Zak S over at
D&D With Porn Stars unilaterally designated today
International Anklebiter Illustrator Day. In honor of this fine day I commissioned the illustrious and illustratory Lenore (age 7) to produce two pieces of illustration, one a scene from our current Rules Compendium Campaign, and the other the requisite displacer beast.
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Two characters (Pierce the fighter and Annie the Cleric) in an action
packed battle against two skeletons in a cave. One of them is a
skeleton king wielding a magic scepter. |
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A displacer beast. With a grape on its back. That
wasn't in the original specs, but I didn't tell her
NOT to include a grape on its back, so what
can you do? |
In the grand old tradition of editors everywhere, I forgot to pay her. Then I tried to delay payment until the date of publishing, but she wouldn't have it. I explained the cash flow problem inherent in small press publishing and in low readership blogging, but she wasn't swayed. When I finally threatened to withhold payment until she issued an invoice on her corporate letterhead she called in her legal representation: that would be the firm of Mother, Mom, and Wife LLP. The cost of fighting that legal battle was more than I could justify, so I grudgingly paid her, thanked her, and asked if she could do a few more pieces for me
pro bono - while I'm out of money, I explained that I could get her a lot of free exposure.
She wasn't interested. What a prima donna.
Skeleton King armed with a scepter? Smells Like a Lich to Me...
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