Good news!

Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:29 pm

Well, I got a call from Doirche, so hopefully now we can all put the unpleasantness behind us and move on with the project. Doirche is sending me the Illustrator formatted maps and other material I need to splice together, and the next step is to go over them and see where we left off and what needs updating.

Fingers crossed, work moves forward!

Now if we can just find a damned artist!

Post by **Tarrax Ironwolf** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:30 pm

Yay! Great to hear!

Are you talking about a cartography artist? Cause I know someone, if he is interested, who might take up the challenge.

Post by **Beowulf** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:54 am

Onward and upward! I hope it plays out well.

Post by **Varl** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:21 pm

If you still read this board, thanks Doirche.

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:51 pm

So far so good. Just waiting to see Monday if the material got here, then I gotta re-new Doirche's membership and settings and all that. Then, I'm going to have to inventory everything we have and still need. Usually that only takes about 2 days of work. Then I gotta see if any of the maps need updating, but based on what Doirche and I talked about last night on the phone, I think the maps are updated to the very latest design as indicated by the written material.

So, what will happen next is that I'll take a few days then to design the maps for the 3 adventures in the Adventures Booklet, which are in themselves 3 different miniature sub-levels (nothing too extensive, but still very cool!). I'll get those designs to Doirche to start mapping out, then get back to writing up Level 8 and the main sub-level. I have a huge amount of each already done.

After that, it's just a matter of writing up the adventures for the booklet, which is only a few pages each, and then we move to the final stage of wrapping up everything, fleshing out the auxiliary text (much of which is already done), and finally...

We gotta find a damned artist!

If anyone here wants to earn my undying gratitude and be listed as The Savior in the credits section, start prowling places like Deviant Art and sending me links to artists you think have a nice 2E style, and if I like what I see, I'll ask you to contact them. I just gotta farm out the work of finding an artist.

If all goes well, we'll see this completed in 2012, knock on wood!

Post by **Tarrax Ironwolf** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:55 pm

I'm still up for being the artist, but I haven't received anything from my last three emails to you with my work attached. Each request I sent was to send me more info on more creatures (and rooms, encounters, etc.) that you want drawn, but haven't heard anything. So I'm assuming you don't need my services any longer.

If my work isn't exactly what you are looking for, I won't bother you any more about it. Otherwise, I'm more than glad to still help out.

Post by **slade88green** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:32 am

my friend is still interested in doing so art for this project but has likewise not gotten any more information on what needs to be drawn. It is very hard to get some art for something when you don't know what needs to be done. Room and or creature descriptions would be very helpful.

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:26 pm

Tarrax, I got your last email with the art from the new gmail account. I thought I replied to it, but it doesn't show it (the little green arrow to show I replied). I thought I did. Looked good! I needed you to tweak a few details. I especially liked the Kinder-toten! Nice touch with the doll in hand!

I'll email you soon. I just lose track of entire months nowadays. Between the 3 jobs and school, I rarely get to breathe, much less get online and write.

The main thing I wanted you to tweak was the Black Cube, which is admittedly probably the most annoying monster to try drawing. What can be done with a blank cube? LOL! I had some ideas to send you on that though.

We're gonna need two artists I think. One for monsters (which Tarrax is handling) and one for the room descriptions. We've just bitten off too much for one artist to do, given time constraints in this day and age.

Slade, the first thing I needed was a sample of his work. I don't recall ever seeing anything from him. Can you send some samples?

Post by **Tarrax Ironwolf** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:00 pm

Excellent! Will do with the cube. I have an idea and I'll send you the update very soon to see if you approve.

If you need, I can also do room sets as well, if your interested.