Is there some way to place a want ad? My company needs a short series of fantasy mountain landscapes for a game supplement.

Will you pay?

Ahhhh” the inevitable question isn’t it.

"Is there some way to place a want ad?"

I think you just did :-) Not sure what you're after. If you mean things like Terragen, then whoever makes them for you must own the fully liscenced version. You can't use the freeware version for commercial purposes.

Shhh..... =)

Of course we'll pay. We're not concerned with what app the artist uses, only the finished product. In turn we expect to deal with responsible, professional artists (translation: Terragen, etc., licensing is your problem). In addition to pay, the artist gets Table of Contents credits with corresponding page numbers for art and contact website address. Anyone interested in specs?

Well in the U.S.A expert starts at $60.00 around hour in house and $125.00 in field that’s just for still frame Graphics work. If you want animated it jumps to about $150.00 and up depending on what you want. You have a lot of talented artist on this site, Digital, Flash and Cg artist. Petition some one for the work. And see if you get an answer. I don’t know how Caedes would feel about that but all you can do is ask.
After all there are some pro's on the site all you have to do is look around you can tell.
Or you can go on the web and inter what your looking for and go that wrought.

Thanks for the advice, folks. We'll look around. We'd rather have voluntary interest, so if anyone is interested, feel free to contact us via email.

ah free so what the compensations?

What kind of (be specific) game is this?

Artists will get market rates plus the other stuff mentioned above. It's for Planescape-style D&D, but it's of a series of weird mountains and not really medieval.

Hmm, so this is what you want? "but it's of a series of weird mountains and not really medieval."

Maybe you could give us an example. Is there any work on this site that would fit in with what you are looking for?

Correct. Dark, brooding peaks with ominous lighting effects. We're looking for one each of the following: One peak with a series of waterfalls, one erupting volcano with lava fields and ejecta, one snowy peak with glaciers and storms, and one very dark and grotesque mountain. We also need an asteroid field with odd lighting. Those are the general specs.

I have my usual silly question, D13D: Are these images you're looking for supposed to be distant things (i.e., background) or will the game characters be, for instance, climbing one of those mountains so that you need close-ups of the terrain/vegetation/etc. proportional to the character's size?

Samatar, in no particular order:

Water Gateway by jono00--weird mountains
Where by tracyjtz--otherworldly feel
Sun over the Atoll by nicky--lighting effects
Sound of Silence by Frux--atmosphere
Molten Gore by grimbug--flame effects
Frozen Lake by nicky--ice and mountains
Molten by Samatar--lava and volcano effects

Does this clarify things?

The series at present is intended to represent grand vistas--distant things.

Thanks, I appreciate the info.

Im working on producing the images requested.. Here's my first draft of the waterfall mountains.. Waterfalls

actually i finished the rough draft of my volcanic landscape too.... so heres that link too :D.... Volcanic

Pretty cool Grim. Dunno if that guy will be back but it was worth it anyway :-)

well im working on the other 3 images anyway.. as i do like the brief... im heavily into my fantasy/sci-fi... and i have no shame in admiting that i am a D&D freak...Planescape is almost an ideal mix of fantasy and some sci-fi.. so im well up for making some images along these lines even if they dont get used by the D13D comapny... they make fairly good esktops anyway :D so thanks for the support Sam :D

Hey, Grim...has anyone tried his email addy that he put in his profile yet? Might be a way to alert him to the fact that there's good stuff waiting here for him. :D

i've allready email them.. and had a reply.. but nothing new since i posted the 2 images.. althoug i did send another email informing them that i had posted the images.

Does anyone know the name of his company?

Graeme -- you're a man possessed. It's good to see our cousins across the pond retain their (grim) determination!

well i've got a more detailed brief now..so im going to get started on final versions of the images.... mckinleysh...take a little look at the profile.. the clue is in his name and email address :D lol.. ;).... well i've got to be able to earn a living with my caedes habit.. it sure beats making pizza... actually i have another plan concerning Caedes.. and this ones going to be open to anyone on caedes who wants to join in... got to keep it secret till i get all the information i need.. but keep your eyes peeled for a new post (F&P for F&P) on the discussion board by tuesday latest :D

Thanks to everyone who posted comments on this thread. We've looked over the images and will return when our next book nears completion--more photo manipulation and original art than landscapes. We'll also need more creepy and bizarre landscapes in the next 8 months. Special thanks to ::grimbug for his enthusiasm and initiative. We look forward to his second iterations/final copies.
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