Ben Lehman ([info]benlehman) wrote,
@ 2006-02-19 20:01:00
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[Bliss Stage] Artists
So I'm poking around looking for artists for Bliss Stage. Here is an announcement on the Forge, but I'm also trawling deviantArt.

I'm curious to get reactions, especially from those of you who read this and actually play the game, to these two artists:

Messa, who is a pretty workman-like anime artist.
and
ShiZero, who is different in a good way, and also intellectually capable of surrealism.

(In Beijing, so Blogspot is inaccessible. RPG posts will be in this space until future notice.)

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[info]ornithoptercat
2006-02-19 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Haven't played Bliss Stage, but I think ShiZero is the better artist, as Messa has some issues with proportion.

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[info]foreign_devilry
2006-02-19 03:32 pm UTC (link)
You know about wen-m, right?

Honestly, all of ShiZero's stuff looks way to happy for Bliss Stage. My vote goes to Messa of the swirly dark backgrounds. Yay for angst!

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[info]yeloson
2006-02-19 05:15 pm UTC (link)
Ben, have you considered multiple artists? Shizero looks good for the anchors (I expect the pilots might only remember the anchors as smiling, idealized people...).

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[info]benlehman
2006-02-20 02:58 am UTC (link)
:-)

I really want the book to have a unified look. We'll see, though.

yrs--
--Ben

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[info]benlehman
2006-02-20 02:57 am UTC (link)
Yeah, wen-m is a good artist and exactly wrong for the game. Maybe for Anima Hunters, but that's like 3-4 years out.

I figure that ShiZero should be able to stylstically stretch into other things.

yrs--
--Ben

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[info]nikotesla
2006-02-20 09:37 pm UTC (link)
I think I'm going to have illos in Shock:

I'm worried.

Because I'm doing them myself.

It's not like I can't do illustration; I did a lot of it in college. But... drawing's really personal to me.

Anyway, I think all three, including wen-m are interesting choices.

I'm inclined toward ShiZero. wen-m seems kinda trashy, with a corporate, Hot Topic feel and Messa just isn't as strong as ShiZero is.

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