Dragaera

Call for artwork

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Thu Oct 2 22:51:05 PDT 2003

Having engaged in a long, complex, development process, scragged it
all, and started over on something saner, we're approaching needing
some actual graphics work for the improved, upgraded dragaera.info web
site.  I'm hoping there's an artist or two in the audience that would
be willing to do a little work in exchange for credit.  (Me, I'm doing
the design and programming for free, *and* providing the hosting;
there isn't money available to pay anything tolerable for the artwork
either, I'm afraid.)

While I can be convinced to change the overall design for a good
enough idea, here's what I'm looking for right now:

Minimum:

An illustration for the left side of the page headers; about 150
pixels high, not much more than 350 pixels long, and black background
(so it can be extended into a black bar across the whole top of the
page).  Then I need a light color (which I'm using for the text over
the black bar, and the background of the content area, and the text on
the black navigation buttons), and an intermediate color (that I'm
using for the navigation bar on the left, with black buttons on it);
both colors to relate to the colors in the illustration.

This header would be used on every page in the site, with different
titles superimposed on the right.

Next step up, for the more ambitious:

A header as above to be used on all the subsidiary pages, and a
fancier header for the homepage only.   The homepage header could be
somewhat taller.  It doesn't have to leave room for text, but in that
case should incorporate "Dragaera" or "dragaera.info".  Shouldn't be
more than about 700 pixels wide, and designed so it can be extended
into a bar across the top of the screen with the artwork centered and
still look good (so it works well on different window sizes).  Of
course the homepage and the subsidiary page headers should "relate"
somehow, and should work with the same colors on the rest of the
page. 

A fancier button design that goes with the headings could be used, if
you want to do one.  

Static artwork only; no flash or animations need apply.

I've got a mockup I'm working with, which is based on artwork we can't
use (but I needed something to work out the templating with).  I can
send a screen shot of a page the way it looks now if you need a
clearer understanding of how I'm thinking. 
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