Star Wars Wednesday - Sketch Cards & the RPG
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 11:45PM So, I started this post last week, then deleted it because it became too much like an earlier post, and I decided to go the starwars.com route anyway. This week I'm returning to the subject because:
1 - It's way late.
2 - I just discovered something new to add to the subject.
So, with the Wednesday clock counting down....
In previous posts over the years on my blog here and at starwars.com, I've talked about using art from official products and unofficial sites with the RPG. These sources are great for finding new takes on existing characters, character types and even art styles that you can use in your game to represent your own player or gamemaster characters.
One source of useful art are sketch cards. While true, official sketch cards are rare and hard to obtain, there are copies from various sources online that you can find. Sketch cards are a nice format for character portraits, and mimic the Character Sketch boxes on some older character sheets (or the old WEG character templates in certain products).
Time to post....just to make sure...
Right, OK then. So, for a a quick card, you could print any image you like to a size similar to the sketch card (which is the size of a trading card). However, it's more personal if you create the image yourself, or get a friend who draws better than you to do it.
Need ideas? That's where Star Wars artist Matt Busch's new and past videos come in. Check them out.
For me, well, the image you see on this page I created for a character in one of fellow freelancer Patrick Stutzman's games. Remember, go for a style that you feel comfortable with, and hopefully adds a bit of character to your...character.
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Reader Comments (1)
Good article. I'd never heard of the sketch cards before, believe it or not.
A pal from the SWRPGNetwork Holonet Forums got me into 3d modeling art, using Daz Studio, a couple years ago, & I've started using that for character portraits. I'd already been doing some SW themed pieces, so was the next step. The rendered image can also be resized to fit character sketch boxes or smaller; that's how I did my d20 Radio avatar.