@StarWarsMaster
Are you sure you commented on the right discussion o_o ?
Sigh nvm. So what and and who do y’all think the contorian is? It’s probably a cover for something more sinister. It would be an awesome twist like they did with the Liam Neesion movie sorry bout the spelling. Where he was a killer who lost his mind then turned good. But it’s probably not lol
I would definitely go with the first option, it will grab people’s attention. I also like that it gives you a vague idea of what the characters look like, but it still leaves something to the imagination, which I think would please more people.
Okay I did a quick mock up that I was going to send to my artist as a starting point I thought maybe I’d get some quick feedback if anyone is on the forums tonight.
Basically its my avatar. Ignore the color mistakes with the brown and black silhouettes…I was just playing around and accidentally saved when I shouldn’t have.
My wife checked it out just now and told me she prefers basic, stylized character faces to the silhouettes (like the Crook and Origami that I’ve used for previous avatars), but I told her that a lot of interactive fiction readers don’t like to see the images of the main folks.
Obviously this would look 100% better once my artist worked his magic, so please be kind to my crappy artwork. Any thoughts for improving/changing the design? I’d want to use a funky font for the title.
I think it would be kool
Okay @wire and @pinklauryn, is this a step in the right direction? I’ve updated my avatar. I know Crook needs some work…I’m messing around with a smirk/eye combo and I’m messing around with Wombat some too. Just seeing if this is the direction I might want to move in.
I like that a lot! It’s quirky, interesting, but also stands out at a glance (and looks kind of like a Rubik’s cube :D). Uni needs a little love, I think, but I love the highlights. Tress and Stoic are my favourites. Origami is a close second.
Can I beta test your game hornheadfan? Shrug it’s your choice to use what art you want. Me I like complex yet seemly simple art. Lol keep up the awesome work!
Thanks @Fiogan, I like Tress too and I think a professional artist might make her hair really pop. I’m still working on Uni, CW and Crook but I think this is a nice middle ground between sihlouette and full blown drawing. I’ll post another pic tomorrow but I want to leave this one up until then so I can get feedback from other folks.
@StarWarsMaster, of course. I am actually wrapping up Chapter 5 this weekend and I hope to start Chapter 6 by Monday. I don’t plan to post another update though until I’m done with Chapter 6 so it could be mid July before that happens. It should be an exciting place to stop and gather my thoughts for the stretch run.
@HornHeadFan Ooooh, I like that! It’s definitely much more eye catching. I think Mob and Origami’s are my favourite at the moment. Having Dirty Girl’s smoke in the background is a great idea, it really helps her stand out from Stoic too. For Crook I’d suggest bringing the green outline of his hood down to the dividing line, it’d help define his hood and face more.
Where is the art everyone is talking about I would like to see it
That picture is defiantly the one for your game!!
For the love of all that is good and mighty, @StarWarsMaster, don’t you think your going overboard with the comments that are irrelevant/close to closing this thread? Can you at least talk about some suggestions, improvisations or anything else within that area? Kinda bothers some of us. Geez, thank you @Samuel_H_Young and @God_of_Demonz for telling him to cool it. I mean, late admit it, the game is awesome and the author is busy with other things so let HornHead do his thing at his own pace.
@HornHeadFan That is most definitely a step in the right direction. I think you’ve got it. 
I have an idea for the snipers and tacticians. For the snipers you could add a bow an arrows so if we want to be like green arrow we can… And for the tacticians you could add a bow staff as it requires a lot of skill… Anyway those are my ideas on that.
This one is so good I had to come out of lurking and make a post keep it up!
@Aviator467, thank you for the compliment. I find myself getting more done this month than I did all spring.
@everyone, thanks for all the feedback on my proposed image. I’ve performed another slight tweak (see avatar) and I’m pretty sure this is my final mockup so it’s off to the artist for some magic. I also want to build my website this summer so I wanted to have an image to punch up the site.