Advertise your arcs with style!

Okay I'm no out and out professional but I know my way around Photoshop a bit.

It goes without saying we all want people to play our arcs - we put time and effort into them and what with all the farming that's going on the good story-telling arcs are getting lost in the hay.

So what I'm proposing is to make posters that advertise your arc for you. Then after you have your poster, make a thread for your arc (requesting feedback or whatever) and put the poster for your arc in there with it.

If you want an example of my posters I made for myself, check the 2 links in my sig. Alternatively, click the thumbnails below for a bigger preview:

If you want me to make you a poster (for the time being I'd like to do posters for serious arcs please) then I'll need the following:

ID:
Author name:
Main features of the arc (like a description)
Basic idea of how you'd like the poster to look (if possible a little drawing would help here).

I can't say I'll do one a day or anything, but I'll make as many as time would permit and anyone else is welcome to make them too; I'm not trying to make a monopoly here! After I'm done with your poster I will PM it to you and any changes will be made. After that, it will be posted in this thread!

So please, let the advertising begin!

ID: 65118
Author Name: @Emperor Lol
Arc is called Dawn After Dusk, about Walter Steamworth attempting to cut himself off from Arachnos and take a lot of their research in the process.
I'll send you a basic (and probably crude) image of what I'd like the basic poster to be like, but thought I'd post asap so I got a place. PM on the way soon!

Sounds like a top-banana idea.

I humbly submit my first arc for your consideration.

"A new world order?"
ID: 56881
@Mercury_angel

Modern techno-thriller style mission, the heroes are up against a well organised and technically sophisticated group who are attempting to destabilise third world and vulnerable nations to take them over.

I'm open to your interpretation about the poster - the two that leap out at me are a Sepia-tinted Bruckheimer/Bay Bad-Boys style poster, or an over the top montage of clips like the Bond posters of old.

MA

Sounds like an awesome idea.

I would love to see a poster about "Love Spurned"
Arc Id: 1934

A silly love story about Pockets D most desperate bachelor and the females he tries to seduce.

I see the poster with the contact on the left and on the right in their different cossies. Both forming one side of a broken heart. In the middle topside (above the heart) a close up of The One True Love in one of those evil Laughters.

An excellent idea! If only I had finished my arc

Arc ID: 32176
Author: @ElectroKitty
Name: Wonder League Infiltrate Chaos Fairy Clan
Description: Have you seen the recent increase in fairy folk around Croatoa? Rumour has it that behind their pretty, demure exterior an evil intent lurks. Can you get to the bottom of the new threat?
Easy arc to solo as you have a little help from The Wonder League along the way

I humbly submit my arc for a poster:

Arc Id: 97374
Name : The Fall of Arachnos (Part 1) - Et tu Sands?
Description : Travel to a not so distant point in the future where you bare witness to a string of events that start the downfall of one of the biggest and prolific villain groups of our times - Arachnos

Please note this is the first of a three part saga. Parts 2 and 3 in development. Contains AV's but can be solo'd because you get help.

For your information the arc concentrates on Arbiter Sands. Also contains the death of Ice Mistral and revenge enacted on by Scirocco. Dont want to say too much because I would prefer it if you played it first (nothing like a bit of shameless plugging before the artwork comes out )

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with - love the two posters for your own arcs

Just to keep you all updated:

Walter Steamworth poster: being proofed by author
Mercury poster: Played through arc, working on it.

Soul_Storm, your posters are really good. I loved the Romulus one!

Would it be possible to put one together for my arc? I'd happily PM back and forth with you to discuss details!

The arc (a Hero one) is 98742. Let me know if you can/will? I'm not that photoshop savvy

Right well Emperor Lol hasn't replied to my proof PM so I'll just assume the poster is fine and I can post it here.

Spent quite a bit of time on this and the title was a happy accident. The steam engulfing Walter Steamworth on the right was a bit of a pain to do, but I think it paid off.

I've completed Mercury's proof and await a response.

Next on the list is for me to go through Grinning Spade's arc...

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Right well Emperor Lol hasn't replied to my proof PM so I'll just assume the poster is fine and I can post it here.

