Need someone who is willing to do some artwork for a few comic scripts I have. One is complete while other is still in progress.
The Who:
Serine Helens is a detective that was horrified at a young age. She watched her parents being murdered in a mysterious way. An inhuman being watched out of the corner of its eye and laughed at the young girl as she ran away. Young Serine Helens was placed in nursing home after nursing home as doctors and psychiatrists thought she was insane. She was finally placed in an orphanage in Russia at the age of 7.This orphanage was not normal. As it trained its young children to be vampire, witch, and magic hunters. As she wanted to decapitate the vampire witch that killed her parents she also watched in horror as the orphanage killed the children that were not fit to be hunters. She ran away, and made a vow to protect both innocent inhuman and humans alike.
Please email me at brandon.jjohnson95@gmail.com
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You need to update your plot here
Okay, it's cool that you have a finished script and others in progress but this intro to your world does not do it. It's very awkward to read in general sadly, you should have looked it over and made sure it read well, heck I've made that mistake before on other things. And it also does not go much into the character development or the plot honestly, there's no hook.
The way I've worked and see other successful writers work is that I give synopsis's of several comic ideas at once. I make sure my ideas have variation too so that the artist has a decent choice so they can find the story that fits them the most. You can never have enough variation, I've made posts of 15 ideas when the artist e-mails me and says "give me more ideas" it's crazy.
Anyway my point is that trying to market just one idea to an artist is pretty hard without shelling out some cash. It doesn't help that you're probably looking for an artist for the first time, which is tough I've been there. The benefit I have is that I've worked on comics before and can give examples of stuff I've done before, that will SERIOUSLY set you apart from the crowd of other first time artists. What you do is you make a decision, do you want to work on just a particular idea or set of ideas, or do you want to work on comics in general. If you're answer is the first than work in prose instead, it's not a bad craft really I work in that too. You just cannot depend on an artist to fall in love with just one idea, you have to give several. Thus why having scripts created in advance may be wasted effort, I have scripts I've been trying to sell to several waves artists that haven't been sold yet.
Because to find an artist the best way is to do two things, give multiple ideas of varied genres and make it clear that you're willing to work on another person's project. My first comic work was editing the text of another's comic due to English being his third language. This blossomed into a working relationship in which we created several comics of our own choosing, which brings me to another important point, the artist you attract the first time around may logically be a non-professional artist (I know mine was). When I say that I mean an artist that either doesn't draw in a traditional comic book or manga style and therefore is not marketable (That was my first) or simply artists who are still growing in their mastery of the craft (Have worked with those too).
The dream I had of entering the forum with my hopes and dreams and getting them completed is a lie, the sad truth is that there are far too many writers competing over a pool of artists that may not be what you have envisioned due to an unconventional style or developing art. Not to mention that without pay many artists work very slowly. I've had many ideas I've thought were amazing passed over in favor of an artist's own idea or simply another idea they resonate with more.
To work in comics on an amateur level you simply have to be very flexible with who you work with and be patient. Many artists will drop out, other artists may work painfully slowly. Only the tolerant will win, because the key is to get works finished and build a portfolio. The better your portfolio, the better the artists you attract. And also be prepared for artists acting as co-writers. My first graphic novel (which I completed recently) literally had the artist go over my draft and change it phenomenally to the point that it doesn't feel like mine anymore. Another time an artist came to me with a specific topic and synopsis which ended up being a superhero comic (At the time I hated the genre). My point is the writer does not pick what he does in the amateur industry, you really can't afford to be picky starting out. I myself am just getting to the point where I can pick and choose and this is after five years of working off and on. This is a very hard field to work in even at the amateur level.
My tips. Several comic ideas being put out. Perhaps a sample of your script linked to. Post that your willing to work on others ideas. That's your start, post on multiple forums, the key is to google artist looking for writer or vice-versa. Another tip I've learned recently is to give examples of short ten page or less comics you want to work on, there's a surprising number of artists wanting to work on those and if the artist likes you you just may move on to bigger and better things. This has happened to me a couple times.
I wish you luck new writer, it's a hard world but if you're dedicated you'll get the honor of creating comics with no compensation (Sounds terrible but I find it fun). You probably have a lot of learning to do in regards of working with artists, writing scripts, ect, but keep at it and who knows what will happen? I'll tell you this though, there is a lot of waiting to do even after you find an artist, because arting is very time consuming. The one alternative to all this pain I've mentioned? Pay the artist. I tried doing it once but ran out of money, but I can say is you get a lot more art and dedication than the alternative. Yeah you can pump hundreds to thousands of dollars into this so only do this if you're dedicated, but if you're set on one project it really is your only likely option.
