Webcomic/Webtoon Artist for New Supernatural Investigation Series
Budget: $8 – $15 USD
I'm looking for an artist familiar with the creation of webcomics or webtoons to be the primary artist for a story I want to bring into the visual medium! The story is a supernatural investigation series that follows a diverse set of characters across different absurd and unusual events.
The predominant art style of the webcomic has heavy influences from the One Punch Man webcomic, with some western influences to refine the style a bit. To give a better example:
- Most panels should be drawn in black and white, in a simple style.
- Action panels, character focus, emotional moments, and other major moments are drawn in a more detailed or advanced version of the style.
- Some panels will be full color. Think similar to full-page panels in traditional manga or comics.
- Expressing tone and emotion accurately not only in detailed panels, but in the simplest of panels too.
As for the style:
- The whites of eyes should rarely be drawn unless it fits a characters description.
- Characters are drawn proportionally in regular scenes, and include all their basic details consistently (e.g. hairstyle, outfit).
- Characters are drawn in variance from very simple to very detailed dependent on what the scene is.
- Facial expressions range from simplified anime style (e.g. just showing ~.~) to a more detailed western style. Fully dependent on the scene.
- Backgrounds are drawn simply and to give context on the setting, many panels may not need backgrounds or will have very simplified backgrounds. Detailed backgrounds are usually to establish major settings and/or tone.
- Panels do not always have thick borders; characters, dialogue, etc can spill outside panel boundaries, if they are present. Experiment!
I use "dependent" a lot above, I can clarify. As the writer (and creator) I will:
- Describe each panel to guide art direction before the artist is assigned panels
- Occasionally provide visual storyboards of panels to assist the artist
- Give the artist freedom to interpret some things as they want (e.g scenes, panel order, panel size, whatever they feel is missing)
- Provide necessary story context, character descriptions, plot points, overarching themes, etc to better prepare the artist
Additional artist responsibilities/expectations:
- Formatting panels together for webtoon
- Familiarity with uploading high resolution work
- Understands all art produced ultimately belongs to the IP, and therefore the creator, of the story
- Open to drawing fairly ridiculous scenes
Payment:
The artist will be paid hourly.
The writer will request a certain amount of panels (a rough target) and estimate the time it will take to finish these panels. After panel descriptions and storyboarding is completed by the writer, the artist will adjust the estimation with the writer. If the artists estimation is below or above the writers expected range, the artists estimation will be adjusted to the minimum or maximum estimation. If the artist finishes panels faster than the estimation (at least 20% faster than expected), and the work is accepted by the writer/creator, they will be paid out for the minimum estimated hours, plus a 30% bonus based on the total payment. This bonus scheme will not be in effect until at least three work requests have been fulfilled by the artist. This is so the artist and writer can learn first to give more accurate estimations.
The artist can expect pay rate raises for consistently good work. These raises will not impact the early-finish bonus structure. If the artist consistently produces panels slowly (more than 50% overdue), and the panels are consistently rejected, the artist will be paid for their remaining work and let go from the project.
Depending on the success of the project:
- Beyond the project pay rate, the artist will receive 40% of all webtoon or webcomic revenue (minus operational costs, taxes, and fees)
- If the artist's work is used in projects outside of a webtoon or webcomic context, they will be guaranteed a revenue split (minus operational costs, taxes, and fees) of between 10% and 40%, negotiated per each non-webcomic project.
Please be aware that the success of this webtoon/webcomic is not at all guaranteed or expected. At the end of the day, I just want to bring parts of my story to life! Revenue is not my goal.
If this sounds like a great match for you, or you want to try it, please contact me! In your message, please provide the following:
Required: Please provide link(s) to your portfolio or works. You will not be considered without this.
Optional: In addition, given the style pointers above, please submit a concept panel sketch of the below character.
Sketch Prompt:
Li Wei is a Chinese man in his late 20s. He has short black hair, is somewhat skinny, and he carries himself in a casual manner. Though he looks relaxed, his eyes are sharp and reflect his quick wit and fast thinking. He likes to approach what's dangerous and risky head on. In this panel, he sits casually on a patio chair. His legs are stretched out in front him, feet placed on a stool. He looks like outwardly bored, like he's been waiting impatiently for something for too long. This panel is in black and white. Somewhere on the panel, Li Wei's name should be written largely and stylized.
