If you've ever thought about making dice and what the community is like, listen in as I talk with Long Dog Dice about their process, experience, the community, pricing, and lots more!

Long Dog Dice: https://linktr.ee/longdogdice

As always, our show is sponsored by LegendKeeper, the ultimate worldbuilding tool for game-masters and storytellers! Create as much, or as little, of the world you like with interactive maps, timelines, access permissions (to keep players/readers from seeing your notes), and so much more! Get a free month trial by using the code "QUILLKEEPER" when signing up!

Lastly, this podcast is a passion project of mine and something I do during my free time. If you want to help keep the show running, please consider becoming a patron if you aren't already or dropping a little something in my Ko-fi tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/devenrue

Starting off Pride month strong with Jae (Nala Wu), a proud ND, queer trans NBi POC working full-time in TTRPGs as an Art Director, Illustrator, and professional AP Stream Performer. They also do VA and sensitivity editing!

This episode dives into what art direction is, how to better express what you're looking to have an artist create, what sensitivity editing is and why every project needs it, understanding contracts, learning how to better price your artwork as well as the do's and don'ts of hiring artists.

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Nala's website: https://naladraws.com/

• Their terms & conditions: https://naladraws.com/terms

• How to Gather References - A Guide for Clients: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jE9ORSQ5pw_jln0J12ZJLX_ql9FF1hEqAmdCmySRvqE/edit#heading=h.husaqmomn1r6

• Loomly (social platform scheduling): https://www.loomly.com/

• Creating Blind/Visually Impaired Characters: https://devenrue.com/blogs/news/blind-visually-impaired-characters

As always, our show is sponsored by LegendKeeper, the ultimate worldbuilding tool for game-masters and storytellers! Create as much, or as little, of the world you like with interactive maps, timelines, access permissions (to keep players/readers from seeing your notes), and so much more! Get a free month trial by using the code "QUILLKEEPER" when signing up!

Lastly, this podcast is a passion project of mine and something I do during my free time. If you want to help keep the show running, please consider becoming a patron if you aren't already or dropping a little something in my Ko-fi tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/devenrue

Pride comes a little early for the Quip & Quill as I'm joined by Kel and Em from Awfully Queer Heroes. We started off strong with talking about their ELEVEN Kickstarters but things quickly took a turn for the queerest as we talked about the harassment many queer creators get, and it just gets gayer from there. We talk about gender, sexism, sexuality, the lack of undergarments, and even get into a bit about accessibility in the community.

Checkout everything AQH at the link here: https://linktr.ee/AwfullyQueerHeroes

If you'd like to continue supporting this queer owned & hosted podcast, check out my Pride collection on my site here: https://devenrue.com/collections/pride-queer-designs

The Quip & Quill podcast is sponsored by:

Legendkeeper https://www.legendkeeper.com/ - Use the code "QuillKeeper" during checkout to get your first month free!

And by our patrons! If you like what you hear and aren't a patron, please consider joining!

Crowdfunding is such a huge part of getting products out to people in the ttrpg space and its important to listen to the experiences of others to help you run your own or improve upon projects you're planning. Eren Angiolini, best known for the fanart series "What-if Critical Role" as well as for coloring several of comics such as Justice League and Doctor Who, was kind enough to chat with me about their artistic journey as well as their experience with crowdfunding their own project the Arcane Compendium of Characters. Lots of great advice and insight as well as talking about how they became a colourist and what tools they use to create their art.

Link: https://app.evrycard.co.uk/29336-1

Credits:

TTRPG illustrator (Critical Role - ArtVenturing Guild), most known for the fanart series "What-If Critical Role" (What-if Machina, What-if Nein, What-If Hells).

Comic Colourist (Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins - Nott the Brave & Caduceus Clay, Justice League, Doctor Who)

The Quip & Quill podcast is sponsored by:

Legendkeeper https://www.legendkeeper.com/ - Use the code "QuillKeeper" during checkout to get your first month free!

And by our patrons! If you like what you hear and aren't a patron, please consider joining!

Join me as I chat with Hit Point Press editor, Verity Lane as we talk about turning your campaign setting into a book, working with Hit Point Press, Humblewood2, and staying organized to make your book projects easier to manage for everyone involved.

Floral Dragons Art created by Kin Wald

Humblewood 2 Art created by Aaron Miller

Links for the episode:

Hit Point Press: https://hitpointpress.com/

Shift System: https://hitpointpress.com/shift-quickstart-beta-maelstrom-preview-pdf/

Hit Point Press Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hitpointpress

Floral Dragons Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/the-field-guide-to-floral-dragons

Humblewood 2 Playtesting: https://humblewood.com/pages/join-the-humblewood-2-playtest

Show sponsored by Legendkeeper: https://www.legendkeeper.com/ - Use the code "QuillKeeper" during checkout to get your first month free!

If you like what you hear and aren't a patron, please consider joining!

Dani Gage is a cosplayer, content creator, AP player, and just an absolute pleasure to chat with! Her enthusiasm for gaming and creating is contagious! Her passion for organization earned her the title archivist and a place working on Critical Role's Daggerheart project! In this episode we talk about how to keep going to spite your trolls, fighting the negativity of your own brain, Legendkeeper, gaming, and loving the drama trauma that is ttrpgs!

Learn more about Dani here: https://lnk.bio/Bitterthorne

As mentioned in this episode:
Pixel Circus - https://www.twitch.tv/pixelcircus/
Big Bad Con - https://www.bigbadcon.com/

Some days you just need to have a total bitchfest and that's exactly what this is! Join Caio Santos (BlackSalander) as we laugh about the drama, the bullshit, and the mean things people say in the art & ttrpg space. Caio has worked with several people in the community but is best known for their work with Critical Role.

Check out this Brazilian artist's amazing work & socials here: https://caiosantos.carrd.co/

Defining "successful" isn't just working with well-known brands or companies, sometimes it's just finding a way to pay your bills without them! That's exactly what illustrator Hailiiz on Twitter does! Have a listen while we talk about pricing, working with patrons & clients, playing D&D (of course), and contracts!

Get all the info for her here: https://hailiiz.carrd.co/

If you're an artist looking for contract examples that we talk about in our stream, they are linked below. If you find them useful, let me know! And if you have any questions, feel free to comment below!