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Spent quite a bit of time on this and the title was a happy accident. The steam engulfing Walter Steamworth on the right was a bit of a pain to do, but I think it paid off.

I've completed Mercury's proof and await a response.

Next on the list is for me to go through Grinning Spade's arc...

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Wow, nice poster that! I can't wait to see what you turn up next.

Ps. Don't feel obliged to create a poster if you dislike my arc. But if you do, then I think it needs plenty of pink
Pps. The author is Gunbunny, not Grinning Spade (I am just her 'spokesperson', it's a rp thing)

Sorry to keep spoiling you like this but Mercury got back to me very quickly and I have been allowed to share the latest poster with you.

Click below for bigger version:

The arc tells the story of technologically advanced enemies from an organisation called FANG. I took on board the author's suggestion of a sepia vintage feeling poster with photo's as you got in the old style bond film poster's, and thought a vintage oldey worldey mid-western prospector wanted sign would be almost ironic and would accent the technology of this new threat.

I experimented a bit with textures in this one, and complete with smoking gunshot holes too!

Next up is *ahem* Gunbunny - i'll try to play through the arc tomorrow and come up with a proof soon.

Enjoy those 2 for now

Hey all had a really really busy couple of weeks but now i'm back in the position where I should be able to carry on with the arc posters!

Gunbunny: Still work in progress - what can I say pink isn't my colour but I had an idea I think might work for this today so expect a proof very soon!

I was wondering about that. Nice to see that I can look forwards to more of excellent posters. And my original idea is just that an idea. You are the person who has to make it work.

I had finished this poster at the beginning of last week and I was all set to post in this thread but to my dismay I found my sub had ran out. So I used the small break between now and then to sort a few things out and take a little relax. But now I'm in a position to start up again!

I managed to get some time on my hands and I played around until I came up with a poster. Then I scrapped that and realised that pink really isn't a remotely nice colour to work with and that solidified my hatred of it.Then I played around more and came up with: (Click below for bigger version)

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Hope you guys like it!

*wipes brow* ElectroKitty I'm coming for you!

I was wondering where it went and anticipating the moment it went live. You already know that I love it.

I am eagerly awaiting your other work


Ps. Do you mind if bookmark that poster in my siggy?

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I was wondering where it went and anticipating the moment it went live. You already know that I love it.

I am eagerly awaiting your other work


Ps. Do you mind if bookmark that poster in my siggy?

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Lol no do what you want with it, it's your property now

ElectroKitty I've played through the arc I'm working on a proof for you

Well here's electrokitty's:

Evil fairies are hard to do, so it took a while to come up with a good idea, but in the end this is what I ended up with.

Hope you all like it

Another good one Soul. Having played that arc before I must warn you that this however a false advertisement. The cute fairy is not to be found in there.

The Black Skull Rebellion
ID: 171881
Author name: Beyond Reach
Description: While the Petrovic Brothers are distracted overseas, a new player among the Skulls is delving the death-cult into even darker depths than usual. What's worse than a violent, drug-dealing, death-worshiping street gang? Are you ready to find out?

I'd prefer if the poster would be centred around the image of someone rising from a dark pool, preferably someone who looks like a Skull. But if that isn't possible at all, just go nuts.

Thanks!

Love the idea, might have to waste some time doing my own poster once I get some time off work. (Grades due in next week, teacher's version of Hellweek)

Name: Red Harvest
Theme: A Cabal off-shoot are trying to find out what is causing magical disturbances in Croatoa and need you help.

I was thinking of having the background a scene of Croatoa and at the top a faint picture of a pumpkin head with a picture of the contact in the middle with the title going across the bottom.

Arc ID: #63175
Trouble in the Music Business
Description: A detective asks you to check up on two of his fellow detectives that has failed to report back. Something is not right in the music buisness.

Poster: I did think about a nightclub somewhere on the poster, but I'm open for any ideas/fancies that hit you. I look forward to see what you come up with.

Thanks for the interest guys, I'm currently working on Ace of Heart's one.. it was broken (so I couldn't run through it) but apparently its fixed so i'll crack on with that. Keep em' comin'!