As discussed in Star Army's January 2025 Community Meeting, I'd like to do a new surge of art commissions to start off the new year.
I'd like your feedback as a community what we should be getting art for.
These could be updated character artworks for player characters in plots, something to help out new players who are sticking around, or art for places or technologies of Star Army that appear in the RP.
I'm also interested to hear if you have recommendations for specific artists or art commissions that have decent prices, terms, speed, and communication, and can accept PayPal payments (Russian artists for example cannot because of the ongoing war).
Also if you see a suggestion you like below, you can upvote it so I can see what the most popular ideas are. Thanks for your time and I hope you'll love the art we get.
Q: But Wes, can't you just AI up everything?
A: No! I want artwork that's uniquely Star Army's, and human artists are way better at getting the details (e.g. uniforms) right. And I don't want to replace artists, just to supplement things. Star Army means to be a friend to artists and support artists with the funds we have available (which are sparse, but still)
Q: Who's going to pay for it?
A: I expect to mostly pay for the 2025 Art Surge using my own funds plus Site Supporter donations (as available). If you want a particular artwork you can also purchase it and have it be a part of the surge. There will be a wiki page to show all the cool art we got similar to the 2021 Art Surge.
I'd like your feedback as a community what we should be getting art for.
These could be updated character artworks for player characters in plots, something to help out new players who are sticking around, or art for places or technologies of Star Army that appear in the RP.
I'm also interested to hear if you have recommendations for specific artists or art commissions that have decent prices, terms, speed, and communication, and can accept PayPal payments (Russian artists for example cannot because of the ongoing war).
Also if you see a suggestion you like below, you can upvote it so I can see what the most popular ideas are. Thanks for your time and I hope you'll love the art we get.
Q: But Wes, can't you just AI up everything?
A: No! I want artwork that's uniquely Star Army's, and human artists are way better at getting the details (e.g. uniforms) right. And I don't want to replace artists, just to supplement things. Star Army means to be a friend to artists and support artists with the funds we have available (which are sparse, but still)
Q: Who's going to pay for it?
A: I expect to mostly pay for the 2025 Art Surge using my own funds plus Site Supporter donations (as available). If you want a particular artwork you can also purchase it and have it be a part of the surge. There will be a wiki page to show all the cool art we got similar to the 2021 Art Surge.