Please keep in mind the major influence for the ideal style, but feel free to add your own flavor.
The selected artist will be reimbursed one hours time for their work on the sketch.
The predominant art style of the webcomic has heavy influences from the One Punch Man webcomic, with some western influences to refine the style a bit. To give a better example:
- Most panels should be drawn in black and white, in a simple style.
- Action panels, character focus, emotional moments, and other major moments are drawn in a more detailed or advanced version of the style.
- Some panels will be full color. Think similar to full-page panels in traditional manga or comics.
- Expressing tone and emotion accurately not only in detailed panels, but in the simplest of panels too.
As for the style:
- The whites of eyes should rarely be drawn unless it fits a characters description.
- Characters are drawn proportionally in regular scenes, and include all their basic details consistently (e.g. hairstyle, outfit).
- Characters are drawn in variance from very simple to very detailed dependent on what the scene is.
- Facial expressions range from simplified anime style (e.g. just showing ~.~) to a more detailed western style. Fully dependent on the scene.
- Backgrounds are drawn simply and to give context on the setting, many panels may not need backgrounds or will have very simplified backgrounds. Detailed backgrounds are usually to establish major settings and/or tone.
- Panels do not always have thick borders; characters, dialogue, etc can spill outside panel boundaries, if they are present. Experiment!
I use "dependent" a lot above, I can clarify. As the writer (and creator) I will:
- Describe each panel to guide art direction before the artist is assigned panels
- Occasionally provide visual storyboards of panels to assist the artist
- Give the artist freedom to interpret some things as they want (e.g scenes, panel order, panel size, whatever they feel is missing)
- Provide necessary story context, character descriptions, plot points, overarching themes, etc to better prepare the artist
Additional artist responsibilities/expectations:
- Formatting panels together for webtoon
- Familiarity with uploading high resolution work
- Understands all art produced ultimately belongs to the IP, and therefore the creator, of the story
- Open to drawing fairly ridiculous scenes
Payment:
The artist will be paid hourly.
The writer will request a certain amount of panels (a rough target) and estimate the time it will take to finish these panels. After panel descriptions and storyboarding is completed by the writer, the artist will adjust the estimation with the writer. If the artists estimation is below or above the writers expected range, the artists estimation will be adjusted to the minimum or maximum estimation. If the artist finishes panels faster than the estimation (at least 20% faster than expected), and the work is accepted by the writer/creator, they will be paid out for the minimum estimated hours, plus a 30% bonus based on the total payment. This bonus scheme will not be in effect until at least three work requests have been fulfilled by the artist. This is so the artist and writer can learn first to give more accurate estimations.
The artist can expect pay rate raises for consistently good work. These raises will not impact the early-finish bonus structure. If the artist consistently produces panels slowly (more than 50% overdue), and the panels are consistently rejected, the artist will be paid for their remaining work and let go from the project.
Depending on the success of the project:
- Beyond the project pay rate, the artist will receive 40% of all webtoon or webcomic revenue (minus operational costs, taxes, and fees)
- If the artist's work is used in projects outside of a webtoon or webcomic context, they will be guaranteed a revenue split (minus operational costs, taxes, and fees) of between 10% and 40%, negotiated per each non-webcomic project.
Please be aware that the success of this webtoon/webcomic is not at all guaranteed or expected. At the end of the day, I just want to bring parts of my story to life! Revenue is not my goal.
If this sounds like a great match for you, or you want to try it, please contact me! In your message, please provide the following:
Required: Please provide link(s) to your portfolio or works. You will not be considered without this.
Optional: In addition, given the style pointers above, please submit a concept panel sketch of the below character.
Sketch Prompt:
Li Wei is a Chinese man in his late 20s. He has short black hair, is somewhat skinny, and he carries himself in a casual manner. Though he looks relaxed, his eyes are sharp and reflect his quick wit and fast thinking. He likes to approach what's dangerous and risky head on. In this panel, he sits casually on a patio chair. His legs are stretched out in front him, feet placed on a stool. He looks like outwardly bored, like he's been waiting impatiently for something for too long. This panel is in black and white. Somewhere on the panel, Li Wei's name should be written largely and stylized.
Please keep in mind the major influence for the ideal style, but feel free to add your own flavor.
The selected artist will be reimbursed one hours time for their work on the sketch.