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[Bliss Stage] Artists

posted by [personal profile] benlehman at 08:01pm on 19/02/2006
So I'm poking around looking for artists for Bliss Stage. Here is an announcement on the Forge, but I'm also trawling deviantArt.

I'm curious to get reactions, especially from those of you who read this and actually play the game, to these two artists:

Messa, who is a pretty workman-like anime artist.
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ShiZero, who is different in a good way, and also intellectually capable of surrealism.

(In Beijing, so Blogspot is inaccessible. RPG posts will be in this space until future notice.)
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posted by [identity profile] ornithoptercat.livejournal.com at 03:12pm on 19/02/2006
Haven't played Bliss Stage, but I think ShiZero is the better artist, as Messa has some issues with proportion.
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posted by [identity profile] foreign-devilry.livejournal.com at 03:32pm on 19/02/2006
You know about wen-m (http://www.deviantart.com/view/19329603/), right?

Honestly, all of ShiZero's stuff looks way to happy for Bliss Stage. My vote goes to Messa of the swirly dark backgrounds. Yay for angst!
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posted by [identity profile] yeloson.livejournal.com at 05:15pm on 19/02/2006
Ben, have you considered multiple artists? Shizero looks good for the anchors (I expect the pilots might only remember the anchors as smiling, idealized people...).
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 02:58am on 20/02/2006
:-)

I really want the book to have a unified look. We'll see, though.

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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 02:57am on 20/02/2006
Yeah, wen-m is a good artist and exactly wrong for the game. Maybe for Anima Hunters, but that's like 3-4 years out.

I figure that ShiZero should be able to stylstically stretch into other things.

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posted by [identity profile] nikotesla.livejournal.com at 09:37pm on 20/02/2006
I think I'm going to have illos in Shock:

I'm worried.

Because I'm doing them myself.

It's not like I can't do illustration; I did a lot of it in college. But... drawing's really personal to me.

Anyway, I think all three, including wen-m are interesting choices.

I'm inclined toward ShiZero. wen-m seems kinda trashy, with a corporate, Hot Topic feel and Messa just isn't as strong as ShiZero is.
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