Hey everyone.
I was going to wait until after the update to post this, but as its been so long and we are still stuck without a new Mac client I decided to post now.
With a recent code change we now have the ability to to display images in books, and, have the books turn pages. Before this the last bit wouldn't work. I'll be posting a "how to" explanation on how this works after the update once the client works correctly with book images so anybody can put any image included with the client in any book they make. Things like weapon icons or ore icons in merchant books for example.
So, if there are any people who have an interest in drawing some concept art similar to that shown above I would love to hear from you.
There are lots of creature books which could do with images, consumers, trepors, and ulbernauts have been done.
These books are ones which jump to mind which could have nice illustrations:
Clacker ecology.
Monsters: Gobble.
This sounds Familiar.
The idea is that the drawing is not just a screen capture. But is a hand drawn picture of the artists impression of what the creature looks likes not necessarily a strict copy of what they look like in game, like the ublernaut. The drawings do not have to be of creatures but could be of anything from any book, or something which would look nice in a book you have an idea for.
A couple of things to think about.
Any drawing would need to look good when put in a book in game. The one above works as the whole image is slightly purple so it seems a light shading has been done over the whole area. If you hand draw something once its scanned and cropped and added to a book it should ideally work "as is" if it doesn't look good in a book it will be hard to use it. The process of making it suitable for a book I can do, or help you with. But its just a process of making everything but the creature transparent and in a *.png file which is easily done in GIMP or Photoshop. If the image is drawn using a program then you can just keep the background transparent.
Of course, the images submitted would need to be checked by Talad before release, and the artist would need to agree to the
contributors agreement. But any images which are done before the upcoming update is released would very likely be in the upcoming update.
Hopefully some of you might be interested. I look forward to hearing from you.
Venalan.
