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Rolemaster / Re: Rolemaster Unified art: what happened?
« Last post by Cory Magel on Today at 08:18:00 PM »Examples please, with all the required relevant information for a fair comparison (see below).The 'problem' is pretty obvious. ICE isn't in a position to be paying higher end artists. Period.There are plenty of books with smaller audiences and better art. Core Laws is a platinum seller. Assuming $2 from each copy went to art, that's an art budget of at least $2000. I've done more with less.
It's not (only) about paying more for art.Who is publishing this book, who's in charge of it, what's their budget for it, what does the book cost, and how big is their target audience?
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.
If you think it has nothing to do with budget you haven't actually created such a book.