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I'll see what I can come up with! I want to like the blue/gold concept Ibrahim but your blue there is almost totally lost
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While not every record will need a robust "description" (though, year, medium, image area, image source, and condition all serve to provide context for the artwork we admire), one easy piece of information to consider is including the name of the publisher and/or developer in the text description. As more users join and use the site, including this information will help users leverage the search bar and find pieces from Capcom or Konami or other favorites!
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Hey all, now that we are opening up the site and starting to get submissions from a small group of members, I wanted to start a topic to capture some "tips" of "guidance" to consider when adding art to the OVGA database.
One beginning note on terminology: at OVGA we prefer to refer to packaging art as "box art" (instead of "cover," which is a term introduced from comics). We use the same consistent term "box art" regardless of whether the game was released in cardboard or as a paper insert to a jewel or DVD case. Magazine cover art would of course accordingly be "cover art."
I've numbered the below, but this is just a starting point and the items are not in any particular order.
- Try to take the best possible picture of your art and/or crop accordingly to focus on the art being shared
- Show off your art! Take additional close-up shots of your favorite details, the brush strokes, an artist signature. Anything you like!
- Additional Images is further a great place to include the published uses of the art, whether from a game box in your collection or from the internet. If your art has multiple published uses, feel free to include them. Some box art was also used prominently in a magazine ad or for a magazine pack-in poster.
- Use a title that identifies the game, title system, and usage; feel free to include multiple systems in the title
- Likewise, if a game was released on multiple systems, select both Systems (hold control while selecting, if not on mobile)
- If your art is for a game associated with a certain system, add the relevant system, even if it isn't box art. For example, if you have a magazine cover for Super Mario Kart, adding System: Super Nintendo would be a good choice!
- All box art is inherently "promotional" - in general you would select the Usage "Promotional Art" for illustrations specific advertisements (vice box art), but of course sometimes the same image is both box art and promotional, in which case selecting both usages makes sense (add an "Additional Image" to show users that additional "promotional" usage, so we can all learn)
- If promotional ad art appeared in a magazine, generally you won't need to select "magazine art" - magazine art would generally be magazine cover art and interior pieces created specifically for the magazine (such as was common with Nintendo Power). However, if your box art was also a poster included with a magazine, that's a good use of "magazine interior" - and adding a picture of the poster as an additional image is great.
More to come. Feel free to ask any questions on this thread. This is a new site and we are still thinking all of these items through ourselves!
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3 hours ago, RetroNut said:
So, is there is a chance this auction gets pushed into early next year or is it possible there is a second auction then?
Definitely only enough material for one auction. If there is an overwhelming amount of material then a standalone video game art only signature auction would be warranted to December. If volume or quality lags a bit then video game art might get a standalone SESSION within an existing video game signature auction. That was my understanding anyway.
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Good flag! I'm thinking that this might be temporary as the home page/landing page is fairly new and is still under development.
Previously, there was no landing page, so clicking OVGA just took you to the gallery, which was the same as the home page. Maybe its a holdover from that?
That said, it lets users jump to the gallery efficiently in one click. Otherwise they would need to hover over "Usage" and then click "ALL Original Video Game Art" to reach the same place. But it does make reaching the home page again tricky.
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"Consign your material to be auctioned alongside these items on Thursday, December 8, 2022 in Dallas, TX. Consignment Deadline for this auction is Thursday, October 27, 2022"
So about two more months for consignment actually, that's great. More of course if it were pushed to January or February.
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The Lilo & Stitch image of Greg's was used for the cover of the 2002 Game Boy Advance game. It still surprises me, as his last box before then would have been 1995!
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Curious how you guys would mat this artwork? Submit your opinion after using the Frame It app.
in Artwork Conservation | Preservation | Framing
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I toyed a little bit with colors, but in the end I thought a simple white mat, black frame helped elevate the piece best.