Modern Semiconductor Cartoon Calendar
Budget: $5,000 – $10,000 USD
I’m putting together a 12-month wall calendar that uses light-hearted, modern-style cartoons to poke fun at semiconductor buzzwords, wafer-fab quirks, and the never-ending node-shrink race. The audience will be fellow engineers, foundry managers, and EDA tool power-users, so the jokes have to land with people who speak in nanometres and yield percentages every day.
Here’s what I need from you:
• Thirteen original full-color cartoons (one per month) plus cover delivered as print-ready CMYK PDFs and layered Adobe Illustrator or SVG files.
• Each piece must weave a recognizable semiconductor term, phrase, or situation into the gag—think “design-rule check nightmares,” “lithography bottlenecks,” “chiplet assembly,” or “wafer-start Mondays.”
• A clean, contemporary illustration style—flat shading, bold lines, and a limited but vibrant palette that reproduces well on coated stock.
• Consistent character design and typography across all months so the set feels cohesive.
• Two rounds of revisions per cartoon to fine-tune humor, wording, or color.
Acceptance criteria
1. Jokes are technically accurate: no mixing up microns and nanometres, no outdated process nodes.
2. Final artwork meets 300 dpi at 11 × 8.5 inches with 1/8-inch bleed.
3. All text remains editable in the source file.
When you reply, show at least three portfolio samples in a comparable modern style and describe briefly how you’d translate a semiconductor keyword into a visual joke. I’m ready to start as soon as I find the right match.
Here’s what I need from you:
• Thirteen original full-color cartoons (one per month) plus cover delivered as print-ready CMYK PDFs and layered Adobe Illustrator or SVG files.
• Each piece must weave a recognizable semiconductor term, phrase, or situation into the gag—think “design-rule check nightmares,” “lithography bottlenecks,” “chiplet assembly,” or “wafer-start Mondays.”
• A clean, contemporary illustration style—flat shading, bold lines, and a limited but vibrant palette that reproduces well on coated stock.
• Consistent character design and typography across all months so the set feels cohesive.
• Two rounds of revisions per cartoon to fine-tune humor, wording, or color.
Acceptance criteria
1. Jokes are technically accurate: no mixing up microns and nanometres, no outdated process nodes.
2. Final artwork meets 300 dpi at 11 × 8.5 inches with 1/8-inch bleed.
3. All text remains editable in the source file.
When you reply, show at least three portfolio samples in a comparable modern style and describe briefly how you’d translate a semiconductor keyword into a visual joke. I’m ready to start as soon as I find the right match.