By my reckoning, the Tom Moldvay Basic set uses about 9 pages worth of graphics (art, maps, etc.), NOT including charts. The Cook/Marsh expert set uses about 7 pages. That's out of 64 full pages, including the cover leaf.
Personally, I've always felt the Expert set felt a bit sparse in the art department and while some pages were positively inspiring as a kid (mainly Willingham's pieces), others felt...well, lacking. Do I really need a picture of a narwhale or a water termite? I'm not sure....
So, I'm going to shoot for at least 8 pages of interior art. I've already got a rough sketch of the cover (call it a "working sketch"), and at least a couple artists (maybe even four) lined up, I'll probably be soliciting anyone who's interested in contributing to the thing. Not that I'll PAY people anything, of course...but then I'm not looking for anything super-fantastic, either (about on par with the original B/X rule books; i.e. small black&white line drawings).
'Course people who contribute will retain all rights to their own art, and (if I use their piece) will definitely get a free copy when the thing is finally printed up.
Anyway...let me finish the other 58 pages first...39 down and 19 to go!
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If you still need artwork, I'd be happy to help out; you can see some of my stuff here, to give you an idea of my style.
ReplyDeleteI'm not artist so cannot help you there but I am looking forward to the Companion! Happy writing!
ReplyDeleteI might be interested as well, should time permit.
ReplyDeleteAlways happy to help out with old-school projects. You can check out my work at www.freezerclown.com.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the growing list of people looking to help out. Samples of my work can be found at http://mrdestructicity.deviantart.com, and at my blog at http://blog.7415comics.com?tag=drawing board.
ReplyDeleteWow...right on folks!
ReplyDeleteI will be checking out all your stuff and contacting people in the near future (*hope*hope*). Let me finish the text first and then I'll start making official solicitations.
Wow...so cool...
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I've donated my art to a couple projects recently, like Fight On magazine. Contact me at my blog, ghosttower.crithitcomics.com
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