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What's New?
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Dec 02, 2023
Watching the site’s usage grow has driven a handful of updates to our menus and categories as well as tweaks to a few settings.
We have added a new primary Usage category for Animation Art Most video game-related cels and animation drawings can go here When adding Animation Art to the site, use the name of the animation studio for the artist name (i.e. Don Bluth Studio, Madhouse Studios)
Usage is now limited to one selection when adding artwork, so select the primary usage, even if the piece had multiple. See a few examples below: If your painting is box art but was also used in magazine ads or for other promotional uses, select Video Game Box Art If you have a preliminary piece for a magazine cover or a game’s box art, select Preliminary Art Unreleased/Unused box art can still go under the primary Usage of Video Game Box Art, but also select the Secondary Usage Unreleased/Unused If an animation cel (or art in that style) was used for a game’s box art, the category Video Game Box Art might be a good choice (instead of Animation Art) Things like book, comic, soundtrack, VHS, and puzzle art can all go under Other Usage. We have some Secondary Usage categories to sort covers and interior work
Preliminary Drawings has now been renamed Preliminary Art Use this broader category for all prelim work, including color comps Generally, this art should be something created as a preliminary step toward the creation of a final painting, including unused designs
Concept art such as for game design or character development will often go under Other Usage rather than Preliminary Art (since it wasn’t a prelim intended for published use)
Modern/Commission Art is a new Secondary Usage category. If you’ve bought a recently created piece from a retro artist, whether it was explicitly commissioned or not, those pieces would be marked as Other Usage with Modern/Commission Art as a Secondary Usage
The old System category of PlayStation/Xbox has been split into two separate categories PlayStation (All) and Xbox (All) Art for Xbox, Xbox 360, and so on can all go under Xbox (All) Likewise, original PlayStation, PS2, PSP, etc can all go under PlayStation (All) If a game was released on both PlayStation and Xbox systems, select both
System may not make sense for all categories or pieces added to the site For box art paintings or prelims, definitely mark the System(s) on which that art was used Likewise, if you have a magazine cover that features a game for a specific system (like Phantasy Star 3 or Stunt Race FX), those may make sense for a System selection For most Animation Art or Other Art (including Modern/Commission Art), it may make sense to leave System blank
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