Check out the news over at the Studio on the illustration contest I entered!

Also, why I do I keep having disturbing dreams about eating meat? The night before last, I ate a juicy, succulent steak at the behest of a bad influence, then felt horrid about it. Last night, I choked on a shrimp/lobster while sucking the meat off its tiny bones (yes, I know they don't have bones), and then felt awful.

When I wake up, I feel sick about it, too.

What in Hel?

Hey! I tied for third place in the S7S remix contest! Woo! Thanks Fred and Chad!

(You can check out all the entries here. Lots of great and creative work.)

Here's my entry for the S7S Logo Remix contest for the Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies RPG. Honestly, this was oodles of fun to do.

I've also popped it up on my dA account, where it looks slightly crisper for some reason. Click the pic to jump there:



The first time I looked at the logo silhouette, I thought TENTACLES! And went the obvious place from there. Tried to give it some of the same elements as the CoC 6th Ed. cover, though I deliberately "mixed it up" a little bit.

Sadly, I couldn't find the cover fonts Chaosium utilizes and so made due with what I have in my personal collection. I think it turned out well.

I also used some names pulled from the S7S wiki for the names on the cover (I hope no one minds), scrounged around LJ a bit looking for Chad's middle initial, and took some liberties with a couple minor details.

In case any of you missed the announcement elsewhere, or if you know artists or others who might be interested in a challenging art contest and a bit of exposure or just a bit of fun who aren't a part of the gaming scene, the new Game Chef contest is kicking off with a call for artists to provide this year's design ingredients.

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The Game Chef Artists First! art and game design contest is seeking art submissions until April 5th. We are looking for illustrations for a role-playing game that does not yet exist, styles both far and near the RPG mainstream are welcome. These illustrations will then be used by a large pool of designers to create a new role-playing game.

To enter, artists must simply draw a series of illustrations for a role-playing game text that does not yet exist!

1. There must be 3-5 original (created for the contest) black and white illustrations, suitable for the interior of a book


2. B&W only, size should be from 1/4 to a full 8.5x11 page, although strange form factors are A-OK (everything doesn't need to be contained in a rectangular bounding box)


3. Each illustration should showcase a place, mood, person, idea or event. The illustrations should be thematically connected in some way.


4. Submissions must be posted in the Game Chef forum as a unique thread in the Art Submissions category, or as an e-mail to gamechef08@gmail.com by 12:01am April 6th, 2008

For complete contest information and to sign up or sound off please visit the website.

Artists First is part of the Game Chef contest. Game Chef has run annually since 2002, and has become a center for small press and independent role-playing game development. Last year more than 120 people participated, and several games from that contest are in active playtest with plans for publication.

If you're a designer and not an artist, we don't need you for a couple of weeks, but feel free to register and sound off. Also, please repost this announcement anywhere you think it'll catch some eyeballs.

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I'm all signed up, and I've already mentioned the (to me) crazy two week deadline because gods know I can't imagine pulling off that many decent illos. in that short a time. But that's what makes it a challenge. Now I just need to come up with a theme and start sketching out some ideas. Anyone have any fun directions they want me to try and run in?