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Askot Bokbondeler

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crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« on: February 15, 2011, 02:25:20 am »

This isn't mine, instead it's my crayon reward which just came this weekend! Hooray!!!
Budda Bronze Colossus Flicks Away Annoyance:

It's more colorful IRL, I'm not good with the retouching and all....

so, you guys know that when donating to toady you can either request an ascii art reward or a crayon masterwork, right?
upon seeing toady's rendition of a bronze colossus, and how much it differed from my own, this idea sprang to my mind

what if we started donating to toady for renditions of df's creatures and plants, in a manner similar to the creature sponsorship? we could then post these pictures on the wiki, on each creature's page...
this could overload toady with work, so we should regulate this initiative in some way, and a minimum donation amount should be stipulated, even if this ammount was to be reached by several people's donations combined...

but before we start pouring money onto the unsuspecting toad, let's decide how many creature's we'll sponsor per month and how much will we pay for each

link to the wiki's list of creatures

EDIT:eh, i went ahead and donated 25 for a crundle doing something crundly

EDIT2:list of creatures we have already
Bronze Colossus - Indricotherium
Blizzard Man - appelgren
Cyclops - appelgren
Foul Blendec - appelgren
Goblin - appelgren
Beak Dog - appelgren
Gorlak - appelgren
Grimeling - appelgren
Snakeman - appelgren
Strangler - appelgren
Crundle - Askot Bokbondeler
Dwarf(drunk) - Draco18s
Toady - monk12
Three Toe - monk12
cat - Greiger
elf - Greiger
carp - Greiger
dragon - Greiger
rat - Greiger
plump helmet - Greiger
craftsdwarf - Greiger
frog demon - Lawec
« Last Edit: February 20, 2011, 12:21:26 am by Askot Bokbondeler »
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2011, 04:09:49 am »

What if he starts messing with us and changing depictions of creatures.
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2011, 07:42:20 am »

I had a similar idea and started collecting my own DF Crayon Art Bestiary a while ago... I have the following beasts:
Blizzard Man
Cyclops
Foul Blendec
Goblin & Beak Dog
Gorlak
Grimeling
Snakeman
Strangler



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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2011, 10:28:36 am »

What if he starts messing with us and changing depictions of creatures.

"he he he"

I had a similar idea and started collecting my own DF Crayon Art Bestiary a while ago...

cool, that gives us somewhat of a head start, if you're willing to share and have a way to digitize them

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well, as long as this doesn't start to get out of hand, perhaps we can live without establishing a limit. i'll update the op with a list of the creatures we already have, i'll include yours if you don't mind, applegren

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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2011, 10:37:29 am »

I could digitize them at the library and I had planned to share them eventually anyway. So sure. :) You forgot to put your Bronze Colossus into the list of creatures we have already!
« Last Edit: February 15, 2011, 10:40:48 am by Appelgren »
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Askot Bokbondeler

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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2011, 10:41:24 am »

oh, right! the colossus
it isn't mine, though, i'll pm the owner asking for permission and invite him to the thread.
EDIT:done
« Last Edit: February 15, 2011, 10:47:12 am by Askot Bokbondeler »
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2011, 12:54:14 pm »

Hehe, this is an awesome idea.

It doesn't matter much if Toady changes the descriptions later, these are still colorful renditions.

I've got a drunk dwarf around somewhere and I'd happily donate for a dragon.
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 01:02:47 pm »

i'll put your dwarf on the list, if you can digitize it
i'll also add the dragon when you confirm me you've donated

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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 01:08:24 pm »

i'll put your dwarf on the list, if you can digitize it

I'll find it when I get home.  And donate then too.
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2011, 01:35:35 pm »

Absolutely you can use mine. I think this is a great idea with the only caveat being that I wouldn't want Toady getting swamped or feeling put upon. It's my understanding that while you can request a crayon reward and while it will be at least somewhat Dwarf Fortress related Toady gets to draw what Toady feels like drawing. As someone who has done, many years ago, a bit of professional illustration I can assure you that drawing what you want is definitely different than drawing a request. Also I wouldn't want Toady to feel that we were somehow equating his work with 'that's how it is'.

All that being said, I love seeing other crayon rewards and reading other peoples ASCII rewards.

I, too, plan on donating again when I can. It was a great experience.
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 06:17:31 pm »

okay, guys, don't forget to request your crayon art rewards with the 31.19 donations!

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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2011, 07:26:59 pm »

Haven't found my old drunk dwarf yet.  Wonder what I did with it.
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2011, 08:28:04 pm »

By the by, ya may wanna ask for a goblin, cause apparently they have wool?
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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2011, 08:39:53 pm »

nah, trolls have wool, and that aint no surprise

i hear gobbs have pink hair, though

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Re: crayon art rewards-donation drive to illustrate the wiki
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2011, 10:27:24 pm »

I have a crayon art that is the dwarf fortress food web from when elves first became cannibals.  Includes an elf(overdramatic teeth), a dwarf, a rat, a cat, a plump helmet, a dragon, and a carp.   The dwarf may or may not be drunk...He's holding a mug, so probably just a crafter.

Unfortunately I do not own a scanner.  Actually yes I do have a scanner, but I won't be able to use it til tomorrow.  I'll see about scanning it then.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2011, 10:31:42 pm by Greiger »
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