Dragon Heresy: Art Notes

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Senin, 08 Agustus 2016

I've never really asked for art before, so I'm going to post some art direction notes here and ask for reactions from artists as to whether this is the right kind of direction. Is this enough information? Is it too much? Does it get your juices flowing, or stifle creativity?

Art notes: Chapter 2 Core Concepts

Art Types

Full-page art.These facing-page illustrations should tell a story.

Insert art. These are small pieces of art that fill white space in the manuscript, frequently next to a table that does not fill a column.

Column Art. This is a full-column width, arbitrarily high (can be the entire column) piece of art that tells a partial story or illustrates a concept found within a few pages of the artwork. It is used for spacing out text.

Half-page art.This is a full-page width, arbitrarily high piece of artwork that can be used either for spacing out text or pushing an important section start to the beginning of a page.

Art Notes

p. 4

Full page color art.8.5 x 11, and art should run off the page/fill the entire sheet if possible.

Possible theme: Starting out on the adventure! Fresh-looking adventurers depart from a safe haven.

Possible composition:A group of norse-looking adventurers, starting out from a walled city or keep. The mid distance should look somewhat inviting, and the far distance should be threatening and dark, with wild woods and a scary sky. If it can be worked in, mystical elements such as fae, goblins, and maybe a troll should be in the near distance on the left. On the right, lizardfolk and kobolds, with a dragon wheeling in the distance.

p. 7

Insert art: 1.5� wide x 4.25� tall

Possible theme:scaling, or anything that increases or decreases from up to down.

Alternate:anything long and narrow!

Possible composition(s): scaling a ladder or wall. Yggdrasil � the world tree � done in abstract view. A weapon rack with spears and swords.

p. 9

Insert art: 1.5� x 2�

Possible themes:the aftermath of doing something difficult

Possible composition: A dented or pierced helm, Viking-style (please, no horns)

p. 16

Column Art. 3.5� wide x 9.5� tall.

Possible theme:avoiding a disaster by great effort. NOT avoiding a calamity. Calling on powerful forces (magic or the divine) to help bring victory.

Possible compositions:A dragon vaporizing one adventurer as another ducks behind a shield or other cover. A powerful faerie casting a glamour or destructive spell on a group of adventurers. A warrior in armor holding a glowing sword overhead, which is being struck by lightning; a hint of Thor in the clouds providing the lightning would not go amiss.

Special Note on p. 16-17. These two pieces of artwork could be pushed together into one piece that would cross over the book binding into each other, making a single wide piece of artwork.

p. 17

Column Art. 3.5� wide x 9.5� tall

Possible theme:avoiding a disaster by great effort. NOT avoiding a calamity. Calling on powerful forces (magic or the divine) to help bring victory.

Special Note on p. 16-17. These two pieces of artwork could be pushed together into one piece that would cross over the book binding into each other, making a single wide piece of artwork.