Art for the sake of art?

[ffutures]

heliograph suggested that artwork might not be an important factor in the decision to buy a PDF RPG supplement. Since it's my main stumbling block with Elvis: The Legendary Tours I thought I'd ask do a little research:

[Poll #620895]

All responses and comments greatly appreciated.

Comments

[feorag.livejournal.com]

Just realised a couple of answers are vague. "Some" and "a little" are pretty much synonymous to me.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I agree that it's subjective, but I don't expect to get any sort of accuracy anyway, just a rough impression.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

How are you on copyright violation if I quickly rough up some sketches based on the photomanips you did in your last entry? Is that sufficient distance from the original source as to avoid any potential legal problem?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's fine, so far as I know.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Unless art is diagramatic (deck plans, maps) then its function in a RPG is to express what the game is like to someone who's flipping through it in a store. No one will flip through this game in a store, so you don't need illustrations.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think it helps people to visualise characters etc., which can be a plus.