The necessary iconography in a hypothetical piece of Apocalypse World-themed skin illustration includes:

11 thoughts on “The necessary iconography in a hypothetical piece of Apocalypse World-themed skin illustration includes:”

1. If I had to choose one other thing, it would be a countdown clock, maybe a quarter filled in.

2. Ninja’d by Meguey Baker

3. I have all the stealthy moves today.

4. Maybe countdown clocks reflected in the gasmask’s eyes, and 7-9 stamped on the filter. Maybe “to do it, do it”

5. Too logo-ish maybe? A gasmask, maybe with a lens starting to crack. Two d6, one at two, one at six (this avoids the ‘lucky 7s’ iconography). Behind them, a countdown clock at quarter past. Or obliquely under the dice. I do like “to do it, do it” in a paint-brush font on the gas mask, though.

6. “Powered by the Apocalypse” wouldn’t be bad lettering either…

7. Ancient clock showing quarter past, cracked lensed gas mask, large poker dice turned to two and six propped against the bottom of mask and caught in mid-roll. “Do it, do it” painted on the lens of the mask.

   Powered By logoed above the display, painted on the old mirror.

8. Thanks, all – going to let the design stew in my head a little bit.

9. Link to a little rough I knocked together in Illustrator below.  Ideally looking at an inkpatch maybe the size of your palm – I just don’t have that much forearm to inscribe.  The design below does not thrill me – any comments are welcome.  And if you are/know an illustrator with better chops than me who can pull this off hit me up privately for the talking of art for moneys.

   https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YjWEDNnCTB4/USgCSYdIekI/AAAAAAAAB_g/PNube6zFcB4/s255/AW1.jpg

10. The clock hands remind me of The Watchmen. For AW I’d have it be 12:05. You know, post midnight…

11. I love the idea of a countdown clock but I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out how to get it in there in a legible yet non-overwhelming way.

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