This is the place to post your feedback on that thread.
I have updated the first post on the 30 Magic Animals, with the full list of all the animals. And will update it with links to the individual entries as they are posted.
Should I take the fact that there's no discussion about this as a sign that all is good? or as a sign that nobody is interested?
I am debating, when I turn it into a PDF, whether to use AI images of these animals, since I do not have the budget for this much art, or maybe even turn it into a Kickstarter campaign, where the basic goal would be to pay for line art of these animals, and the more stretch goals are unlocked, the more of them will get a color art piece.
All is good from my point of view. Definitely interesting. Keep it up!
I'm in favor of the Kickstarter as an experiment to see how to deal with art in the AI world, and the open content world. @Timothy_Ferguson might have an opinion?
I used public domain art because it is royalty free, in so much as is possible. Bestiaries are good because you usually can find a coherent art style in public domain. My monsters tend to be individuals, so my art mix looks a bit mix and match, as it is a mix of fine art, line art from pd books, and photos from or Pexels. People forgive that because my books are priced in the hobby range.
Ok, so, the Kickstarter idea is dead, simply because there are only 25 or 26 countries that people living in can start a project on their platform, and I am not a resident of any of them.
Backerkit is 35 or so...
I know, but my country isn't on that list either.
That means one of several options:
- Crowdfund it on a smaller website, that most of the community probably hasn't heard of.
- Use Ai generated images
- Someone suggested publishing it with no art of the animals at all, and buy the art, and update it with said art, as sales go.
Option 3 sounds interesting, but realistically, based on the sales of my Vis Sources pdf, I could maybe get 2-3 art pieces that way, and the plan is to do 40-50 Magic Animals...
Do you have a table of contents?
A table of contents for the entire pdf? no. I will be using the 30 Magic Animals for the other trhead, and am now slowly working on coming up with ideas for the other animals, and then will start statting them.
Why?
All I can say is that if there is AI in it, I won't even bother checking it since I don't like that at all for many reasons.
I didn't even know that kickstarter is not supported in every country.
Just thinking.,
What if it was offered in two versions?
One option wouldn't have any art.
The other option would have the AI art?
To be clear, I am still looking for an artist that have a suitable style, but that the cost wouldn't outdo what I expect to make off the pdf.
How much are you willing to pay for a pdf with 50 Magic Animals?
30 of the entries will be based on the 30 days of Magic Animals thread, with 20 more to be created, so that there will be examples of 5 animals for each Form.
Each Entry will be about 3 pages long, including the stats, a background, and what's needed to bind it as a familiar.
This will allow me to see what my budget is for an artist.
- $14.99 to $19.99
- $19.99 to $24.99
- $24.99 to $29.99
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Ok, what it looks like I'll do, is get to writing the rest of the Magic Animals (I have the concepts for the rest more or less finished), and then do the layout. I will probably get one or two art pieces done for the publication, and then, as it earns me some money, i will set aside most of it towards more art pieces, and update the file. I believe that DriveThruRPG updates buyers automatically when the file has been updated. But in either case, I will find a way to update that new art has been added.