CONTACT INFORMATION:
GM_ODA aka Ehye_Khandee PM me on social.bioware.com and I'll give you an email in reply, to which you can send any images you submit for our use.
THANK YOU for your interest in helping us rebuild NeverwinterConnections.com.
As you already know, Eriniel and myself are rebuilding the neverwinterconnections.com website to run on Free Open Source Software (FOSS) rather than the proprietary (pronounced "several thousand dollars for a license" Cold Fusion) system on which it was based previously.
The original web site for neverwinterconnections.com was coded TEN YEARS AGO and much has changed on the Internet since those days. We are working to eliminate all obsoleted code and will deliver the system using only HTML, CSS and PHP. While we are busy about doing the 'heavy-coding' we have been discussing giving the site a new look. While the old graphics were OK, there were no 'pedigree' data about who made them and detailing licensing - as we respect IP rights, we would like to see NEW graphics to replace the old - the new graphics all donated by talented persons in the NWN Community. . . YOU.
==== BEGIN PROPOSED AGREEMENT ====
KUDOs to you and THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. To be totally up-front about this engagement, we are asking you to donate your original works to fill the modest needs of the new neverwinterconnections.com - the art you provide, you provide with full rights to re-use in perpetuity and grant that we may transfer those rights along with the site to the control of another in the future, such rights will always be conveyed with the site ownership. YOU will receive a text credit on the credits page of the new web site, along with this credit, at your option, we will include a link to an internet location of your choosing, and/or a link to email you (while disguising your email addy from bots with our best digital subterfuge).
If you submit any art to me at the above email address, you acknowledge the terms set forth in the preceeding paragraph apply.
These three paragraphs (this and the above two) are the whole of the agreement between us should you agree and signify this by sending art to the above email address.
==== END PROPOSED AGREEMENT ====
ART PIECES REQUESTED:
LOGO - font/look of your choosing 'NeverwinterConnections.com' this should be done to 'stand out' on a dark background'... provide in original format and .png - sized LARGE so we can 'reduce to fit', PLEASE send a sample also suited as overlay to the following banner art.
BANNER ART -
Replacement for 'nwtavern.jpg' in same size. We like the idea of a 'fade to black' on the left side of image, beyond that, you have carte-blanche. Please try to represent the NWN / NWN2 theme as broadly as you can (this is a versetile game engine so it may be challenging to conceive of the imagery to elicit a 'fits most of NWN' need - but praise be, there are talented persons like you to help us out there). 2200x472 pixels.
NEW ART - in the same size as 'nwtavern.jpg' to be used in the NWC FORUM - we ask you to do something that would 'evoke historic forums with a fantasy flair' beyond this, you have carte-blanche.
NEW ART - in the same size as 'nwtavern.jpg' to be used in the NWC LIBRARY - we ask you to do something that would 'evoke a library with a fantasy flair', beyond this, you have carte-blanche. 880x1152
NEW ART - 'Realms' are aka server clusters, e.g. two or more related NWN or NWN2 servers. What we would like for this one, done in the same size as 'nwtavern.jpg' - is to have something illustrative of portals/transit from "world to world", beyond that, you have carte-blanche. This piece will be used in the head of the server/realms search pages. 880x1152
FOR ALL THE ABOVE BANNER ART - please provide the art in native format and in .png format, both formats with and without the overlay of text 'NeverwinterConnections.com'
REPLACEMENT CHARACTER - traditionally, NWC has had a dwarf figure in the lower right corner. This character without a name that I know of - in some images seems to have the character of 'Dungeon Master' from the old D&D Cartoon series looking over his shoulder. This honestly alarms me as the IP for the cartoon is NOT even remotely conferred to NWN and has nothing to do with NWN. Whimsical, sentimental or whatever, I don't want that infringement on my watch. We respect IP here. All that said, what we need are one or more 'characters' to replace the friendly dwarf. In _some_ of the old dwarf's images (sorry, I was unable to locate them in time to send with this package) the dwarf held a plain white placard (like a small sandwich board in advertising parlance) - I rather liked the idea of the NPC depicted having 'signage space' that we can fill in with black or red text and links that change page to page. So, whhat we need from you are one or more characters (of approximate same size image) to replace the dwarf. The character or characters you provide should fit 'standard nwn/dnd' and be one of the 'classic' races; dwarf, elf, gnome, halfling, human, half-elf or half-orc. The character should be outfitted as a DND character in whatever tasteful act you might envision that could involve either wearing signage or standing before signage (where we will insert text)... signage should be in the lower left quarter of the image, so that the character faces toward the center of the page. 880x1152
new/replacement art - small dragon icons, dragons sleeping, dragons 'breaking down the fourth wall' (e.g. looking at reader), dragons on treasure, in flight, etc. general purpose small dragon icons we can use about the site as buttons or accents. Beyond these few pointers, YOU HAVE CARTE BLANCHE on this too. keep size to 100x150 please. Submit in original format and as png.
replacement art - we need a new image to replace the 'NoImage.gif' (also in samples sent). Same size, as png file and original format please. 256x512
LASTLY - we need animation of a dragon doing a 'banner sized' swoop onto screen and drop object which bounces and resolves in near vision field as a scroll which features words "NEW MAIL" on it, as dragon takes wing up and out of view. This animation will play anew with each page-load while there is unread messages in the Members' inbox (the image will be engineered into the page to load only once, so it will have a small bandwidth usage overall). The swooping dragon should be done on a transparent background so it can appear 'in the foreground over' the banner and such links there. 880x1152
Disclosure - We have appealed to the community and were met with responses from only a few artists. We hope to enlist a few artists to assist us here, THIS IS TO GIVE US OPTIONS - and to be an 'insurance policy' if you will, ensuring that we get at least one image suited to each use. The characters, we will be using (randomized) from page to page, so we'll need BOTH of your efforts in that section of the page (variety is good there, you can use any 'look' you please to convey your desired message - e.g. sepia tones to help set the mood on a human sleuth entering a doorway is as OK as is bold realistic imagery with blood dripping from sword as the warrior pokes the anonymous monster body at his feet. . . whatever YOU as an artist feels best suits the piece you are making - the variety in your chosen styles from character to character helps us emphasize just how versatile NWN and NWN2 really ARE.
Where the banners are concerned, we'll choose from among the submitted pieces, but reserve the right to use all the good works you provide even if that means using them on other parts of NWC besides the one outlined in the paragraphs above.
In short, WE WILL USE YOUR WORK. I've seen/learned enough about YOU two artists that I feel very confident you are both going to turn in useful, high quality pieceds. YOU WILL GET CREDITED on the credits page for NWC as well (please provide us with the text and any email or web addy you might want associated with your name there).
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE AND VOLUNTEER SPIRIT! The community will appreciate your submissions for years to come.
If you can only do PART of the above request, please do. We need artistic assistance.
Modifié par ehye_khandee, 15 février 2013 - 12:11 .
