Yes and yes.
In my book at least.
Art of its own is fine and dandy, but having the artist comment or additional info can spice it up even more.
Unless i do not care at that moment, witch i admit do happen.
And 150+ sounds like plenty.
And i do agree that those artist who pull that stunt has made me vary indeed of getting anything unseen like a cd for that wherry reason.
They have hurt the whole cd market.
But i do exceptions from time to time.
I do after all like to support certain artists who has not pulled that stunt.
No promises tho, cash is tight for me atm, so i might not get em.
I usually pay for a dl version if i can, but as a resent hd failure can attest, that may not be such a great idea, i hope i have the things i got on my external hd, but i am doubtful that i have it all saved.
But that is life.
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "jmhcustomart2004" <a_change_of_plans@...> wrote:
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> Hey folks-
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> I've been working on the first volume of what will eventually be a trilogy of sorts. There will be three different CDs featuring the various folios, prints, and other artwork I've done over the years. I am currently working on the first CD, which will feature all the "Skunkworks" folios.
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> I have the CDs set up like a web page. After the main page, there is a page listing all the contents, and it displays little thumbnails for each individual directory (ie, the thumbnail of the Skunkworks 1 cover would lead to the Skunkworks 1 page). Each linked page features thumbnails of all the images in that particular folio. I'm also adding information about the folio, such as the subtitle, the release date, some background information, and any unknown "fun factoids" I could think of for the folio in question.
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> The images are scanned in at 150 dpi, so some of them are a little large. I also touched up several pages which had blemishes on them.
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> Thus far, there will be 116 images just from the portfolios. By my estimation, I'll probably have about 50 more "extras", including sketches, commissions, comic covers, rare or unpublished pictures, etc.. I'm NOT going to pull that shit where the CD has 500 images, but it's really just 10 pictures, each in 8 different formats, including wallpaper sizes and B&W versions. That's a fucking rip right there, and I'm not going to do that to people. Too many other artists pull that crap and they ought to be ashamed.
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> So, does this sound good? Is the "background info" something you'd be interested in reading about for each folio? Are 150+ distinct images good for one CD? Anything else you can think of that might be of interest? Let me know, man.
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> Drop your two cents here on the group when you get the chance. I'm planning to have these CDs ready by the end of the month.
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> --JMH
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Received on Sun Oct 18 2009 - 15:40:24 CDT