Seeking Character Concept Artist

[Einhander]

I am a producer for a reputable indie game studio.

I am looking for a concept artist to help explore styles for game characters for an unannounced, upcoming title.

At this point I am looking for samples from a wide breadth of styles before narrowing down the focus of the art direction.

These are the characters I would like to explore initially:

# Two escaped twin female prisoners, attractive but not hyper sexualized.
# Visibly tough and dangerous
# In their 20s, different hair styles
# Dressed in torn orange prison coveralls with P1 and P2 on the back.
# Legs are cut short, just above the knee
# Midriff cut off uniforms, sleeves cut short
# Dusty, sweaty and slightly dirty
# Armed with shotguns
# Connected to each other by leg manacles and a metal chain

My only suggestion is to lean towards a stylized/cartoon treatment (ie - not too realistic).

If interested, please submit your portfolio and/or example sketches to einhander99@gmail.com. The successful applicant will be given a paid test of $200 for 10-15 quick sketches.

[Dark Razvan]

I have a question.. the art you're looking for it's colored? cuz if so, you're offering like 10 bucks per drawing, and I think a bit low... but yeah, that's why I'm asking cuz the idea sounds quite interesting =) , so I'll wait for your reply and maybe I'll give this a try!

[Atreides]

$200 is a pretty fair days wage for an illustrator doing remote work for a game studio. If you can't do 15 sketches of the above mentioned fairly simple concept in a day you've got no business replying to a job post.

Thank you Einhander for this excellent opportunity. I think we should be grateful that we have employers who obviously have high standards of professionalism and are willing to offer decent rates and make them available to up and coming artists

[Einhander]

Thanks for the overwhelming responses via email, everyone. Keep 'em coming and I'll get back to everyone as soon as I can.

Colour isn't a priority. The price and task is targeted at about one day's worth of work. If that means you could include colour, then I see it as a bonus. Thanks for raising the question ; )

[Ebony-chan]

$200 is a pretty fair days wage for an illustrator doing remote work for a game studio. If you can't do 15 sketches of the above mentioned fairly simple concept in a day you've got no business replying to a job post.

Thank you Einhander for this excellent opportunity. I think we should be grateful that we have employers who obviously have high standards of professionalism and are willing to offer decent rates and make them available to up and coming artists



People have a right to ask questions and voice their concern. You or no one else should be telling people who does or doesn't have any business replying to a job with a question or a concern. The only people who have the power to tell people what they can and can't do are the mods here.

Ooops I also meant to say as long as the person who is asking the questions or voicing their concerns. Are polite and respectful then it should be find for them.

[elvenjoe]

I'm interested in the job, how can I send you examples of my work.

[Ebony-chan]

I'm interested in the job, how can I send you examples of my work.


Well if your interested just do what the employer says. Email them.:rocker:

[Atreides]

The only people who have the power to tell people what they can and can't do are the mods here.
-Ebony-Chan

It's not about telling people what they can and can't do. it's about sending the message that one shouldn't just jump on every employer post because you can do a little math. Sometimes people do post here with unreasonable expectations, (graphic novel authors especially) but just because you see some other artists questioning the economics of a job post, doesn't mean it's like, uh.. kewl dude!!!
Especially when the employer is offering pro rates for a very easy trial.

And the simple fact is that if an artist can't knock off a reasonable sketch of a clothed human figure in under 15 min, which is about what this job needs, then maybe they should reevealuate whether they're ready for this type of work.

Just sayin'

[Ebony-chan]

Atriedes what may be great price for you may not to a great price for the next person. I myself $200 is pretty cheap for 10-15 sketches but I'm not going to knock the next artist for saying it's a good price for them. Then tell them what they should or shouldn't do.

[J Wilson]

I don't want to squash discussion, but in this case it might be more appropriate for the employment discussion forum. I don't have a problem with bringing up pricing with a job poster when they are expecting way too much for too little money, but I don't think that's the case here. $200, broken down into an 8 hour work day, is $25 an hour. Although it goes without saying that it won't be a rate that every artist will be interested in, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that they can get a skilled artist for that rate.

10-15 sketches in that time frame is also doable. Keep in mind that sounds like a rough guideline. It doesn't sound like the employer is asking for 10-15 stunning and unique snowflakes. You can do one pose, and and then repeat it 5 times changing details in each to get different variants (change tattoos, ethnicity, clothing details, etc), and knock out several sketches easily. Some of them might be facial expressions, or close ups on important details. This isn't 10-15 finished illustrations, just concepts. It's idea generation.

I'm just saying, keep an open mind. If we want to have a more in depth discussion on the topic, we can have it in the Employment Discussion forum.

[Einhander]

Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming response! I have reviewed a ton of work and will be contacting one or more people to move forward with early next week. I tried to reply to each applicant personally. Apologies if you didn't get my message - Gmail's spam blocker ended up causing me some issues.

Thanks again, and hopefully you'll hear from me soon. Once applicants have been contacted, I will re-post to this forum to confirm that a decision has been made.

[Einhander]

There was so much outstanding work submitted that I decided to move forward with three applicants. Thanks so much to everyone who replied!