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Call for mainline portraits and story art

Last post by DuncanDill « August 20th, 2024, 10:44 am
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by nemaara » April 18th, 2024, 11:03 pm » in Art Contributions
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Several of our mainline campaigns are in the works for upgrades at the moment, which includes adding characters and enhancing existing scenarios. We are looking for more artwork to supplement these upgrades, including the following:

5 portraits
Female Captain (Mari)
Asheviere - 4 variations...
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Wesnoth on Liberapay

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Greetings!

We are happy to announce that Wesnoth is now able to accept donations on Liberapay . While Wesnoth does rely on the work of dedicated volunteers, no project can function completely cost-free. Revenue from the Apple App Store and from donations goes towards maintaining our servers,...
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Franken-Pack

Last post by IPS « January 16th, 2012, 10:11 pm
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by Maeglin Dubh » November 19th, 2006, 2:57 pm
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My idea is this; to make life easier on prospective Frankensteiners, would it be possible to organize a collection of heads, horses, shields, swords, spears, axes, bows, helms, and various other trinkets into a 'palette', in the same way some artists use an overlay with the selected colours around...
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Guidelines on artistic critique-Read before critiquing

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by Forum Moderators Team » March 8th, 2006, 10:18 am
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NOTE: This document isn't intended to be set in stone - if you think something's missing or wrong, please say so. Make a thread called Critique Guideline Discussion if you wish to discuss it: and have all posts regarding it there, to cut down on noisy threads.

Introduction

Rule #1: If an...
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September 12th, 2007, 7:57 am
How to get art made for your Wesnoth add-on

Last post by Forum Moderators Team « February 4th, 2006, 2:41 pm

by Forum Moderators Team » February 4th, 2006, 2:41 pm

In a nutshell: It’s not easy.

The truth is that, for every semi-competent artist producing art for Wesnoth, there are at least 10 people designing campaigns and factions. Doing art for a faction is much more time consuming than “designing” all but the most meticulously balanced faction. Lots of...

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Catgirls

Last post by laerne « July 18th, 2025, 11:18 pm
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by laerne » November 14th, 2024, 2:20 am
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Hello !

My story on why I'm getting back to wesnoth after more than 10 years begins with a snarky remark from my best friend.
“ Why are you trying to use photoshop on windows when you could use an open source equivalent on linux ? ”
“ I don't know , I replied. Why are you play a proprietary...
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July 18th, 2025, 11:18 pm
Maks' art

Last post by IPS « July 15th, 2025, 5:14 pm
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by maksiu » November 29th, 2014, 10:20 am
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Portraits for The Dark Hordes (by tsunami_)

Last post by KameRamen « July 15th, 2025, 8:26 am
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by tsunami_ » June 17th, 2025, 5:51 am
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I have agreed to draw new portraits for The Dark Hordes, which is being completed by KameRamen.

For now, I am making human portraits for Gwiti and Nati.
This is a thread for criticism and suggestions.

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Last post by KameRamen
July 15th, 2025, 8:26 am
wesnoth images tools

Last post by hermestrismi « July 2nd, 2025, 5:13 pm

by hermestrismi » July 2nd, 2025, 5:13 pm

wesnoth image editors:

In my wesnoth tools, I offer three image manager to edit images and paths.
link:
1. Download file as .zip,
2. un-zip it,
3. open 'wesnoth tools hub' you want,
4. open the file html in a browser (tested perfectly on Chrome),
5. follow 'how to use' instructions.
the 3...

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July 2nd, 2025, 5:13 pm
Any new sprites :D? Cause Art Workshop been unused for long time...

Last post by holypaladin « June 29th, 2025, 7:15 pm
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by ChaosRider » June 8th, 2025, 1:58 pm

Any new sprites :D? Cause Art Workshop been unused for long time... Im curious about new sprites. Looking for something new to add to WOTG :P. Can you post here links to your art work guys?

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June 29th, 2025, 7:15 pm
Mechanical's art

Last post by Refumee « June 24th, 2025, 5:02 pm
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by Mechanical » November 4th, 2015, 10:05 am
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Hi! Some may have already seen me on this forum. Putting aside the idea of using in redrawing loyalist (I draw well enough, what would qualify for mainline) I started to draw a faction of dark elves. I know I'm not the first, not I last, but not the one proposed in the Addons factions of drow I...
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Last post by Refumee
June 24th, 2025, 5:02 pm
Can I use these images :D ?

