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Photographs

Started by One Horse Town, May 06, 2009, 01:04:00 PM

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Koltar

#15
May 07, 2009, 02:17:25 AM
Photographs will work.

Even special effects in photographs - it all depends on someone's sklill with photoshop.


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Mordren

#16
May 07, 2009, 02:33:24 AM
I'm all for it, but then that's no surprise as I've recently created photographic artwork for three rpg books; Spite, Unhallowed Necropolis and Crime Street.

Koltar is right, you aren't limited just because it's a photo. Monsters and sci-fi imagery are more than possible via photoshop or simply using makeup/costumes, or both. Creating zombies is especially fun :)

Having said that I think it can depend on the setting of the rpg as well. For example, if cameras don't exist in the setting (e.g. medieval) then photos might be a bit jarring? Then again it can allow for a more "realistic" interpretation.
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Simlasa

#17
May 07, 2009, 02:46:38 AM
The guys who are working on Vivisection are using Polaroid-type snapshots of crime scenes... pretty disturbing stuff, and well done.
I can definitely see photographs working for the right subjects... if handled correctly.

Hairfoot

#18
May 07, 2009, 11:08:04 AM
I've been doing this for over 5 years.  I have a collection of landscape photo books, and when the PCs move into a new area I say, "it looks like this", and pass the book over.
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