{"id":4005,"date":"2004-08-31T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:28:39","slug":"obsidian-larp-quickstart-portfolio-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/obsidian-larp-quickstart-portfolio-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsidian LARP Quickstart &#8211; Portfolio Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obsidian Live Action Quickstart Layout and Illustrations<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/quickstart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/quickstart-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/obsidpg2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2675\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/obsidpg2.png 312w, https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/obsidpg2-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/obsidchar.png\" alt=\"Obsidian Quick Character Sheet\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/images\/gallery\/cdlabel.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:auto;height:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<br clear=\"all\">\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/index.rpg.net\/display-entry.phtml?mainid=17098\">Obsidian Live Action Quickstart<\/a> RPG.net entry | Available at <a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/64608\/Obsidian-LARP-Quickstart?cPath=3467&amp;affiliate_id=35526\">Drive Thru RPG<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/images\/gallery\/charactersheet.pdf\">Character Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I created the art, graphics, photo illustrations and logo for the Obsidian Quick Start, as well as doing the typography and layout for both the quickstart and the character sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/mikebw.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I did two different photo shoots that coincided with playtests of the system (most of the people pictured here are also playtesters). I approached the illustrations as still shots for a story that would play out across the book and continue into other media.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/aly_bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"aly_bw\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>That meant starting with the outline of a story and a whole cast of particular characters. My production list looked more like a script breakdown than a photo shoot: I broke props and costumes down by scene and scheduled people accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also did the layout and other graphic elements in the Quickstart, including the type treatment, the page ornaments, and the cover and character sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll down to see more illustrations and some notes from the shoots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br clear=\"all\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/fightbw.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I like to use uncommon angles in my work, and to get right into the middle of the action.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/budbw.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>One sequence involves a character being chased down and beaten by cultists, and to get the proper feel for that, I laid down with a camera and had them &#8220;attack&#8221; me (that&#8217;s me on the ground in the first picture). That gave the images a sense of brutality and intimidation, and immediately put the viewer in sympathy for the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few images from that sequence. Final images would have been cut out from the background as you see above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br clear=\"all\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/P2290004.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/DSCF0040.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/DSCF0050.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/DSCF0055.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/DSCF0017.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/DSCF0039.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/08\/P2290059.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obsidian Live Action Quickstart Layout and Illustrations Obsidian Live Action Quickstart RPG.net entry | Available at Drive Thru RPG | Character Sheets I created the art, graphics, photo illustrations and logo for the Obsidian Quick Start, as well as doing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/obsidian-larp-quickstart-portfolio-entry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portfolio","portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4005"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4023,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crysodenkirk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}