Comments on: Comics (Numbat, Music, Osama) and Maps (w00t?) http://liquidflare.net/blog/2010/05/comics-numbat-music-osama-and-maps-w00t/ Rheall's sketches and art-related musings. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: d7 http://liquidflare.net/blog/2010/05/comics-numbat-music-osama-and-maps-w00t/comment-page-1/#comment-620 d7 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:27:21 +0000 http://liquidflare.net/blog/?p=332#comment-620 That does sound like a CC-BY-NC license would work. And, you can always mention beside the license that a different license for a specific use can be worked out by contacting you, so people who want to use it commercially wouldn't necessarily turn away without bothering to ask. As for format, I'd say a clean scan is plenty. The less they're altered, the more data is preserved. People can always vectorise them themselves, and if they're high enough resolution (say 300 dpi scans so that they're minimum-print-quality, maybe as high as 600 dpi; and let the resolution fall where it may) then they could be useful just as a layer to paint over/colour in. For file format, go with PNG for simplicity. Everything reads it and it doesn't degrade like JPEGs do, and they can be easily converted to whatever format people like. I'm not sure about presentation: just a gallery with a minimum of clutter, to best show off their lines? Maybe make the gallery have unusually large thumbnails so that the fine lines can be better seen. Mostly make it easy on yourself so that you can enjoy making them without too much format and website futzing dragging you down! That does sound like a CC-BY-NC license would work. And, you can always mention beside the license that a different license for a specific use can be worked out by contacting you, so people who want to use it commercially wouldn’t necessarily turn away without bothering to ask.

As for format, I’d say a clean scan is plenty. The less they’re altered, the more data is preserved. People can always vectorise them themselves, and if they’re high enough resolution (say 300 dpi scans so that they’re minimum-print-quality, maybe as high as 600 dpi; and let the resolution fall where it may) then they could be useful just as a layer to paint over/colour in. For file format, go with PNG for simplicity. Everything reads it and it doesn’t degrade like JPEGs do, and they can be easily converted to whatever format people like.

I’m not sure about presentation: just a gallery with a minimum of clutter, to best show off their lines? Maybe make the gallery have unusually large thumbnails so that the fine lines can be better seen.

Mostly make it easy on yourself so that you can enjoy making them without too much format and website futzing dragging you down!

]]> By: Rheall http://liquidflare.net/blog/2010/05/comics-numbat-music-osama-and-maps-w00t/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Rheall Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:21:48 +0000 http://liquidflare.net/blog/?p=332#comment-592 I think I'll be doing more whether people like them or not; they're just too much fun to do between classes. :) I was thinking of letting people use them for pretty much anything, as long as it wasn't commercial or for any sort of profit, at least not without my permission. I'd let people use them for templates and inspiration, that they can alter however they like. I'll think about it a little more, though a Creative Commons license is certainly the best bet. Also, how do I want to present them? Do I want to spend the time cleaning them up and tracing them digitally (vectorize them or otherwise) so they're easier to work with? At what resolution should I offer them? What format? How would I organize them on the website? Would you have any ideas? Thank you, by the way; I'm so glad you like them. :D I think I’ll be doing more whether people like them or not; they’re just too much fun to do between classes. :)

I was thinking of letting people use them for pretty much anything, as long as it wasn’t commercial or for any sort of profit, at least not without my permission. I’d let people use them for templates and inspiration, that they can alter however they like. I’ll think about it a little more, though a Creative Commons license is certainly the best bet. Also, how do I want to present them? Do I want to spend the time cleaning them up and tracing them digitally (vectorize them or otherwise) so they’re easier to work with? At what resolution should I offer them? What format? How would I organize them on the website? Would you have any ideas?

Thank you, by the way; I’m so glad you like them. :D

]]> By: d7 http://liquidflare.net/blog/2010/05/comics-numbat-music-osama-and-maps-w00t/comment-page-1/#comment-587 d7 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:17:32 +0000 http://liquidflare.net/blog/?p=332#comment-587 I <em>love</em> the landforms. You have a great eye and hand for nice, organic coastlines. I definitely think you should do more. You should think about how you want to let people use them. Maybe one of the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons</a> licenses? I love the landforms. You have a great eye and hand for nice, organic coastlines. I definitely think you should do more.

You should think about how you want to let people use them. Maybe one of the Creative Commons licenses?

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