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The preview wasn't working, so I took a chance with this. Since this has 36 images I can likely use a few. 14 or 15 are over about 1000x1000 pixels. But then some have the character/creature to the edges of the piece. (Not good for cropping/bleed/etc.) A couple of the larger ones (space marine, gunchick, bot, golden knight, golden warrior) are pretty crude.
Full list (* is usable, is very usable): assassin, assassin2, bald mage, blacksmith, bot, daemon, druid, elf, esquire, fire mage, golden knight, golden warrior, gunchick, high priest, hunter, legionaire, lizzard, mistress, necromancer_bald, necromancer_hairy, orc5*(crop issue), oriental_mage(but kinda small), phalanx(but kinda small), pistol, rogue knight, samurai, savage_orc, shaman, skeleton, skull_daemon, sorceress, space_marine, warrior_girl, vampyress*, zombie_hand, zombie.
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For the most part I'm quite satisfied with this purchase. It contains 36 images, so I can't complain about the price. Most of the pictures are very well done, though there are three images that are a bit too cartoony for my tastes. The only reason I can't give this product a perfect rating is there are five images that are so small it will be hard for me to find a good use for them. By resizing them the image becomes too pixelated. So far though I have found a use for several of the pictures and I certainly don't regret buying this package.
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Vibrant collection of color images offers very good value and quality. Very pleased with this purchase.
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Very nice pictures. Now I just need the chance to use them ;)<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>
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Creator Reply: |
Thank you, I am glad you like my images. |
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The work here is far better than the price tag implies. You're getting access to the work of an accomplished artist with a subtle, smooth, european style to his work far superior to most other stock and clip art available. Where you'll use other work because it is cheap, you'll use this because it is good.
I hope this is followed up soon with some themed art entries for Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy and others.<br><br>
<b>LIKED</b>: A wide selection (taster) of pieces all with some utility.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Not enough are high enough resolution to use in print.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>
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Creator Reply: |
I thank you for your kind words. The worst problem with these images that they are "leftovers", I mean: copyright left at me, they are made for fun only or for some projects never finished. Some were made to electronic (computer game) use, or for desktops. I apologize for this. The next package will be aimed for e-publishers or pod publishers all images being higher resolution, but keeping the price as it is.
Thank you! |
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Publishers, do the math. For the price, if you use ONE (1) image from this collection, you've found yourself a bargain. A single, full-color image from a contract artist is easily 6-10x more expensive than this entire collection.
I will get far more than my money's worth from this product.<br><br>
<b>LIKED</b>: On most the images, the artwork is exceptional for a stock art collection. At the price point of around $5, picking this one up, if for no other reason than to expand your collection, is a no-brainer. ALSO, as a huge point of interest, the creator of this product was extremely gracious and helpful when I had questions about the product. Good customer service goes a long way.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: It's a rather non-focused collection spanning modern images, sci-fi, and fantasy, but that's a very small nitpick as many of the images are usable to me, a fantasy publisher. Some images are very small and probably not ideal for print or e-publishing, but a great deal of them are extremely high resolution.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>
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Creator Reply: |
Thank you John! I apologise for the inconvenience, and I grab the possibility here to inform all my possible clients that the tiffs are zipped with WinRar 3.51, as John has a lower version he had decompressing problems. At the moment I don't have a registered lower version, so I probably will use a free softwar (7-zip or alike) to rezip the package (as soon as I get there). Thank you again! |
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I've already found this collection of images to be of great use. There are some so-so pieces but the majority of the artwork is top-notch.<br><br>
<b>LIKED</b>: A lot of good pieces, with a few large and excellent pieces that are suitable for covers. An excellent variety of color images for an unmatched price.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: A handful of the images are too small to be readily of use to a publisher but this is completely forgivable considering the price of this collection. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>
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Creator Reply: |
Thank you for your kind words! I agree that the small pieces are not so useful (most of them were made as a contribution for open-source games or so), I just left them there (they do no increase the file-size too much, they are small) maybe
someone might use them for web-page (on-screen) or anything.
The quality change is there, also. You are absolutely right. The images are from a 3 years duration (2003-2006), and my technique developed during that time a lot (and is developing).
Thank you again!
Peter |
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An excellent assortment of rather nice images, very useful for a few projects of mine upcoming, and a great bargin for $5.
<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Once the publisher recieved feedback from the publishers who would be using this artwork, changes were made and the product is that much better for it. Fuller illustrations which showed me some things I didn't see with the earlier cuttings, brand new illustrations (2 of them it appears) also rounded this package out. Ultimately a better deal and better product all around. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing in the revised product. Much better. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br><BR>[THIS REVIEW WAS EDITED]<BR>
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Creator Reply: |
Thank you for your comment. I try to accept everyone's comment and I am working on modifying the pack for all of you to have a better update soon! I'll convert all images to TIFF (JPG is a lousy compression so I better go with TIFF). Some of the images were made as a contribution for open source game projects, so were designed to be on screen, so I don't have a much bigger version, but I will try to reorganize the directory structure as:<br><br>
<originals> (consisting the original images I made the crops, in 10-15 times they will be bigger than I used in the package, and occasionally they will be much bigger)<br>
<cropped> (the same structure as now, I don't want to left out anything I put in the original)<br><br>
Somehow I felt that a portrait package should consist square formed images, so I did that. Now I see that maybe I was wrong, I am a starting out "publisher", so I apologise for everyone for this. With time I will improve hopefully.<br> |
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*Revised after finally getting enough spare time**
The art is quality which I will definately be using in at least one of my products.
The fact that the publisher went and changed the format of his images makes me very happy. I can't wait to see what his next effort (science fiction, maybe?) is!
<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br><BR>[THIS REVIEW WAS EDITED]<BR>
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Creator Reply: |
I will ask Sage if there is a way to transfer the money back to you. Naturally this way, you loose the license and cannot use the images. I am sorry you haven't found the images useable.
The resolutions of the images were lined (with numbers) in the products description but I still thank you to pointing out this problem, I changed the product description to even more stress the fact: the images are mostly meant for electronic use. These are not 72 dpi images. This property is given in an image and might be shown to you by your image-viewer application, but it is a property what's defined by the resolution. In most up this property can be changed, without changing the resolution.
It might be true to you that you cannot do anything with a 100x100 image, but a forum admin can add it to the forums avatars, so it might be useable for other users.
I thank you for your comment and I hope my next product, I am working on will be more satisfying, though that's not a stock art collection.
Regards,
Peter |
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Splendid! Delivers an enormous number of high-quality, full-color pieces for an extremely reasonable price. Such a good deal that I initially wondered if it could possibly be true.
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<b>LIKED</b>: Lots of good art at a very low price. Many individual pieces are provided in a bunch of different sizes and levels of resolution--a very convenient feature!<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Hard to tell what some of the images are from their titles<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>
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Creator Reply: |
Thank you!
I will change the names and update the product asap.
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