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Rifts art.

Started by Ratman_tf, February 03, 2018, 12:18:11 AM

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Shawn Driscoll

#15
February 05, 2018, 06:10:04 AM
If only Syd Mead did cover art for sci-fi RPGs. He draws people in his scenes really well.

Mike the Mage

#16
February 05, 2018, 06:37:34 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1023691That doesn't make this art any better!  It's still offensive.

It's worse than offensive. It's a rip off.
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S'mon

#17
February 05, 2018, 08:01:17 AM
This is so stupid. Tons of artists have existing folios of great art they'll give you a non-exclusive licence to use, at very low rates. Neromancer Games got Frazetta on two of their Wilderlands products!

I think the problem is when publishers want to own the copyright in commissioned work, but don't want to pay properly for what is a serious labour investment by the artist.

Ulairi

#18
February 05, 2018, 10:47:29 AM
It's shit. It's in very few products. I think they are doing it to push us towards the Gold editions of these books which don't feature the shitty CG art.

It's more offensive from Palladium because usually their cover art is so fucking good. By and large, Palladium has some of the best covers and artists in the industry and it's offensive not to use their good art to use these shitty CG covers.

Ras Algethi

#19
February 05, 2018, 03:11:31 PM
Quote from: Ulairi;1023774It's shit. It's in very few products. I think they are doing it to push us towards the Gold editions of these books which don't feature the shitty CG art.

It's more offensive from Palladium because usually their cover art is so fucking good. By and large, Palladium has some of the best covers and artists in the industry and it's offensive not to use their good art to use these shitty CG covers.

^^^^This.

RPGPundit

#20
February 07, 2018, 04:40:23 AM
Christ, that's a terrible idea. Palladium has always had awesome art going for it. It's a pity.
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#21
February 07, 2018, 12:52:41 PM
Quote from: S'mon;1023743This is so stupid. Tons of artists have existing folios of great art they'll give you a non-exclusive licence to use, at very low rates. Neromancer Games got Frazetta on two of their Wilderlands products!

I think the problem is when publishers want to own the copyright in commissioned work, but don't want to pay properly for what is a serious labour investment by the artist.

Another part of the problem is some artists are charging really fucked up prices or "by the hour" rates which is absurd when it comes to art. So it scares off some people looking for art and they resort to either clip art or Poser.

Anon Adderlan

#22
February 07, 2018, 01:15:15 PM
They've gone full #Poser. Never go full #Poser.

Darrin Kelley

#23
February 07, 2018, 01:22:24 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1023691That doesn't make this art any better!  It's still offensive.

I use Poser quite a bit. And frankly, that art is old. And could have been made much better by applying some Photoshop filters to make it less noticeable that it originated from Poser.
 

Christopher Brady

#24
February 07, 2018, 01:59:54 PM
Quote from: Darrin Kelley;1024201I use Poser quite a bit. And frankly, that art is old. And could have been made much better by applying some Photoshop filters to make it less noticeable that it originated from Poser.

I don't honestly care what tool you use, as long as it doesn't turn out into...  That!
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Darrin Kelley

#25
February 07, 2018, 02:48:12 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1024209I don't honestly care what tool you use, as long as it doesn't turn out into...  That!

That is the result of lazy unfinished work. And I do mean unfinished.

All of the effort there was put into the most minimal uses of Poser. It doesn't touch upon the other tools in the software. Or the finishing work one can do with Photoshop on it.

Even bad Poser art can be made better with the right filters and some actual effort.
 

Shawn Driscoll

#26
February 07, 2018, 04:52:30 PM
Quote from: Darrin Kelley;1024218Even bad Poser art can be made better with the right filters and some actual effort.

Good Poser art is when you can't tell Poser figures were used. But then, it is no longer Poser art. Just art.

Ulairi

#27
February 07, 2018, 08:10:43 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1024123Christ, that's a terrible idea. Palladium has always had awesome art going for it. It's a pity.

They seem to have left it behind. See the new Rifts book with awesome Chuck walton art

Ratman_tf

#28
February 08, 2018, 12:56:36 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2018, 01:00:41 AM by Ratman_tf
Quote from: Ulairi;1024270They seem to have left it behind. See the new Rifts book with awesome Chuck walton art

That's good to hear.

Oh yeah. Chuck Walton. His stuff is really neat. My one complaint is that his art has a lot of thin lines and details. Sometimes gets hard to tell exactly what I'm looking at.





But that's a nitpick, and it beats the hell out of that CG stuff. :)
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#29
February 08, 2018, 08:16:14 AM
CG can be okay for things like space ships & buildings, but for people it's the opposite of Samuel Adams - "always a poor decision".
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