2D Artist Tasks

**Augustus Lucifer** · April 06, 2009, 02:04 PM

THIS THREAD IS NOT UP TO DATE. IT WILL BE UPDATED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS NOTICE WAS POSTED ON MAY 7TH; IF YOU SEE IT AND A WEEK OR MORE HAS PASSED SINCE THEN, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND REMIND ME.

This is a thread for tasks of our 2D Artists. I count danova, MarquisWu, sud commander, and Toboe currently. danova has a faction to skin though, so mainly the others.

High Priority

Medium Priority

Task 1 - Loading Screens

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This task is pretty self-explanatory to anyone who has played the TW series of games. Loading screens are a variety of images in a standard template that appear while the mod loads. Generally these are screenshots, but they don't have to be. In fact MarquisWu had an intriguing idea about loading screens that made them much more ornate than the vanilla versions, though he seems to have disappeared.

We already have the template, as it is used for the main menu and so will be used for the loading screen.

Low Priority

Task 1 - Userbars

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

Userbars are like signatures, they are intended to go in a signature, but they are not intended to take up much space. For this reason a user can have 5 or more userbars in their signature along with some text. Lots of users might be inclined to support our mod, but don't want it being the feature presentation of their signature. We're fine with that, and it would be good if some userbars for AUH could be made, so those users who like their signature to support multiple mods or have other things in it, can still show their support.

Userbars need to be 350x19 or similar. The width can vary longer or shorter to a max of 550 width, but the height should stay around 19. We can have some larger userbars, but then they start verging on small signatures. If you don't know what a userbar is, which would be surprising, you can see this site which has gazillions of examples. Our userbar should be distinctive, fit our mod, but not be so flashy that it tries to put all the other userbars in a signature to shame. It can say something to the effect of "All Under Heaven Fan", "All Under Heaven Supporter", "AUH Fan", "AUH Supporter", and similar sentiments. A version for team members might also be good. As with everything, more choices for users is better than less, because it lets them customize to their liking.

The priority of this is currently higher than signatures, until we have a few to distribute. It is lower than everything except signatures/avatars though, since it is inconsequential to mod development.

Task 2 - Signatures

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

Signatures to show support for the mod are always welcome. The current maximum signature height is 175 pixels. For this reason all signatures should be a maximum of 150px in height(to allow room for another text line), and max of 550px in length(the maximum allowed). Not all signatures need to be 150px. Smaller signatures of 100px or less are always welcome, even if they are just versions of a larger one, because some people may want to show support for our mod, but don't want it to be the sole thing in their signature, which is understandable.

You can use the logo and any of the units or things we have previewed in the signatures. Beyond that it's all up to you. If you want to use something not previewed yet in a signature, ask me first. Depending on what it is, I might approve it for use, or I might approve it but say we won't release it publicly until it can coincide with a preview.

The priority on this is low. This is a "when there's nothing else better to do" 2D Art task. Variety in signatures is good, but it's also inconsequential to mod development.

Task 3 - Avatars

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

Everyone knows what an avatar is. The max avatar size here is 100x100. An avatar can be anything that gives an AUH feel to it. It should not have our logo or banner stamped all over it. It could be a famous person, a unit, or any number of things that might look good as an avatar. Besides that it can be whatever.

Not a lot of users will be inclined to use avatars from AUH, so this is our lowest priority assignment and will remain that way unless I can find something even more inconsequential.

Task 10 - Building Images

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. High priority when the time comes.

Task 11 - Building Icons

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. High priority when the time comes.

Task 12 - Event Images

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. High priority when the time comes.

Task 13 - Ancillary Images

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. Moderate priority when the time comes.

Task 14 - Banners

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. Moderate priority when the time comes.

Task 15 - Pips

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. Moderate priority when the time comes.

Task 16 - Flora

Who's working on it? None as of yet.

This will be elaborated on later with the release of the internal alpha, and discussed in a separate thread. Moderate priority when the time comes.

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Important to Note: This list does not include Skinning. There is plenty of skinning that needs done. Currently danova skins his own units, as does B. Ward, Wundai does some basic skins of his buildings, but otherwise there are more models than skins on average. There are skinning tasks aplenty in addition to the above, but they are amply discussed in other threads, and require a different kind of 2D art than the straightforward 2D Art in this thread.
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**Augustus Lucifer** · April 06, 2009, 02:23 PM

Added 3 more tasks. This thread can be used to discuss the tasks, ask questions about clarification of anything asked, inform other artists and team leaders what you intend to work on in case there might be heads butting, and showcase the work for critique and approval.

EDIT: Added 9 more tasks and a note about skinning.