User:TheEldritchMrShiny/User blog/Artwork on the PF Wiki

I've been told that the only artwork that falls directly under the Paizo Community Use Policy is the stuff featured on the Paizo blog. I'm alright with that--I like the guys at Paizo a lot, and I trust their judgment, along with the judgment of the Pathfinder Wiki administrators. I was just wondering, for anyone who bothers to read this blog, how easy or difficult it would be to get amateur artists to do illustrations for the wiki. I know Hugo Solis did all the holy symbols for the PF core deities, and I contributed some of my Wayfinder artwork to a couple of pages. Also, we need people looking around Wikimedia for relevant images.

If you're reading this: thoughts?

TheEldritchMrShiny 05:43, October 6, 2010 (UTC)

I agree - it would be great for those who can do fanart to post it. Personally, sick figures and horses are about all I can draw. You've got a finger on the on the art community a lot better than the rest of us - you're more likely to know how to gather artists —Cpt kirstov (talk) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:53:22 +0000

Alright, the word is out on DeviantArt. Hopefully, some people will follow me back here. —TheEldritchMrShiny (talk) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:20:14 +0000

We've been trying to get people to make unofficial art of canon subjects, but to date no one has really stepped up beyond the few you mention, and then only a few images. In the end, people want to get paid for their work, and if they're producing stuff worth including, they tend to be able to charge for it. Hugo, for example, did the holy symbols and then got so many commissions that free art for the wiki is understandably not a high priority for him. We welcome fan-generated contributions, but I think the amount we have is all we're going to get. —Yoda8myhead (talk) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:09:43 +0000