Symbols Project Update: More New Stuff In The Works!!!
Terraformer_Author
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Hi children.
Well - I am still hammering away at this project - and my hopes are that eventually, you shall reap the benefits. I am doing these with both artistic mappers and gamers / GMs in mind. My goal is to make an incredibly comprehensive series of catalogues / collections that will be fully functional in a game environment. True - these aren't going to be as portrait perfect and flashy as the other symbol sets that so many other more talented graphics wizards have been putting on the table as of late - but - they'll work (whatever that means, lol
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First - here's an image of the complete set of Chromatic Dragon symbol images that I have just completed + two more dragon types. I am also working on a Dragon Turtle symbol image not shown here (P.S., I did NOT do a Tiamut symbol image - because Tiamut is too D&D specific really - and besides - she's more of a demi-diety than a monster type technically speaking [ from what I understand]):
Well - I am still hammering away at this project - and my hopes are that eventually, you shall reap the benefits. I am doing these with both artistic mappers and gamers / GMs in mind. My goal is to make an incredibly comprehensive series of catalogues / collections that will be fully functional in a game environment. True - these aren't going to be as portrait perfect and flashy as the other symbol sets that so many other more talented graphics wizards have been putting on the table as of late - but - they'll work (whatever that means, lol
). First - here's an image of the complete set of Chromatic Dragon symbol images that I have just completed + two more dragon types. I am also working on a Dragon Turtle symbol image not shown here (P.S., I did NOT do a Tiamut symbol image - because Tiamut is too D&D specific really - and besides - she's more of a demi-diety than a monster type technically speaking [ from what I understand]):
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Your hard work is appriciated.
I am thinking that Many of the original hi resolution images themselves may or may not be sold as clip art or some other medium much later on if I decide to (like - I don't know - stickers, T-shirts, Coffee mugs, Ball Caps, - who knows at this point - your guess is as good as mine) - but the CC3 map symbol versions of these images will be free of charge (or maybe in an Annual(s)) - and royalty free for all commercial and non commercial maps.
The only limitation to how you use them will be that the individual images themselves can not be re-distributed or sold as clip art or commercial stock design elements. Much like the Terraformer materials - Profantasy Software would be able to use these images promotionally however if they somehow hosted the package - and because I also want to promote the continued existance of their products.
Thank you Mateus and Henrie.
Thanks for doing this.
And I second the suggestion/call that you look at making the symbols varicolor. It would mean that we have lots of options to customize.
Steve
What would be cool really is if somebody more familiar with the fantasy RPG world than I am had some editorial authority to where they could go over all of these symbol images and say "Like it...Like it....Hate it...This one sucks...This one is "so so"... This one is ok...etc.,etc.,etc.,. Lol
I suppose if you want to drive yourself crazy, you could set up umpteen polls and get everyone's opinions; but I can tell you in advance they are going to be all over the map and you're going to end up trusting your gut instinct anyway.
You're doing a huge favor to the community, so keep doing what's fun.
Steve
Thank you for all the work.
There's still a lot I want to add in to this. Thinking of doing a few more dragons, some classic Giant types, and expanding a few sets with just a few more variations. I definitely want to add in more web and spider varieties, and more standard animal icons. I'm adding batches to this collection every week, and burning various project iterations on multiple disks..It won't finish it this week -but I don't see it taking me a year either, lol. It will get done eventually.
#1, Standard Terrain And Vegetation, [ SOME VARICOLOR ],
#2, Standard Towns, Cities, Ruins, etc.), [ SOME VARICOLOR ],
#3, Crops (indicates locations of certain raw foods, herbs, etc.), [ SOME VARICOLOR ],
#4, Gem Mines,
#5, Ore Mines,
#4, Resources (Dining, Money / Tresure, Magical Items, Books, Scrolls, Stone, Clay, Coal, Oil, Water, Weapons Cache, Food Fishes, Pearls, Game Animals, etc.),
#5, Creatures & Critters (Monsters And Entities - basic classic types from old school gaming / Vol1 D&D / AD&D stuff and Earlier - with a smidgeon of mythological, historical, and Original creepy crawlies and monsters), [ SOME VARICOLOR ],
#6, Numbers And Letter Map Marker Sets,
#7, Miscellanious Map Markers, Pointers, & Indicators. including maybe a few scale bars and compasses [ SOME VARICOLOR ].
All map symbols are / will be hand drawn.
HOWEVER - should you want any of the original FULL RESOLUTION images for anything other than making maps - like making up some T-Shirts or ball caps, getting coffee mugs printed up, decal sets for automobiles, boats, whatever - that would be COMMERCIAL "for sale" items - then you'll have to give me some time to set up a fresh paypal account (but It'll probably still be dirt cheap anyway, since I'm not really that good, lol
By the way - any commercial / for sale maps that you would make using CC3 and these catalogues - will be ok to sell or to do with however you like free of license fee or royalties, I was referring to everything under the sun BUT maps, lol.
If you - however - want a dozen different images or so to print up some sticker sheets at Kinkos to give to your kids - or you like a particular one - and you want it for a single personal T-shirt to have a T-Shirt place silkscreen it up for you - or you want to print it onto an iron on transfer sheet - well then - as long as I know you from this forum - I'll probably send you a zip. I would like to have a pic of the shirt though to see how it turned out, lol.
Pens - you brought up a good point. I generally use uniball gel pens - and they are great - but they dry up super fast. I've been buying about six of those at Walmart once a week lately.
Dog gone it...Where's my medication? Lol.