Last post by Ravana « June 8th, 2025, 5:58 pm
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by ChaosRider » June 8th, 2025, 5:52 pm

Can I use these images in Wesnoth? Im asking cause I dont know. What should I do to be allowed to use them? Is it ok with lincense?

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Last post by Ravana
June 8th, 2025, 5:58 pm
Duncan's Sprite Gallery

Last post by DuncanDill « May 11th, 2025, 4:00 pm
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by DuncanDill » May 4th, 2024, 5:33 am
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Some of my art... (some stuff might be broken)
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May 11th, 2025, 4:00 pm
ThroneGame's art (portraits and other stuff)

Last post by ThroneGame « May 1st, 2025, 11:03 pm
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by ThroneGame » November 6th, 2021, 3:23 pm
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In this thread I share my art - for the most part - portaits and concepts for GSE aka The Great Steppe Era ( for the purposes of critique, feedback and improvement.
Unfortunately, I am lousy at technical stuff, as a result - my first two portraits (witch and vampire) were not originally in 400x400...
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May 1st, 2025, 11:03 pm
Looking for advice on creating artwork for the Wesnoth Campaign

Last post by Elvish_Hunter « April 22nd, 2025, 9:43 pm
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by ritakglenn » April 16th, 2025, 3:30 am

Hello everyone,

I am currently working on a campaign for The Battle for Wesnoth and need some advice on creating art assets. I am looking for the best techniques for Wesnoth style pixel art.

Can you recommend any tools or resources for beginners?

Thank you

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Last post by Elvish_Hunter
April 22nd, 2025, 9:43 pm
Practicing pixel art and Wesnoth style (terracotta warrior)

Last post by MathBrush « March 1st, 2025, 1:19 am
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by MathBrush » February 15th, 2025, 9:13 pm

I'm trying to figure out Wesnoth style, so I tried taking a photo of a terracotta warrior as reference and the proportions of the Elvish Fighter as another reference in order to make a sprite. This is what I came up with. I don't plan on using this in-game, but I want to learn Wesnoth style. What...

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Last post by MathBrush
March 1st, 2025, 1:19 am
Saurian sprites

Last post by Talentless « February 28th, 2025, 8:24 am
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by Talentless » June 10th, 2015, 7:06 am
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TL;DR: Most of the units I finished ended up in the mainline as of 1.18. If you want to use the new Saurian units in 1.16, download the Saurian Pack addon.

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As you might guess, saurians are my favorite race in Wesnoth by far. I'm surprised that there are no additional...
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February 28th, 2025, 8:24 am
“South of Wesnoth” Artwork Thread

Last post by dipseydoodle « February 20th, 2025, 9:52 pm

by dipseydoodle » February 20th, 2025, 9:52 pm

South of Wesnoth D22BB96B-C03A-42B0-8346-FC7F4F434F2D.png is an up and coming campaign about a lost Wesnothian trade post in the Southern Desert established during the reign of Haldric. The rise and terror of the evil Queen Asheviere and the resulting civil war disrupts contact between the Kingdom...

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February 20th, 2025, 9:52 pm
Skeletal dragon portrait

Last post by ZombieKnight « February 16th, 2025, 2:07 pm
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by Lordlewis » October 8th, 2017, 11:03 am
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I've started making a skeletal dragon portrait, hopefully it will be good enough for the mainline. I've made this to show everyone what I'm doing, this is what I've done so far. It's just the outline currently but I will finish it, probably not soon though but depending on how much time i put into...
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Last post by ZombieKnight
February 16th, 2025, 2:07 pm
Arts for The Bees Journey

Last post by tsunami_ « February 15th, 2025, 5:05 am
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by KameRamen » July 3rd, 2024, 9:34 pm

I have created the campaign called The Bees Journey, in which insects are the protagonists.

The campaign has already completed all scenarios, so the remaining issues are the arts. I am looking for artist to collaborate with.

Most needed are portraits of the bees (queen and worker bees, and...

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February 15th, 2025, 5:05 am
Amorphous's Pixel Art

Last post by Amorphous « February 8th, 2025, 2:19 pm
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by Amorphous » June 20th, 2012, 1:14 am
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Hi, all. I'm rather new to the forums and this is my first post (though I have been lurking for a while), so please bear with me if I'm not very knowledgeable on the workings of the forums. :) (I have read the Guidelines and such, but that can only do you so much when you first join a community,...
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February 8th, 2025, 2:19 pm
Weekly Pixelart Challenge

Last post by Refumee « December 14th, 2024, 8:32 am
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by Refumee » October 28th, 2024, 6:04 am

Quoting Makisu about the challenge:

What would it consist of? Well, anyone willing would have a week to make a themed graphic, where a few guidelines would be specified, such as: theme, race, purpose (and whatever else you yourself propose) e.g.: theme: foot scout; race: unspecified/any; purpose:...

