{"id":13606,"date":"2019-03-10T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2019-03-01T09:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:07:07","slug":"guest-post-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-wiki-character-images-and-some-things-you-didnt-by-taibhrigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/guest-post-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-wiki-character-images-and-some-things-you-didnt-by-taibhrigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Wiki Character Images and Some Things You Didn’t by Taibhrigh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quick Overview.<\/b><\/p>\n

So, I’m taibhrigh, Sylum’s Resident Artist –a title the General graced me with without really telling me until after \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

I have created just shy of 1000 pieces of art (in some form or fashion) for Sylum. Around 400 of these have been for the “New Wiki Character Image” Project. Which started by accident… kind of like most things in Sylum. And, there are A LOT of characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each character image has to be approved.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a spreadsheet. It is detailed –in RL the General and I both have detail oriented jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do we need a spreadsheet?<\/span><\/i> Because there a lot of characters and those characters are played by the same actors… BUT, for many, the characters do not look alike. Hair and eye color, physical description, hair of length, etc are all taken into account when trying to find the image to represent the character. \u00a0And keep in mind, this is a character image (and sometimes the General replaces the actor — sometimes she replaces the actor while the new character image is being made).<\/span><\/p>\n

The images represent the CHARACTERS not the actors who may or may not have portrayed the characters. <\/span><\/p>\n

Still following? Good. So we have a spreadsheet. It currently only lists about 550 of the Sylum Characters. And I have no clue how many there actually are. <\/span>There are way more than 550 though.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

How It Works.<\/b><\/p>\n

I pick a character to work on. When I do this I generally also create the image for the character’s Mate and Sire –so it’s a twofor or threefor. <\/span>Why do this?<\/span><\/i> Because if you read the character bio there is a good chance you are clicking on the Mate or Sire links next. Which explains why, until very recently, there wasn’t a single Clan completed. <\/span>There is now, but I’m not telling you which one.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The spreadsheet will tell me the Clan, their position within the Clan, Mate, Sire, plus some general notes that might be needed. Then there are the important information for the actual image: character name, name to appear on image, eye color, hair color, hair style or length, and then there’s the “notes on physical features” column. This is the fun field. It includes things like:<\/span><\/p>\n