I want to open up the loading screen art contest mid January if possible. While I will use as many of the artwork as I can within my own spec evo project videos for this project, I think it is a good idea to get a general idea among the devs as to what we want to look for when it comes to the artwork that will be considered for loading screen art.
Personally I want to make sure that each piece of art features more than just 1 individual organism or species. I want it to be like a snapshot of a living ecosystem when you see one of the loading screens (this will be different for the initial body plans as I want one image of both and an image of each initial body plan by itself).
Not Ai (i feel like that is a given requirement)
Please leave your ideas below on what else should be considered.
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Do we want to include a restriction for general art styles? I think our current art is pretty naturalist or impressionistic (for lack of better words). Something very cartoonish might clash too much?
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I assume that is the case. I’ll point to the current loading screen art style as to what we are looking for, as well as other realistic drawing styles.
Also to add, I’ll have specific arts I want later on in this project once we approach the society stages of Thrive
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I’ll assume at this moment that no one has any additional ideas for requirements for what will be considered for the loading screen arts.
Im unsure at this moment where we should host the contest. Should we create a channel in the community discord or on the community forums or both?
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Cool idea, it will make players engage with developers. Meanwhile we might gonna have cool arts for reload screens.
This is the google doc where I am creating a draft for the forum post for the art contest. If anyone has any feedback on things to include or change please share them with me.
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