I agree than a serious tone is called for, though
that doesn't mean that every character would need
to appear dour. Some of the characters are
naturally more light-hearted than others. But I
think tone helps us determine better who would
make a good artist. My preference tends towards
those with more realistic styles, but some of
those artists are simply not affordable,
especially if we want color, for a group picture.
That said, I like the rotation idea, as it
provides us the ability to add more pictures as
time goes on to the rotation. Perhaps limit each
shot to a certain number of characters, maybe
even related characters, so that we can have
themed shots. I can see a good shot of Thomas's
household (Thomas, Alberta, Thalberg, Malisa,
Andwyn, maybe one or two more), of powerful mages
(Rickkter, Murikeer, Jessica, Xavier, Thanh, and
a couple others), of powerful warriors (Misha,
George, Charles, Wolfram, Lois, others), of
craftsmen and laborers (Drift, Gordon, Michael,
Lindsey pre-dragon, others), of scholars
(Habakkuk, Jon, Fox, others), of religious
(Raven, Merai, Hough, Felsah, Elvmere, others),
and I'm sure there's tons I'm forgetting.
Now, some cautions:
1. We can easily get too big and never get it
done. Some of the suggestions I made above veer
dangerously close to this territory because it
would be easy to go over the top and then we find
ourselves with too expensive a mess we could never agree to amongst ourselves.
2. Metamor Keep has tons of characters, some of
them dear to our hearts, but not really seen as
all that important or recognizable to
others. And with as many authors as we have, it
would be impossible to include everyone who thinks they should belong.
Now, some artists are willing to do huge group
shots, but they do cost and they do take
time. For instance, here's a group shot with a
bit of a slight fur-cartoon look:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9155245/ And
here's another by the same artist with a complex
background and scene:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/928617/ And to
show how crowded a shot can get: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/95170/
(Note, I hoped to get something from Kacey at AC
but she filled up too fast). I think her style
is a good one to consider myself. I am not sure
of her prices though. There are other great
artists I love out there as well (Caribou and
Heather Bruton come to mind; Dark Natasha is just too expensive!)
Just some of my thoughts on the subject!
May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,
Charles Matthias
I agree with the serious tone.
 Price is a big consideration. I think we
should limit it to a dozen characters.
  I like the idea of rotating images!  i
would allow us to eventually have all the characters on it at some point!
Comments? Ideas?
Chris
The Lurking Fox
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan Pfaunmiller
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:37 AM
To: Leo M Panther aka M vd Mosselaar
Cc: MKGuild
Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Group picture
I think the tone should reflect the setting as a
whole. While there are some tongue and cheek
moments in the universe and they do tend to be
thoroughly amusing, the majority of the stories
take themselves very seriously, to good
effect. That said, I don't think that it should
be dark or foreboding; while there are certainly
dark times during the course of the Keep's
history, there remains an optimistic spirit of adventure throughout.
A couple of notes from my side, we would have to
be careful of overcrowding. The fact that doing
this pretty much requires financial
contributions from participants to cover their
characters should help balance that out, but
even so, if we were able to do something like
this, we would probably end up with quite a few
characters. One option I can think of would be
to have an artist create a background, then have
multiple images, each one likely centered on a
legacy character with other active and legacy
characters around them, and just superimpose
those images over the background. Then it would
simply be a matter of putting the images on a rotation on the archives.
Also, the price is a consideration. While many
artists have group rates, to get a piece that
would adequately represent the setting would be
pretty expensive. Now, each author could cover
their characters and split it up that way, but
then we have some characters who do not have
owners, or whose owners no longer write for the
setting. We would need to get a quote to see
how much extra each person would have to pay to have them included.
-LurkingWolf
On Aug 23, 2014 7:00 AM, "Leo M Panther aka M vd
Mosselaar"
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
A banner for MK should probably have at least
one character from each curse. Naturally Duke
Thomas, Misha and Charles should be in there.
As for the keep, some permanent landmarks would
most likely work. Like the sign for the Mule,
the three gates looming behind our characters,
maybe a tower with a dragon peeking out of it. Perhaps the WA monument.
Before picking an artist however there we would
need some consensus on the tone of thebanner.
Should the tone be:
-Happy
-Tongue-in-cheeck
-Realistic
-Serious
-Dark
-other tone I didnât think of
What size would the banner be in the first place?
Our characters might get too crowded and get squashed to fit on the banner.
thatâs all I have for now,
Leo
âPain in the tailâ Lion
From: <mailto:[email protected]>christian okane
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 8:04 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>'Metamor Keep'
Subject: [Mkguild] Group picture
Was chatting with Lurking Wolf tonight and he
suggested "was thinking, what sort of chance
might there be of getting a large picture with a
lot of the major/active characters from mk as a
sort of banner for the archive?"
I love the idea! But the brings up some
questions - Who is in the group picture and what artist to commission to do it?
Comment? Ideas?
Chris
The Lurking Fox
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