Re: [DL] Cover Art: A New Spin

[rs95065@weir.co.uk]

Martha Frey writes
> Maybe a more useful turn for this conversation to take
> would be the feel you'd like conveyed with the art. 

This is more the direction I was hoping "cover art" chat was going to 
go - it's probably of a greater help to PEG - than a "I like Brom, 
but I don't like ..." discussion.  So what style or elements of art 
would people like to see incorporated into the covers of Deadlands 
products?

> Personally, I like the horror factor some of the older
> books convey, Law Dogs especially.  Sure, it looks
> like a normal ol' Sheriff, but take a good look at her
> eyes or the "corpse" hangin' from the gallows, and you
> get the feeling you're missing something here,
> something important.  

Yaay, this is the kind of stuff I like too.  To be honest I've never 
actually noticed the body on the gallows - but by just looking at the 
cover I can fell that something just isn't right - I'll need to go 
back and check it out in more detail now. 

> Either show me something so mind-boggeling blatent I
> can't help but metaphorically wet myself, or take a
> seemingly regular picture and warp it in small, subtle
> some way that catches my eye and leaves me feeling
> both uneasy and intrigued.

I'm with TBS on this one - I much prefer the uneasy/intriguing than 
the blatent.  I guess the latter feels more in keeping with what 
Deadlands: Weird West is all about. 

> 2.  Don't spoil anything for me.  

Yep. we came  across this in L5R, did an adventure and we players 
happened to see a picture of a samurai holding a flaming sword that 
seemed to be setting him on fire ( he was creaming so we figured 
this wasn't a good thing :) ).  As the adventure was set around a 
sword it wasn't to hard to figure out, not to pick up the sword 
unsheathed, when we eventually came across it.

Roy
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