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Art Commissions Week 1 - Submit Ideas Here!
🕑 Added 2025-03-26 17:17:08 +0000 UTCHey folks!
As part of the launch rewards for book 1, I'm getting 3 art commissions done based on YOUR ideas.
Royal Road's ideas:
Royal Road has gone through two rounds (poll is still open for week 2, but unless some comeback happens the winner is probably the one in the lead). They've also begun submitting ideas for week three, so we've got a good idea of what all is going to be showing up from their end.
Week 1 (confirmed) - Fortune's Folly members (including Shog & Grotto) inside the Closetland Obelisk room. Art style: cel-shading. --Submitted by frncs
Week 2 (in the lead by 7%) - Arlo seated at a desk, holding c'thon Grotto as a bond villain holds a cat. Surrounded by the rest of Fortune's Folly, dapperly-dressed, as if receiving the viewer. --submitted by Narvendel
Week 3 (submissions still open) - Week 3 guarantees a hot springs option on the poll, so I'd be willing to put money on a hot springs related scene as the winner.
How it worked on Royal Road
I took comments once/week. From those I picked 3 ideas and created a poll. They voted in the poll and a winner was selected. I've now begun the process of identifying and reaching out to appropriate artists.
How it will work here on Patreon
For the first week, let's replicate the RR method:
Drop ideas as a comment to this post by Sunday, March 30 at 11 PM EDT (GMT -4). From those I'll grab three and make a poll at the beginning of next week. Voting will be open for a few days at least, and we can consider if the approach needs to be swapped up for the next week.
If you have ideas or feedback for how you think this could be done better or made more interesting, also feel free to add a comment about that here.
I'll include hi-res images and try to grab reproduction/commercial rights for finished products so you guys can download and share and make shirts or do whatever you like with it. Maybe I'll get some posters made or something, who knows?
RULES:
1) It must be Mage Tank related (does this need to be said? Probably not, but I'm a gal-dang LitRPG author and I like clarity in my rules.)
2) Sexy is fine, but nothing totally NSFW (no nudity or graphic sexuality.)
3) Submissions will close on SUNDAY, MARCH 30th at 11 PM EDT (GMT-4).
4) ONE IDEA PER COMMENT (please). Feel free to leave multiple comments though.
5) Those who make it into the poll will be credited (unless you don't want that, in which case please include that in your comment). You'll also get credited again if your idea is picked.
6) If your idea wins the poll, you'll be taken out of the running for future polls. I want to give as much opportunity as I can to everyone.
Your idea can also include your preferred art style (ex: line illustration, anime, H.R. Giger-style horror show), or any other details you find relevant. The medium will probably be digital, since getting something like an oil painting done is very costly.
Some styles may also be difficult to find an artist for, or may involve things totally out of budget, so keep that in mind. This is also a factor with really complicated ideas (like 'an ultra-widescreen ensemble of every character that has ever appeared' would likely not make the poll, because that's like 10 commissions worth of work.)
TL;DR: Drop ideas as a comment to this post by Sunday, March 30 at 11 PM EDT (GMT -4). From those I'll grab three and make a poll at the beginning of next week where you all vote on the winner. No pron please. One idea per comment, but you can comment multiple times.
Excited to see your ideas
Comments
Pete Magnuson
Not sure if it would be an art commission or something simpler, but a nice artsy world map would be rad. Maybe have little insets describing the uninhabitable portions of the world, or the moon/star system if they're relevant. I'd slap that on a desktop background in a heartbeat
John Anastacio
Arlo in very short pants smiling and waving as he welcomes Xim, Xim's parents, Khigra, and Varrin and his sister and the other noble guests to his domain in ch 182. Relevant sections: I busted my ass to move materials and rearrange bulky items as quickly as possible. I was sweaty, shirtless, and wearing my favorite pair of hotpants for comfort and mobility. I pulled a towel from inventory and wiped myself down, moving toward our new foyer. I took the time to pop out my leather vest and shrug it on, making the mildest attempt to not be mostly nude when greeting the big guy. I figured Xim and her parents would be with him, maybe Khigra, but they weren’t exactly bashful. Plus, they knew what I was about. I rubbed my hair dry of sweat and ran my fingers through my beard in a futile attempt to tame it, then activated the Checkpoint. When the portal opened, I found Varrin as expected, some well-dressed and very proper-looking young noble women who I hadn’t expected, and the entire household staff of the Ravvenblaq manor, none of whom had expected my hotpants. I smiled and waved.
CF Sapper
I'ld love to see a group portrait relaxing in the pocket dimension.
Uroš
The Silver Princess, surprised when Arlo first yeets her through the portal :)
Retroburn
The scene from the DRAGONS!!1 chapter with Fortune's Folly eyeing each other. Bloody Arlo, shirtless and sweaty Varrin, Hazmat suit Nuralie muttering about kidneys and Etja with two knives, a rose and a coctail.
Throh_goblin Lord
Fortunes Folly + Grotto and Shog falling onto the giant mountain golem in the center(the one that was the boss for the intrinsic training room)
Throh_goblin Lord
Arlo casting Explosion! as they enter the boss chamber to their most recent delve(forgot the name) and the rest of fortunes folley fanning out to engage with Xim mid transformation
Throh_goblin Lord
The entirety of Fortunes folly in their meeting room with the Littan Queen all of them overtly fawning over her
Verre
Fortune’s folly in the lounge with the dragons like we see the backs of fortune’s folly as they seek an audience with the dragons and they could be lined up by their attunements
Brandon Yarberry
Hysteria held like a hamster in a ball in the mouth of the deiphage golem. I could see this going a lot of different ways depending on the way it's done. I personally like oil paintings, where it's thick enough to give it another layer of visual depth. Very serious subject and work, with maybe a bit of an impressionist edge to it. Gouache, watercolor, or heavier impressionism can make it go whimsical or melancholy. Whereas cel shading, graffiti, or modern digital painting could easily go funny and silly. Especially if Hysteria is actually made to look like a hamster.
