Art By The Inch

[gothwalk]

The Art By The Inch thing I'm doing for November is for 10,000 square inches of art. I'm discounting work things for this, as that feels like cheating.

I'll be working with wallpapers and icons, campaign world maps, and sketchbooks - which will be abstracts, scenery, and still life/details.

An A4 page in a sketchbook is about 96 square inches, give or take a bit, so 104 such pages will add up to the total on their own, if fully covered. A 1024x768 pixel wallpaper, at 72dpi, is about 140 square inches, and a 100x100 livejournal icon is just short of two square inches - 11 of them makes 20 square inches, basically. And the usual size I work with for mapmaking is A3, which is 192 square inches all on its own, but inevitably has some blank space, so I'll call it 150 square inches.

That doesn't look too hard, right? Two sketchbook pages, and a wallpaper every day, with some icons and maps thrown in. Suggestions and requests welcome.

Comments

[bastun-ie.livejournal.com]

Does an animated .gif count double?

Wouldn't mind a "Can't stop the signal" Firefly/Serenity icon if you've got the time...

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Given that each frame has to be made separately, yes, I think they count as however-many. You mind waiting until the start of November for that?

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

What do you use for animation?

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I've only ever done two animated gifs before, but Adobe Imageready is what I've used. Imageready is the business for anything that involves slicing, animating, or modifying images; it's a kind of Photoshop Lite for web developers.

[ragnvaeig.livejournal.com]

Do you do anything along this vein, or is your usual style less abstract (having seen very little of your work)?

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

It's usually less abstract, and more minimalist, although that is conceivably something I could produce on a really good day. I'm not always happy about showing stuff off, but that's the point of this project.

http://gothwalk.deviantart.com/ contains some stuff that I'm happy to show.

[brucius.livejournal.com]

I recall you used to do small perspective drawings of towns (usually on a hill if I remember correctly) a huge one of them would be quite impressive. Maybe a little something like a planescape style citadel or the like.

[kshandr.livejournal.com]

Do you have examples of maps you've made?

I'm looking for a map of a continent, done in an olde worlde style for this here Heritage project I'm working on. I've done this sort of thing before, with varying quality of results, and I'm betting someone properly artistic could do it better. I've a fairly clear idea of what I want put where, though a fair amount of creative license is available.

Any idea if you'd be interested? In return for a Favour?

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I would indeed be interested, although I have to say that when I want really good maps, bluedevi does them for me. I've no scans at the moment of mine or hers, but I'll see what I can find.

[tyrantmouth.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking it over, and I think I'm in with you. I could certainly use the challenge, and the creative kick in the pants, get myself moving again.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Excellent. inannajones will be posting day-by-day topics and themes; go tell her you're interested.

[tyrantmouth.livejournal.com]

Done. Thank you! :)