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Rolemaster / Re: Rolemaster Unified art: what happened?
« Last post by Mordenkainen on May 15, 2024, 07:07:14 PM »The problem in my opinion is the lack of a (good) art director and/or layout maven.The 'problem' is pretty obvious. ICE isn't in a position to be paying higher end artists. Period.
This isn't the ICE that had the MERP license, was in the top five RPG's, and paying people like Angus to do their covers and probably never will be. Constantly coming at them about art isn't going to do anything but dishearten people who are working for pennies. I don't mean to be a Richard... but everyone needs to get over it and move on. Worry about the substance of the RPG itself, you aren't flipping through the books while playing to admire the art, you're at a table playing the game itself.
It's not (only) about paying more for art.
Look at the layout here.
https://imgur.com/a/14hOu4p
This is a random page, literally the first page I flipped to from the last pdf I had open.
See how the shape of the art has been incorporated into the column layout of the page? See how background textures have been used? See how there is a shadow from the dwarf which spills over into the page? This all gives it life and visual appeal. It's basic stuff at this point. Nothing to do with budget.