Trump Links / NPC idea reference

gabriel_ss4u · December 11, 2009, 07:31:08 AM

I found this one on Deviant art, I'd like to claim it as Lord Whisp'ar.
This is his Chaotic look, though he does know how to dress in formal attire too.

RPGPundit · December 11, 2009, 11:27:56 PM

Pretty good Chaos-y image.

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gabriel_ss4u · January 20, 2010, 06:52:27 AM

Thanks Pundit, took a while to find this one.

I also came across this here picture, looks like it could be a representation of Ghostwheel

(I've encountered the dreaded blue screen of deatn, just in time for Windows 7...
so what do I do?
Reload Windows XP.
stick with what ya know works.

so, I'll be back on line soon.

jibbajibba · January 20, 2010, 10:49:19 AM

Quote from: gabriel_ss4u;356498(I've encountered the dreaded blue screen of deatn, just in time for Windows 7...
so what do I do?
Reload Windows XP.
stick with what ya know works.

so, I'll be back on line soon.

Windows 7 is way better than XP or Vista as my mate just said nearly as good as Ubuntu.

On another topic I was thinging of blowing some of this year's bonus on commissioning an artist do do some decent trump type images of the Amberites. The ones in the rule book are okay for Brand and Benedict but I could get a whole set of the 9 princes for $400.

RPGPundit · January 21, 2010, 10:58:00 PM

For that price, that better be one hell of an artist.

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jibbajibba · January 22, 2010, 05:34:25 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;357052For that price, that better be one hell of an artist.

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umm... well no a hell of an artist would cost $1000 an image .... but there are a few young guys that will do single posed figures for c $50 a pop. That is really cheap if you think about it I mean a decent drawing will take an artist 3 - 4 hours to complete often more so you are actually paying $12 - $13 dollars an hour and here in the UK a car mechanic costs £40 an hour a plumber costs £60 an hour and I have IT contractors working for me on £80 an hour and I can do the IT bit some of the plumbing and a bit of the mechanics myuself but i could never draw a decent image.

gabriel_ss4u · January 22, 2010, 08:26:33 AM

Quote from: jibbajibba;357104umm... well no a hell of an artist would cost $1000 an image .... but there are a few young guys that will do single posed figures for c $50 a pop. That is really cheap if you think about it I mean a decent drawing will take an artist 3 - 4 hours to complete.

agreed

RPGPundit · January 31, 2010, 12:50:21 PM

Well, free market and all that... I don't think I'd ever pay for art, at least not this kind of comic-style art.

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gabriel_ss4u · February 15, 2011, 05:42:10 AM

art, as with beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
xP

Jim Lee's 'comic art' is the basis for character 'look' on the new DC Online graphics.... now THAT comic art can get expensive!
though I have original pieces from Lee & others, my pay range for a drawing I usually pay is between 60 ans 150 American$, highest for Travis Charest piece, unfinished even, but true ART.

RPGPundit · February 16, 2011, 10:41:23 PM

Fair enough, though I find it a sad commentary (of some kind) that art pays better than the written word.

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gabriel_ss4u · March 07, 2011, 08:03:56 AM

a picture's worth a thousand words...

and all roads lead to Amber.
The trump is a picture that holds a universe...

broaden your vision to see the bigger 'picture'

Malleus Aforethought · April 29, 2011, 12:45:53 AM

A couple that make me think of Dworkin composing the Book of the Unicorn:

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=dustoff#/d2ab4eu

And especially this one:

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=dustoff#/d2ab1z6

Evermasterx · April 29, 2011, 04:03:00 AM

Quote from: Malleus Aforethought;454345A couple that make me think of Dworkin composing the Book of the Unicorn:

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=dustoff#/d2ab4eu

And especially this one:

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=dustoff#/d2ab1z6

I like them: he could well be Dworkin, a naked mad man changing the future of the multiverse, for unknown reasons.

Croaker · April 29, 2011, 07:43:03 PM

I just realized that some of you may not know Hero Machine, especially the 3rd version. For those of us that are pencil-impaired when it comes to drawing, it can be an awesome tool to design pictures of your own amberites:

http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/

RPGPundit · May 04, 2011, 05:58:40 PM

That's not really how I picture Dworkin.

As for heromachine, I agree its a good resource. But lazy as I am, and enamoured with other people's artistic skills, I think deviantart is more to my liking. My last campaign was run with the aid of literally thousands of deviantart images (didn't end up using half of them, mind you).

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