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 comic)|Marvel ''Generation 1'' comic]] issue "[[A Savage Circle]]" }}
From the Marvel Generation 1 comic issue "A Savage Circle",
- Pencils: Andrew Wildman
- Inks: Stephen Baskerville
- Colors: Nelson Yomtov
- Letters: Rick Parker
- Script: Simon Furman
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: Geoff Senior
- Colors: Sarra Mossoff
For a picture created entirely by one artist, use simply art:
{{art |art=[[Matt Kuphaldt]] }}
- 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: Don Figueroa
- Colors: unknown