AstralFire
2009-06-12, 09:39 AM
Apologies if this is in the wrong section, but as I'm not quite an artist and this isn't quite a commission, I felt this was a better place.
I need an artist. I'm going to make a webcomic. And this seems like a good place to ask, or at least to ask for help on finding what I'm looking for. Which is:
- Someone capable of doing background work. I know that many artists are good at backgrounds or people and not both; obviously there needs to be some quality for people for just about any standard comic, but I have storyboarded a few shots and I know I'm going to need someone who has the ability to do backgrounds well.
- Someone capable of working regularly. The most successful webcomics I know of all update at least three times a week. That is my goal. Stability picks up readers, instability costs them, so I'd rather not do an 'update as I may' schedule.
- Someone who does not have an art style which bears a very close resemblance to the popular - or if it does, they are very good at it. Part of getting a name is being distinctive, so I'd like to stay away from styles that bear a real close resemblance to medium-grade Shonen Jump art, OotS-style stuff, etc. The art needs to be eye-catching, and that can be accomplished either through sheer quality or an aspect of the artwork that is highly unusual.
I'll add more if I think of them.
Here's what I have in mind for this:
- Urban fantasy. (See: 'The Anteheroes'). This is a realm I have some experience with; my website details my first attempts at web publishing, the quality often varied as did my schedule, but I picked up a lot from it, and I've had a few years. This would in fact be a revisit to the same universe, only with a few more years of thought and experience and a better ability to plan ahead since less plot ground gets covered in a webcomic update than in a decent-sized text update. There'll be a certain amount of wit, but I have a rather serious outline constructed.
- 'Comic page' format (Dr. McNinja, Questionable Content, Order of the Stick) as opposed to newspaper strip (see: Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance). Feel it advances a bit more plot per update, allows bigger chunks without a punchline.
- I want to make a large backlog before we even begin posting; for starters, I'll need to revise my website properly, take down what's already there and make room for the newborn. It doesn't help that I've forgotten a bit about the site and I don't know jack about PHP. I'd like us to make a two week backlog so we have time to revise and deal with RL problems.
- I will be doing stick figure storyboarding and written scripting a lot. I fully expect and hope that anyone I work with would be just as willing to shove back on the writing. Most really great two-person teams don't strictly stratify the roles.
So yeah. If any of you are interested, know someone who would be, or have good, specific places to look? Would love to hear from you. I apologize if this sounds harsh or anything like that to anyone. Thanks!
I need an artist. I'm going to make a webcomic. And this seems like a good place to ask, or at least to ask for help on finding what I'm looking for. Which is:
- Someone capable of doing background work. I know that many artists are good at backgrounds or people and not both; obviously there needs to be some quality for people for just about any standard comic, but I have storyboarded a few shots and I know I'm going to need someone who has the ability to do backgrounds well.
- Someone capable of working regularly. The most successful webcomics I know of all update at least three times a week. That is my goal. Stability picks up readers, instability costs them, so I'd rather not do an 'update as I may' schedule.
- Someone who does not have an art style which bears a very close resemblance to the popular - or if it does, they are very good at it. Part of getting a name is being distinctive, so I'd like to stay away from styles that bear a real close resemblance to medium-grade Shonen Jump art, OotS-style stuff, etc. The art needs to be eye-catching, and that can be accomplished either through sheer quality or an aspect of the artwork that is highly unusual.
I'll add more if I think of them.
Here's what I have in mind for this:
- Urban fantasy. (See: 'The Anteheroes'). This is a realm I have some experience with; my website details my first attempts at web publishing, the quality often varied as did my schedule, but I picked up a lot from it, and I've had a few years. This would in fact be a revisit to the same universe, only with a few more years of thought and experience and a better ability to plan ahead since less plot ground gets covered in a webcomic update than in a decent-sized text update. There'll be a certain amount of wit, but I have a rather serious outline constructed.
- 'Comic page' format (Dr. McNinja, Questionable Content, Order of the Stick) as opposed to newspaper strip (see: Penny Arcade, Sluggy Freelance). Feel it advances a bit more plot per update, allows bigger chunks without a punchline.
- I want to make a large backlog before we even begin posting; for starters, I'll need to revise my website properly, take down what's already there and make room for the newborn. It doesn't help that I've forgotten a bit about the site and I don't know jack about PHP. I'd like us to make a two week backlog so we have time to revise and deal with RL problems.
- I will be doing stick figure storyboarding and written scripting a lot. I fully expect and hope that anyone I work with would be just as willing to shove back on the writing. Most really great two-person teams don't strictly stratify the roles.
So yeah. If any of you are interested, know someone who would be, or have good, specific places to look? Would love to hear from you. I apologize if this sounds harsh or anything like that to anyone. Thanks!