So, first off, I am not an artist, save maybe in terms of digital 3D sculpting, but even then I wouldn't say I meet even the minimum of 'piss poor" at it, lol. been a long time and I got more than a little rusty.
In any case, one of the things my players like to do is commission artists to do character portraits. I know huge surprise, shock and awe, surprise all -- ok, yeah, pretty common, but...
They don't always use "game standard" stuff. Especially in relation to species. Not that they are all that unusual, but this is a group of folks who are themselves often the recipients of assorted social ills, and so they (we) take the appearance of our Pcs pretty darn seriously, and we are bears for details. There, context.
Would it be of value to an artist who is being commissioned to have some of the details about a character such as:
Face Shape, Nose Shape, Ear Shape & Size, Chin Shape, Cheeks position and shape, Lips shape and size, Eye Shape, primary Eye color in hexadecimal format, Hair type (1a to 3c), hair Color in hex code, Shade/Tone and Hue for Complexion (skin color) in hex colors (so a hex code for undertone and a hex code for main tone), and a general Build type?
Although we are still dealing with things like elves and dwarves and fairies and triton and humans and so on and so forth in name and general parameters, the ultimate goal is to help my players be able to give to artists they commission a lot of detail (in part to reduce potential revisions) so that they can get as close to their character as is possible, but also to try and make life a little easier on artists in the sense of getting the commission right for a world that is not "regular D&D", where there are lots of detailed references to draw from.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities .-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-. An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more. Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
I tend to ask for as many details as I can get up front so that I am on the overall right track from the start of the work. I work with midjourney and a then a great deal of layered photoshop for specific details, items etc so yes I would welcome those kinds of details.
Hope that helps :)
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So, first off, I am not an artist, save maybe in terms of digital 3D sculpting, but even then I wouldn't say I meet even the minimum of 'piss poor" at it, lol. been a long time and I got more than a little rusty.
In any case, one of the things my players like to do is commission artists to do character portraits. I know huge surprise, shock and awe, surprise all -- ok, yeah, pretty common, but...
They don't always use "game standard" stuff. Especially in relation to species. Not that they are all that unusual, but this is a group of folks who are themselves often the recipients of assorted social ills, and so they (we) take the appearance of our Pcs pretty darn seriously, and we are bears for details. There, context.
Would it be of value to an artist who is being commissioned to have some of the details about a character such as:
Face Shape, Nose Shape, Ear Shape & Size, Chin Shape, Cheeks position and shape, Lips shape and size, Eye Shape, primary Eye color in hexadecimal format, Hair type (1a to 3c), hair Color in hex code, Shade/Tone and Hue for Complexion (skin color) in hex colors (so a hex code for undertone and a hex code for main tone), and a general Build type?
Although we are still dealing with things like elves and dwarves and fairies and triton and humans and so on and so forth in name and general parameters, the ultimate goal is to help my players be able to give to artists they commission a lot of detail (in part to reduce potential revisions) so that they can get as close to their character as is possible, but also to try and make life a little easier on artists in the sense of getting the commission right for a world that is not "regular D&D", where there are lots of detailed references to draw from.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Hi,
I tend to ask for as many details as I can get up front so that I am on the overall right track from the start of the work. I work with midjourney and a then a great deal of layered photoshop for specific details, items etc so yes I would welcome those kinds of details.
Hope that helps :)