Template:Art
{{Art}} is a template for crediting illustrations. Its purpose is to ensure images are credited properly, not merely attributed to the pencilers (as has been common practice).
A typical comic scan might be credited like this:
{{art
|pencils=Andrew Wildman
|inks=Stephen Baskerville
|colors=Nelson Yomtov
|letters=Rick Parker
|script=Simon Furman
|from=the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|Marvel ''Generation 1'' comic]] issue "[[A Savage Circle]]"
}}
From the Marvel Generation 1 comic issue "A Savage Circle",
- Pencils: {{{pencils{{{penciler}}}}}}
- Inks: {{{ink{{{inks{{{inker}}}}}}}}}
- Colors: {{{color{{{colors{{{colorist{{{colours{{{colours{{{colourist}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
- Letters: {{{letter{{{letters{{{letterer{{{lettering{{{letterist}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
- Script: {{{script{{{scripter{{{writer}}}}}}}}}]]
You can use as many or as few of those categories as you wish. For example, letters and script would not apply to a scan with no dialogue or narration. Also, sometimes a single person has performed multiple duties, in which case other parameters are available.
For a picture drawn by only one artist and colored by another, use line-art:
{{art
|line-art=Geoff Senior
|colors=Sarra Mossoff
}}
- Line-art: {{{line-art{{{lineart{{{line-artist{{{lineartist}}}}}}}}}}}}
- Colors: {{{color{{{colors{{{colorist{{{colours{{{colours{{{colourist}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]]
For a picture created entirely by one artist, use simply art:
{{art
|art=Matt Kuphaldt
}}
If you need to apply a credit that is not included in this template, you can create one through the parameter other:
{{art
|other='''Breakdowns:''' Don Perlin
}}
]]
- Breakdowns: Don Perlin
If you don't know who performed a certain duty, fill the parameter with "unknown" and set the help parameter to "true" or "yes". This will add the image to Category: Images with insufficient attribution, asking others to help properly identify it:
{{art
|line-art=Don Figueroa
|colors=''unknown''
|help=yes
}}
- Line-art: {{{line-art{{{lineart{{{line-artist{{{lineartist}}}}}}}}}}}}
- Colors: {{{color{{{colors{{{colorist{{{colours{{{colours{{{colourist}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]]
