[Mkguild] Group picture

[C. Matthias]

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.
>
>Â Â  I like the idea of rotating images! Â i 
>would allow us to eventually have all the characters on it at some point!
>
>
>Comments? Ideas?
>
>Chris
>The Lurking Fox
>
>
>From: mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org 
>[mailto:mkguild-bounces at lists.integral.org] 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:lionar_panthera at hotmail.com>lionar_panthera at hotmail.com> 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 didn’t 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.
>
>that’s all I have for now,
>
>Leo
>“Pain in the tail” Lion
>
>From: <mailto:chrisokane at optimum.net>christian okane
>Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 8:04 AM
>To: <mailto:mkguild at lists.integral.org>'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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