Looking for a Lead artist to help with fantasy comic in a manga style! [PAID/CONTRACT]

[bernardsisay]

Hi World, im the writer of NURU, THE LAST AFAR, a story I've been writing for around a year, I've just finished writing the 10th Chapter of the story with a clear understanding of where the story is going to end up. The story will probably reach around 50 chapters minimum and i would hope the original artist would still be on board till then. In short the story follows two young boys, around the age of 12 when we first meet them, both orphans and both living on the street. Their paths cross somewhat coincidentally (spoiler alert their actually destined to meet each other) and the pair become close. The two then unknowingly learn of an energy of sorts, which when manipulated can allow humans to reach levels of power unimaginable. Later taken under the wing of two notorious spirit masters (who to be noted are on the run as they defected from there respective spirit colony's) , the group travel around the globe accepting and collecting bounty's, protecting villages from massive army's and their main goal trying to take down the ruthless first nation cooperation run by the "governor" protected by "Bron" his bodyguard and the notorious spirit master "Maxwell". Confusing I know, but if all goes well i could be explaining the story in detail to you in person, btw It'd be good if I could see some of your work before. Initially we would just be dealing with character design, which you'll also be paid for.

Looking for artists in London or even Midlands area. Ask as many questions as you want, who knows we could be working together for a long time.

[tayo_rafferty]

I have a few questions:
What is the most you can afford to pay per page?

How often will you need each page to be delivered?

Do you need full colour pages?

In terms of story:

Can you summarise the story in a sentence?

What is the central characters motivation(s) and goals?

Do you have a comic script prepared or just a synopsis?

[bernardsisay]

1. I was initially thinking of 50 pounds per chapter, if i was doing per page then im not sure.

2. Id have to know what pace the artist works at, im not trying to rush anyone but preferably a page a day, i don't know if that's feasible or not but once we're started i would want chapters posted on a weekly basis or even two.

3. No not initially, black and white at the beginning, but with chapters i feel are very important in the story i would want it to be in color

4. With the First Nation group having tightened its grip on the modern world, controlling and manipulating the masses, a young street kid, blessed with the mark of time and space, finds himself going up against the superpower alongside his best friend and his two masters.

5. The main motivation for "NURU" is to to find out who he truly is and where he comes from, and to also topple first nation, the group he has seen cause so much injustice to communities during his time living on the streets of "Angel City".

6. And yes i have a comic script prepared for the first 10 chapters, the rest is synopsis.

Are you interested

[gateofselidor]

(Disclaimer: this is not an expression of interest, I'm simply offering a little advice.)

It's usual to give page rates for comics, because a chapter could be any length. £50/chapter, even for a very short chapter of ten pages, would only work out at £5/page, which would require the artist to produce the entire page in well under an hour to even be earning minimum wage.

[tayo_rafferty]

Honestly if you wanted me to create a page every day then I would have to put quite a few personal projects on hold. In order to do a fully finished b/w page in one day could take up to ten hours. At minimum wage that would be £6.5 x 10 = £65 (per page).

So its important to consider that when you offer £50 for a chapter. Let's say it takes 10 hours for me to complete a page and there are 12 pages in a chapter (for the sake of example), that's (10 hours per page x 12 pages) 120 hours of work for £50 which is equivalent to working for (£50 / 120 hours) 40p per hour.

I am interested but only if you're able to pay somewhere around £65 per page.

[bernardsisay]

Would you be able to link me to any of your work. I understand the money factor and i am happy to negotiate if i feel like your style matches my vision.

[bernardsisay]

and ill like to add that even though the artist i work with will be being paid for there service, i would hope that they become as invested into the story as a i am. Im not just looking for a casual transaction but a team member, someone who wants to build something beautiful and meaningful.

[tayo_rafferty]

@bernardsisay I would be happy to send you a few of my drawings but I need a guarantee that you will pay something at least close to £65 per page, otherwise I don't feel comfortable with proceeding any further.

[bernardsisay]

To set a pay rate without seeing the quality of work isn't something ill be able to do, sorry.

[TrialAndError]

Another approach too could be finding an artist here who has a style that you are looking to convey, and work out a contract with them.

There are many factors that go into production as well.
Would you need the artist to design ads to bring viewers?
How much creative input would the artist have in terms of camera angles, lighting, juxtaposition, effects, etc.?

If a page a day is requested, you may have to sacrifice quality a bit as well, since most mangakas have a team of at least 5 people.
- Mangaka initially does the storyboarding and light sketching with minor to major details (usually facial expressions and distinct clothing)
- Background artists for landscapes
- Background artists for architecture
- Line artist to clean up sketches
- Tone artist for shading, shadows, depth perception etc.

Some things to think about if you want a dedicated team.
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[bernardsisay]

Thanks for the advise, as i said before i would encourage the artist i worked with to put forward their won ideas for panels. Also after looking at it i agree a page a day is a lot to ask for. A page every three days, is that more feasible.

Could u link me to your comic, seems interesting, and im just guessing that from your profile pic lol. Nuru the main character in my story would hopefully look like a younger version of the character in your pic lol.

safe anyways!!

[tayo_rafferty]

@bernardsisay That's fine. Good luck

[matsudaryuu]

Hello, I'm interested. I'm a manga artist. I agree with them that £50/chapter is quite low. I notice that you are open for negotation for the price so send me a private message about it.
Unfortunately, I'm not in any of the areas you mentioned.
For being a team member, I don't have any problem with that I'm always a team member in any project I had.

thank you
eadgear

[Aim]

hey, i am interested in your manga, give my work a look, i just posted one though, we can negotiate about it, since i am not doing anything beside replying to this comment right now.

[Aim]

sorry, here's a link to my work