Anyway good luck! If you chose to go the free route it's a long and grueling road, but then again learning any craft is long and grueling. In fact you're always learning and there's always room for improvement! Anyway one final tip, zwol is a good site but try digitalwebbing and smackjeeves.
If you're up for it then I wish you the best!
Ruyei/Robert
The way I've worked and see other successful writers work is that I give synopsis's of several comic ideas at once. I make sure my ideas have variation too so that the artist has a decent choice so they can find the story that fits them the most. You can never have enough variation, I've made posts of 15 ideas when the artist e-mails me and says "give me more ideas" it's crazy.
Anyway my point is that trying to market just one idea to an artist is pretty hard without shelling out some cash. It doesn't help that you're probably looking for an artist for the first time, which is tough I've been there. The benefit I have is that I've worked on comics before and can give examples of stuff I've done before, that will SERIOUSLY set you apart from the crowd of other first time artists. What you do is you make a decision, do you want to work on just a particular idea or set of ideas, or do you want to work on comics in general. If you're answer is the first than work in prose instead, it's not a bad craft really I work in that too. You just cannot depend on an artist to fall in love with just one idea, you have to give several. Thus why having scripts created in advance may be wasted effort, I have scripts I've been trying to sell to several waves artists that haven't been sold yet.
Because to find an artist the best way is to do two things, give multiple ideas of varied genres and make it clear that you're willing to work on another person's project. My first comic work was editing the text of another's comic due to English being his third language. This blossomed into a working relationship in which we created several comics of our own choosing, which brings me to another important point, the artist you attract the first time around may logically be a non-professional artist (I know mine was). When I say that I mean an artist that either doesn't draw in a traditional comic book or manga style and therefore is not marketable (That was my first) or simply artists who are still growing in their mastery of the craft (Have worked with those too).
The dream I had of entering the forum with my hopes and dreams and getting them completed is a lie, the sad truth is that there are far too many writers competing over a pool of artists that may not be what you have envisioned due to an unconventional style or developing art. Not to mention that without pay many artists work very slowly. I've had many ideas I've thought were amazing passed over in favor of an artist's own idea or simply another idea they resonate with more.
To work in comics on an amateur level you simply have to be very flexible with who you work with and be patient. Many artists will drop out, other artists may work painfully slowly. Only the tolerant will win, because the key is to get works finished and build a portfolio. The better your portfolio, the better the artists you attract. And also be prepared for artists acting as co-writers. My first graphic novel (which I completed recently) literally had the artist go over my draft and change it phenomenally to the point that it doesn't feel like mine anymore. Another time an artist came to me with a specific topic and synopsis which ended up being a superhero comic (At the time I hated the genre). My point is the writer does not pick what he does in the amateur industry, you really can't afford to be picky starting out. I myself am just getting to the point where I can pick and choose and this is after five years of working off and on. This is a very hard field to work in even at the amateur level.
My tips. Several comic ideas being put out. Perhaps a sample of your script linked to. Post that your willing to work on others ideas. That's your start, post on multiple forums, the key is to google artist looking for writer or vice-versa. Another tip I've learned recently is to give examples of short ten page or less comics you want to work on, there's a surprising number of artists wanting to work on those and if the artist likes you you just may move on to bigger and better things. This has happened to me a couple times.
I wish you luck new writer, it's a hard world but if you're dedicated you'll get the honor of creating comics with no compensation (Sounds terrible but I find it fun). You probably have a lot of learning to do in regards of working with artists, writing scripts, ect, but keep at it and who knows what will happen? I'll tell you this though, there is a lot of waiting to do even after you find an artist, because arting is very time consuming. The one alternative to all this pain I've mentioned? Pay the artist. I tried doing it once but ran out of money, but I can say is you get a lot more art and dedication than the alternative. Yeah you can pump hundreds to thousands of dollars into this so only do this if you're dedicated, but if you're set on one project it really is your only likely option.
Anyway good luck! If you chose to go the free route it's a long and grueling road, but then again learning any craft is long and grueling. In fact you're always learning and there's always room for improvement! Anyway one final tip, zwol is a good site but try digitalwebbing and smackjeeves.
If you're up for it then I wish you the best!
Ruyei/Robert
Hello
Hi My name is Suman Tiwary and as I was looking for something on google I found that was nearly what I was Looking for. I am 22 years old Dude who did few Animation projects of my own did some 3d stuffs and all that But on main interest That I have is on sequential art.. (yes an Aspiring artist) so I was just looking over all the details above It kinda looked fitting to try it .. so can you give some ideas What you are really looking in the artist i.e Stylewise , workwise, storywise and all that .. and If you would welcome the New artist like me.
Thanks .
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