Looking for an artist for a intersting proposal

[alexanderM]

Hi, my name is Alexander Melgar and I am looking for artist for an interesting project I wish to make some time ago.

What I offer:
At the moment I have neither money nor way to pay an artist, the only thing I can offer as a payment is that when the comic start to make money you can have the 70% of any future profit and 90% of all the fame and fans this webcomic could create , I am just the guy that want to tell a history.

Experience:
I have been a lifetime daydreamer and I have creating history for my entertainment since I can remember, the reason because I decide to transcript my ideas to the public is because this is my Opera Maxima, what I can think it would be interesting and can be a success, something I really believe it can work and I want that you be part of this dream.
In the part of published work I wrote two short stories at the age of 8 and 9 and was published in a compilation with other kid’s stories but my mom say that mine were the best .

About me:
If I have to describe me in one word it would be “geek” because that is what I am, I like sci-fi, science, history, and I know at least a little from almost every topic you can imagine and if I don’t know I love to know about it, so I am very versatile at the moment of writing.
As a curious fact about me I know hypnosis so if you don’t like my one of my ideas, I can make you a goose! (Or an animal of your liking).

The project and what I am looking for:
I don’t want to sound very cryptic but I don’t want to talk publically but I can say that involve a mix of west and east comic culture ( a little more west influenced), and have a rhythm like lord of the rings or avenger movies because involve serious plot but it doesn’t have to be taken too serious itself, is always time for some humor.
And without revealing a lot of the plot the part of the main ideas is based on the question “who decide what happen after death”

What I am looking is an artist that is not too cartoonish, but not too realistic either, also the ideal is that it could be a very kinetic style because the character have a lot of mobility, but as this is something you would do for free in the first phase of the project all artist interested are welcome to try, and I gladly would be happy to receive and consider you to be the artist of this project.
If you are interested and want more information please feel free to send me your question or a sample of your work to my mail: vigfish1408@gmail.com

Thank for your time and as reward have a pic of the famous grumpy cat.

[Ruyei]

I congratulate you on being specific but your post is, well, not very interesting. One thing you have to understand that we as writers and artists frankly don't care about personal histories too much unless they are tied to one's professional life, and given that you have no experience yet I'd simply limit details about you to your passion to comics. You also have no hook, why should an artist work with you? I know you don't want to talk about your project online but you're going to have to, because being that you have no experience or credentials you are going to have to use all you have as your pitch. And you can't just make one pitch to be optimally successful, I myself find around three or five is a good number.

Another thing you should know, the artist to writer ratio is terrible. You'll be lucky if you find an amateur artist and honestly that's what you need, an artist that is as new as you are so you can learn the craft together. Even having a short comic done with an artist can be a BIG boost to your future looking for artist posts. I know it has for mine. Long story short, don't be picky. Your best bet on having a specific comic picked up by an artist are usually pretty slim, so many people offer money. Even that sometimes even enough if the comic isn't pitched well enough...tis is the world we live in at this point.

Anyway I wish you the best of luck!
Sincerely,
Ruyei/Robert

[alexanderM]

Thanks for your advice , I am very gratefull for your observation an I want to make clear some things

I wrote about me so the artist can have idea of my style and maybe a clue or two about the project .

I know the money is a big deal and I am sorry that I can not pay but I promise the bigest share of any future profit, I know that is not too much but is a medium risk high gain bet.

Also I know that this do not sound very exciting but I dont want to share in public because I am a little paranoic but I am going to be more open to anyone that show interest working with me, and I am absolutley sure with every cell of my body that this can work if I can have the chance.

And I am not being picky, I describe the ideal style that I would wish, but i am open to almost any art style and artist that show interest.

Thanks

[Bee Bop]

My experience has shown me that people who are cagey with their ideas are not very enjoyable to collaborate with... thinking that people are always out to steal your brilliant ideas is usually an arrogant position to take. People have millions of ideas, no one will want to steal yours. But good luck, I hope you find what you're looking for.

[alexanderM]

Thanks for all the the great artist that offer me the oportunity to work with them , I aldready find a great artist and we are aldready start working in the project.

[Jay Taylor]

[quote="Bee Bop"]My experience has shown me that people who are cagey with their ideas are not very enjoyable to collaborate with... thinking that people are always out to steal your brilliant ideas is usually an arrogant position to take. People have millions of ideas, no one will want to steal yours.

After working as a songwriter and screenwriter in LA. I find it to be quite the contrary. There are TEAMS of individuals whom job it is to comb sites to "discover" ideas.
Yes, there are hundreds of original ideas and most of them ( mine included) are not that great. But those ideas are owned by individuals, combers look for a break, an idea that is worth something and can be presented to a higher up as their own and developed. I've lost a short film working with these people who liked an idea. so after a few meeting they said they didn't want to work with me then proceeded to film my script with minor changes. I was shocked to learn that the team behind the film were none other than the friendly down to earth folks I had coffee meetings with, guys I met on web site.

I do not agree in being a fearful writer, just like an artist can watermark their work. I like to protect my ideas from being borrowed as someone elses ideas. So I post vague outlines on general sites where anyone can be combing for ideas worth developing.

So writers need to copyright their work and have artists sign Confidentiality agreements.

[Bee Bop]

That's a completely valid argument and an understandable position to take, personally I cannot work under the pressure of wondering who's going to steal my ideas - I don't think I could operate that way... thinking "I cannot tell you too much because you may whip my idea away, with enough subtle changes to make the intellectual theft legal."

I would've thought, in your case, that even if there wasn't a legal redress for you to follow you could have complained to the parent companies involved about their unethical sourcing of your work.

You meet thieving bastards in all avenues of industry...