Methods & Madness: Art

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Thursday, September 01, 2022

A arte de Rick Troula!

[This one is for my Brazilian friends! As soon as there is an English version, I'll write another post!].

Queridos amigos, meu parça Rick Troula criou uma campanha no Catarse para financiar o livro de arte dele. O link da campanha é esse aqui:

https://www.catarse.me/the_art_of_rick_troula_a352?ref=project_link

Além de ter ilustrado vários dos meus livros de RPG (especialmente o Teratogenicon e capa do Dark Fantasy Basic), ele trabalhou em filmes, videogames, quadrinhos, jogos de cartas, e outros RPGs legais (Dragon Heresy, etc.).

Tem MUITA arte legal de RPG nesse livro dele, além de outros temas. É só dar uma olhada no link acima pra ver alguns exemplos!

E, pra quem comprar logo, tem um desconto ("mecenas ligeiro").

Essa campanha tem entrega todo o Brasil. O Rick vai estar entregando livros na CCXP também.

Enfim, vale a pena conferir e apoiar lá no Catarse!

Thursday, April 07, 2022

Public domain art (sources)

When I published Dark Fantasy Basic, I've used only public domain art. It is free and you don't have to study each individual license, or hire a professional.

However, I prefer to use stock art or hire a professional artist if possible, which I did for other books (and for the amazing cover on DFB!).

Stock art is easier to find, and dealing with a professional is even better (if more expensive).

However, I sometimes use a piece or two of PD art to fill some gap if I don't find the right image elsewhere. PD often requires "cleaning" work (I use GIMP) to look nice, which is a bit of a hassle. But sometimes it is really worth it.

Anyway, here are my sources for Dark Fantasy Basic:

* Monster Brains (not all posts are PD).

* Old Book Illustrations.

* The British Library Flickr.

* Internet Archive Book Images Flickr.

Here are a few of examples from the book:

Some favorite PD artists: Sidney Sime, Henry Justice Ford, Willy Pogany, Gustave Dore, and Albrecht Dürer.

I've recently found this compilation on Reddit. (I also found this, which is awesome, but I probably should write another post about free art that is not PD).

One caveat: I am not an IP lawyer and the laws about PD may vary from country to country.

Do you know other sources? Do you sell or give away stock art? Let people know in the comments!

Saturday, August 01, 2020

Dark Fantasy Basic - and Characters - ELECTRUM SALE!

If you already know my stuff, skip this post! Otherwise...

Dark Fantasy Basic is an electrum product in DTRPG. This means that it is somewhere around the top 10% (maybe 15% to 5%) best-sellers in the entire site!

And now Dark Fantasy Characters is also electrum!

I am very happy to see that!

I have about a dozen books in DTRPG. Some short, some long, some free, some PWYW, etc. Of course, I'd like to see them ALL with lots of readers. But there is one in particular that I think deserves more attention: the Teratogenicon.

If you know any of my books, the writing style might be similar. However, the ART and LAYOUT in Teratogenicon is something else, as you can see in the FREE preview, and in the page below. Teratogenicon is already a "best cooper seller"!

Let's reach for gold And beyond!

Anyway, I've put them all on sale for a short while (ate least until the end of August). Enjoy!

Click on the labels below to se more posts about these subjects!

Friday, July 24, 2020

Here is a cool monster (by Jeremy Hart)

Here is a cool monster that Jeremy Hart shared on Facebook:

Generated via Teratogenicon!

There are few things more rewarding than seeing that, somehow, I helped inspire something awesome. Maybe that's why I write so many random tables!

But anyway... He inspired me first! I've known Jeremy's work before publishing the Teratogenicon. I picked some of his (amazing) monster stock art to use in The Wretched Hive:

You can find more of Jeremy's stuff on DTRPG*.

And mine, of course!

This exchange of ideas and inspiration is the reason I write this blog.

So, thanks Jeremy and everyone who comments here telling me how they are using something they've found in this blog in their own games or projects!

If you used any of my stuff - adventures, generators, ideas - always feel free to let me know! I really enjoy this stuff!

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