in the leg-joints. <BR/><BR/>Skipping to the eyeball monster. Ok, I don't know that those are supposed to be bat-like wings, but assuming they are, you both need to check out some pics of bat-wing anatomy. The thing about a bat wing that many, many artists flub, is that it's evolved from a paw or hand. Imagine stretching out your fingers until each is four feet long and then stretching a thin membrane of skin between each of them. That's what a bat wing looks like. Those bone-frame pieces should all originate from a palm-like place at the center of the forward edge of the wing.<BR/><BR/>I also love the fanciful feel she gave the charmers and how she represented their song. It's wonderfully fairy-tale.<BR/><BR/>For both of you, I'd certainly take a closer look at anatomy. There are issues with foreshortening and body proportions that are not easy to get right, but really make a lot of the difference between good and great. <BR/><BR/>You've got good composition skills, and that's really shown off with the shark and your back cover piece. <BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-81322916538362264012008-05-20T15:53:00.000+03:002008-05-20T15:53:00.000+03:00Wow, she does some really nice work. I am especial...Wow, she does some really nice work. I am especially fond of the Charmers and the back cover. I am not sure what it is about the charmers, but I love that pic. It might be the shading of the rocks and the image of the seal's song. Very nice.<BR/><BR/>The back cover is just pure awesome, nothing like danger lurking just over your shoulders. <BR/><BR/>--Mike D.Mike D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13199531732115178349noreply@blogger.com