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December 14th, 2024, 8:32 am
Numero's Art

Last post by Lord-Knightmare « December 8th, 2024, 12:47 pm
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by Numero » August 7th, 2024, 6:33 pm
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Hey I am trying to create some art, but I don't really know the right program. I need a program that I can create frankensteins with, I am using Windos paint but there I can only copy and paste rectangular pieces and rotate them rather freely. I'd like a program that has the same simple interface...
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Last post by Lord-Knightmare
December 8th, 2024, 12:47 pm
Mage Replacement/Alt and Other Units

Last post by maksiu « December 3rd, 2024, 12:31 pm
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by dipseydoodle » October 16th, 2024, 4:05 am

I've decided to have a special mage in my campaign that only advances to the white mage line. I'm calling it the cleric. It needs work.

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Last post by maksiu
December 3rd, 2024, 12:31 pm
ghype's Daily Art - Thug Stuff #9

Last post by ghype « November 27th, 2024, 7:01 pm
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This thread shows my progress concerning the custom art of my era .
6 factions are posted and discussed. The most recent two faction are not yet implemented in the era.

Chaper One:
Horned Skeletons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Wild Centaurs . . . . . ....
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Last post by ghype
November 27th, 2024, 7:01 pm
Is this “technique” allowed? (If so i recomend it)

Last post by doofus-01 « November 23rd, 2024, 2:14 pm
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by ChrundleTheGreat » November 9th, 2024, 1:32 am

I just figured id check first, but i was gonna recomend this idea anyway, so there is a website called “hero forge” where one can design 3d models of characters, and i was curious if those could be used as a sort of reference for portraits.
Im sort of drawing over a screenshoot of one rigth now,...

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November 23rd, 2024, 2:14 pm
The Quixotic Kings art, Penguins and more!

Last post by Refumee « November 4th, 2024, 8:49 am
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by The_Quixotic_King » June 9th, 2020, 6:19 pm
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Greetings everybody,
I am new to making units and coding for wesnoth, and I thought it'd be good to get some feedback on my art, so i'll be posting it all here.
My first project with drawing art has been a arctic faction, mostly consisting of penguins. But also with Polar bears, Seals, Walrus's and...
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Last post by Refumee
November 4th, 2024, 8:49 am
Which font would fit?

Last post by white_haired_uncle « October 27th, 2024, 8:12 am
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by BajMic » October 27th, 2024, 4:14 am

Hello,

Long time ago I found the names of the fonts used in Wesnoth dialogs and tabs. Now I can't find it.

Do you know what are the names of fonts used in Wesnoth UI? I need to make a picture for floating text purposes.

Thx.

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Last post by white_haired_uncle
October 27th, 2024, 8:12 am
Unit grapics competition.

Last post by DuncanDill « October 26th, 2024, 1:50 pm

by DuncanDill » October 26th, 2024, 1:50 pm

Recently on the discord server, Maksiu has been creating a pixel art competition. Each week (or so) a theme will be released. Then after all submissions are in, then there will be voting period.

A thought from a few months ago, about doing schedules as a weekly challenge, came back to me. I...

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October 26th, 2024, 1:50 pm
I wanna try to make a unit in higher resolution and then scale it, for more details. Any tips or advice about it?

Last post by Firesniw « September 18th, 2024, 3:55 pm
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by Firesniw » September 11th, 2024, 10:13 pm

Hey, I know I know, style of tbfw is indeed pixel art...
but I am wondering, does it make sense to try doing things in higher resolution,
and then scale it in code of the unit?

Like for example, I want to make a unit for my campaign, in 175x175 pixels instead of 72x72.
And I never really did...

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September 18th, 2024, 3:55 pm
Exclamation Image

Last post by Saizo-Luz « August 19th, 2024, 9:26 pm
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by Saizo-Luz » August 19th, 2024, 3:46 pm

Hello!

Can someone here make an exclamation image for me? Like the 'gohere'. But instead of swords, an exclamation.

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August 19th, 2024, 9:26 pm
Outsider Art for Bad Moon Rising

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While the server was down, I did get to work on anatomy. These are WIP, but if there is bad anatomy now, improved shading isn't going to fix it, so fire away.

These are the bad guys. They are supposed to be human-like,...
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