At this point in the development, I need a graphical artist to complement my work on the game. While I can produce pixel art for the in-game graphics, I can't create high-quality character portraits or complex scenes. This is where you - or someone you know - comes in.
What I need from you:
Character portraits as well as larger scenes of airship battles.
Ability to work within an existing colour scheme and mesh with the existing aesthetic.
Reliability and commitment to the project. I expect that the project needs graphics at various points over the next 9 months. This doesn't mean I need you anything like full-time on this, but I need you to not leave partway through. For the game to look good, it needs a consistent art style coming from one person, so switching artists halfway would be a big setback.
What I don't need from you:
In-game pixel art, animations or 3D work.
Super-fast turnaround. Taking a few weeks for a piece of art is fine, taking a few months isn't.
What I'm offering is your choice of:
Per-piece payment at your stated rates.
10% revenue share on all future sales of the game. (Revenue here means money from sales after Steam/other portals take their cut, but before anything else like taxes or other payments. The game has so far sold several thousand copies, and I very much expect it will sell at least several thousand more.)
You will also be listed as an artist in the game credits.
Selection criteria:
Quality of art / art style.
Track record of delivering for other projects, games or otherwise.
Legal details:
This is a freelancer-customer arrangement and not an employee-employer arrangement. You are responsible for taxes and insurance required by your place of residence.
As work-for-hire, the copyright of the created artwork is assigned to me. (This is negotiable: if you prefer, we can come to an arrangement where you retain the rights and license the artwork to me.)
I am happy to hire people of any background - nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc.
Interested? Email me with samples of your work, your preferred form of compensation/rates, and some general info about yourself.
Edit Being more specific with what I need:
4-20 headshot unit portraits for air sailors/air marines/air captains, etc.
One or a small sequence of splash screens (full-screen scenes)
About a dozen mission illustrations (quarter-screen scenes)
Style-wise, I'm up for anything that you think can mesh with the existing art style of the game. It doesn't have to imitate the art, just not clash horribly. High-res pixel art could work, so could digital airbrush, or vector illustrations. Crew portraits should be realistic or semi-realistic, so not super-stylized or cartoonish. The game sprites have a colour scheme that gets modified by the lighting conditions.
I guess in some ideal magical world, if someone is able to create unit portraits with no baked-in shading and a normal map, that could be hooked into the lighting engine for some very cool visuals. But that's hardly necessary.
Perhaps the mission illustrations could be semi-realistic, resembling 19th century photographs.
If the portraits are going to be static and not animated, they could resemble 19th century photographs as well, but put cropped out crewmen all around, like the picture is taken from a crew photo.
And the splash screens could be high-contrast/impressionist style digital paintings.
Just some ideas for anyone who might be the artist.
I wonder if we could use real old portrait instead of Art. I would love to have my ancestors in a game. The same for all players. We could all upload some old portrait of people from 1850-1930 and then make a selection.
Aerial Emperor
At this point in the development, I need a graphical artist to complement my work on the game. While I can produce pixel art for the in-game graphics, I can't create high-quality character portraits or complex scenes. This is where you - or someone you know - comes in.
What I need from you:
What I don't need from you:
What I'm offering is your choice of:
You will also be listed as an artist in the game credits.
Selection criteria:
Legal details:
Interested? Email me with samples of your work, your preferred form of compensation/rates, and some general info about yourself.
Edit Being more specific with what I need:
Style-wise, I'm up for anything that you think can mesh with the existing art style of the game. It doesn't have to imitate the art, just not clash horribly. High-res pixel art could work, so could digital airbrush, or vector illustrations. Crew portraits should be realistic or semi-realistic, so not super-stylized or cartoonish. The game sprites have a colour scheme that gets modified by the lighting conditions.
I guess in some ideal magical world, if someone is able to create unit portraits with no baked-in shading and a normal map, that could be hooked into the lighting engine for some very cool visuals. But that's hardly necessary.
Air Admiral
Might suggest that you post the color scheme here?
Air Admiral
Might i make a suggestion for whoever gets the job? Might i suggest that you draw everything to resemble a 19th century photograph?
Commodore
Perhaps the mission illustrations could be semi-realistic, resembling 19th century photographs.
If the portraits are going to be static and not animated, they could resemble 19th century photographs as well, but put cropped out crewmen all around, like the picture is taken from a crew photo.
And the splash screens could be high-contrast/impressionist style digital paintings.
Just some ideas for anyone who might be the artist.
Commander, Engineering Corps
Would the portraits be full-body, half-body (like this),
Or just facial?
Commander, Engineering Corps
Would you kindly
Commodore
Perhaps generals/captain could get a half body portrait, and regular crew members only get a "copped group photo" face portrait?
Air Admiral
Got anyone on the job yet?
Commander, Engineering Corps
How goes the hunt for a new artist?
Also, when art-hunting, do you use an elephant gun, a shotgun, or a fowling piece?
Warrant Officer
I wonder if we could use real old portrait instead of Art. I would love to have my ancestors in a game. The same for all players. We could all upload some old portrait of people from 1850-1930 and then make a selection.