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I don't know the extent of the descriptions yet (I'll get some guidelines from Alex later), but I think I could fit it under the illustrations. That way I could just do one for them all without blowing up the page count. I think that'll be the way to go. Something discrete below each illustration. Depending on what guidelines I get from Alex, of course.

Haha!

Thanks you two. I'm not wondering about the legal side (Alex's got me covered there. ), just purely looking for ideas on a How do I make it look good if I have to write descriptions for some of the games? Justin, this is already something I'm afraid not a lot of people want, so I want to make just one big book if I can get 100 pre-orders. All the logistics of making that one book is headache enough, without thinking about doing even more. After all this back and forth between print shops and lawyers, I really hope I do end up being able to make this. Otherwise I'd be sad. And toblix wouldn't stop bothering me about it, yeah?! EDIT: If I do write descriptions for them all, I could put it below each illustration.. That would at least mean the same page count.. I don't know. It'd be a bit of text, but not too much, discreetly below the illustration. Any potential buyers out there who has an opinion on whether that would put them off this?

I don't specifically have anything to plug yet, but this is shit I will eventually plug that I need some opinions on! Alright, I'm making that book. That book with my adventure game illustrations in it. Eventually I'll take pre-orders and require a minimum of 100 or the book will not be made (don't want to front the cost on something that no one might be interested in at all..) I've been in touch with The Lawyer. Still waiting on the full guideline from him, but roughly: If I get permission, I'll put just the illustration. If I don't get permission, I'll have to write a description of some sorts to accompany the ilustration, which'll make it fall under fair use. So, Opinion Time! What'd be the best way of presenting this? I expect to get no permission from Disney for the LucasArts games (maybe I will..? ..but I won't.) But a lot of the illustrations are of indie games or otherwise from companies known for being cool about this sort of stuff (eg. Revolution, who've even bought one of my prints!) So there'd be descriptions of only some of the games? That'd be weird, right? One idea I had was to posit it as a sort of History of Adventure Games. Sort the illustrations in chronological order. Then have the few descriptions function as a kind of chapter heading, i.e. "1995-1998 - blah blah blah a golden year of whatever, something about Full Throttle, etc." next to that game's illustration. But the problem with that is the LucasArts games aren't staggered enough to all be good as dividers, so there'd still be weird stuff like Full Throttle being a divider, but then The Dig also having a description in the following pages.. Make sense? Also, I sort of don't want them in chronological order, because suddenly the entire second half of the book is just modern adventure games. They're great, but I want some old ones in between. The other option would be to do descriptions for it all. I'd rather not do that, because man.. that's a lot of text. And double the page count (because the way I want it is that each illustration has its page for itself, I don't want a block of text next to it, because that'd make them smaller..). I haven't checked if the price is a lot higher, but I imagine it will be. Also.. man.. a lot of text. I'm an awful writer, so it wouldn't even be particularly interesting stuff! Awful! Third option: Just write descriptions for the games I haven't got permission for and just.. Not care that it's a bit weird that some of them have descriptions and some don't? I don't like this idea, because it lacks some sort of thread, but it is the simplest option. Anyone have any bright ideas on how to solve this?

Congrats on the Camposanto news, Chris! Lord 'Campo' Chris 'Extremo Boost Santo' Remo. It's too long...

Our last refuge after our robot lords take over, will be sending out emergency rebellion messages using this forum. Until the robots can name one of the podcasts on this website..

Hey, I had seen that on tigsource before. Welcome to the forums! That game looks amazing! Love the animations. What is the 'Prove you're a human' question?

Yeah, someone pointed it out on twitter! As an extra thing I sent them one of my old prints, one I felt appropriate as a gift to Jake and Sean at least: https://twitter.com/ja2ke/status/431205150649098240

This is brilliant! Keep it up. It's making me happier already.

Are you sure you weren't playing Far Cry Instincts?

Yes, their tutorial series is really, really excellent. Thorough and easy to follow.

I want to see Chris posing next to Lord Remo, so I hope he's there when they arrive!

Nah, they record the cast on Monday or Tuesday I think, so probably not in time.

Obviously! (to all the above..)

This is amazing looking, subbes and you need to send that. No printed/non-handwritten version will arrive at their doorstep! None!

Whoah!

Holy shit! And Fuknik is obviously a brilliant name. Let's hope the price is reduced drastically over the next 10 years.

How does one make a character for Spelunky?

You could run it in-browser using Processing.js, apparently. Worth a look!

Oh, I will. He is great!

I support this. This is a good idea.

I got in touch with the lawyer Ben mentioned. Short answer was no, it's not fair use, at least not in the UK. Except maybe if included with each picture is some text (review, critique, context..) which I was thinking could be some small historical context for the game in question. Could be a neat solution to this!

Yeah, I've had AGTutty's twitter page open for hours now, but I'm afraid of it being improper to ask him for free advice.. Maybe I should just do it.

Is anyone here a lawyer and able to tell me of the legalities of selling an art book collecting my series of adventure game illustrations? I gather it's quite illegal (as are the prints I already sell) but just wondering if anyone has any solid advice on this. Is it more or less illegal if there's a tagline below each one, with the character name, game name and year of release? (e.g. Ben Throttle - Full Throttle (1995) ) I really want to do this thing, but am worried of consequences. I wouldn't want to get sued by Disney, yeah? EDIT: No, toblix. You are not a lawyer. Stop typing!