peppy wrote:
What guidelines are you looking for?
I work a little better if I'm given a general idea of what to draw. I see the guidelines in the OP and the templates, but I would like to know if there is anything specific that would appeal to you the best. Not as a way of getting ahead but to get the best possible and most wanted product. Such as clairvoyance, each achievement could have a general way of letting the player know what to do through illustration, without giving the goal away (as I assume it's ambiguous as achievements are right now.)
Or, if you'd like something other than clarivoyance and just something humorous or good looking, such as Jack of All Trades (which I'm assuming is being good at everything, osu, taiko, ctb) could have Pippi, one of the Elite Beat Agents and the Ouendan guy (damned if I remember their names) all playing cards at a table, and one of them has a Jack. Just as a pun on the achievement name. In general, if you're picky and looking for something specific for achievements, it would help to have guidelines and something in general to follow in order to get the best product.
Wizards of the Coast gives their illustrators a good description of what they would like while also being lenient. They describe a card illustration with specific details (such as placement, angle, color scheme etc.) while leaving room for things such as the design of the character's clothing, among other things. This gives them a general idea of what
they want, thus the result is better and less vague. Whatever fits their vision best while letting the artist do his thing.
It'd still be a collaboration on the community's efforts to create achievements for osu, but you get to pick the best looking version of exactly what
you want.