Topic: Question about new artwork development

Hi Eugenia,
a very warm welcome to our forums.
And many thanks for the generous offer with the artwork.
Currently there is a scenario under development. which is discussed here.
There your contributions might be very valuable as well.

I am really looking forward to new art in our campaign scenarios.

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Hi Eugenia and welcome to the forum

For the Frisian tribe, here's a list of the characters in order of their appearance in the campaign …:

• Reebaud¹, the Chieftain of the tribe. He's a chieftain of the old germanic tradition, a fierce and renowned warrior-general.

• Hauke the Wise¹, his old and venerable friend and advisor.

• Maukor³, an enemy Frisian chieftain.

• Murilius³, an arrogant Proconsule of the Roman Empire.

• Claus Lembeck¹, a Frisian Knight of Denmark and Northern Frisia. (Based loosely on a legendary historical and literary figure.)

• Henneke Lembeck¹, his young-adult son and esquire.

• Angadthur³, an Atlantean prince.

• Marcus Caius Iniucundus³, another arrogant Roman legate.

• Linthesilea³, a hostile Amazon leader.

• Ocke Ketelsen², a wise and friendly Frisian Alderman on the island Helgoland.

All characters are male except Linthesilea the female Amazon.
If you want more detailed characterisations, just ask, I have a detailed backstory in my head for each character who appears in the campaign, much more than what makes it into their storyline

One small note on colouring, the Frisian tribe in Widelands is heavily featured with the Northern Frisian national colours of yellow-red-blue, and I would suggest that it would fit if the Frisian characters also feature with these colours.

I'm much looking forward to seeing the artwork

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Nordfriese: Thank you so much, this is very, very helpful. I will start painting tomorrow on first light, right after feeding my cats and put some chicken in the oven. The day will be all for painting after that... :-)

hessenfarmer: I went through the data folder, but it was difficult to find who's who, and which image is a character and which one was not (because the file manager wouldn't show me thumbnails for everything, since they were not all the same format). The way Nordfriese replied earlier above, giving me enough info on each character, it's very helpful for me to visualize them, and to be able to paint them. I will start with the Frisians, then the Amazons, and then I'll move to the other tribes for portraits. It's good that the Empire has these 3 characters in the wiki, so I can repaint them. For the extra two for your mission, please give me their info (name, gender, rank/who they are), so I can do these too when I do the other 3. Then it'd be the Atlantean and Barbarians. And then the loading screens for each campaign...

I was thinking for some ideas for the splash screen too, when the game first starts, but that would require a lot more feedback, since we need to get it right -- first impressions matter. :-)

To keep expectations in check, as I explained to Nordfriese via email, I paint traditionally. Watercolor doesn't look like any illustration made digitally for modern games. It has a textured, vintage look and feel. On top of that, my style is that of the so called Slavic illustration tradition. Here's some of my work:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/f83232f88612bf8f2c44fd801d3cdaaa/c3555b43c2e7b9b1-4e/s1280x1920/9397a178bddae7ac5b8ae15c1fee6d0d57ccd0e2.jpg
https://cargocollective.com/eugenialoli/Cottagecore
https://cargocollective.com/eugenialoli/For-Your-Illustration

Ex-developer, ex-tech-journalist, now an artist and a cat mom of 6.

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i Just had a look at those paintings and they are very good. I wish I could paint like that.

The aussies are coming, ya ho! ya ho!

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