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Well... An artist won't have a good sense of what they are drawing if the client doesn't provide clear indications and instructions of what needs to be drawn. An artist could read all the narrative material and still not know what it is the very specific vision that the author has in mind, because artists have their own interpretations, visions and headcanons too.

How characters would touch each other or interact, that's on you to describe to the artist and can be done easily without extensive narrative text, to correct the sketch or drafts provided, provide written or even graphic samples. Being clear and concise to obtain what you want is on you, leaving it to interpretation of the artist will be mostly risking getting frustrated if they "don't get it right" or risking being charged extra if you ask for several changes if they cannot get your vision right in the first go.

Hello there ! I would love to do this for you.

I love Ai yazawa's art style and I am big fan of Nana.
I have sent you a private message. I can do similar style to her artwork.

I have mentioned my price and examples of my artwork.

Is that not where the discussion portion of the collab comes from? We're supposed to get into it together and talk, right?

Yeah you can talk with your client on discord or telegram to give them clear idea.

Hi, there! Does it take a bit for messages on Tapas to appear? I'm not seeing your private message, or perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. Thank you!

I just joined about an hour ago. Could that have something to do with it?

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You're the one looking for Cover Art, many here are just offering themselves because you're stating that you're paying, not really because they are hyper crazy for LGBTQ content and bring your vision to life but you have set an important rule here

Reading the book won't guarantee an artist will draw the characters in the specific, pose, facial expression, angle, ambiance, distance and arrangement you have in mind. If its an unpaid collaboration, then yes, discussion may be required so both sides are happy, but when it is a paid offer, then the client obtaining what they want and paid for is more important, and an artist interpreting things or coming with their own headcanons could affect the end result, especially long term that once the hype died the client looks at the work and it no longer feels conveying enough.

And of course, I'm talking from my experience as a commission artist that has been working for 10 years aproximately, and usually "vibe", "feeling" and "inspiration" are vague terms that vary from one person to another and usually lead to hit or miss situations, with artists either having to draw and erase more often, or clients losing their patience or being surprised if they have to pay extra. Worst case scenario is a non-happy client with a work that they'll have to pay another person to re-do after getting the money to spend again.

And regarding your inability to see private messages or create your own, that's because your account was recently made. It will be unlocked after a few days or more forum activity.

I will once again say that there is supposed to be a discussion portion between the artist and writer about how the characters look and what the writer wants on the cover in detail before the artist starts drawing. I'm not sure why you're lecturing me about this. I have done cover collabs before. I provided a rough outline of what I want in my original post to give a potential artist an idea of what I want. A very vague idea at this stage. The details come next once we've agreed to work together. I need to see the portfolio first to see if the artist is even capable of drawing what I need.

No one is lecturing you, I just mentioned of how unpractical it is to have someone read your stuff to interpret your vision instead of going straight to the point and just let them know what it is they have to do.
Reading a 10 page character bio o having to read a novel in order to draw two characters interacting in a cover it just sounds like an excuse to try to gain a free reader more than having the actual resources of what elements to draw.

If you have experience, ok, your main thread without editing just sounded like an overly excited person that was being way too vague, and not very different from first time commissioners who would dump a lot of unnecessary information to an artist when what they want can be expressed in a sentence or two.

Hi! I'm very interested in this, I'm also LGBTQ, I've worked very exstensively on other LGBTQ projects & I'm very versatile in emulating styles/adapting to fit what will work best to get the story across. I'll include some examples of my work :slight_smile:

Example Art Google Drive1

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Hi!! I have made fanarts and have experience designing characters and illustrations for various amazing and talented artists and authors in the Tapas community. :blush::heart:️ (Including BL)

That said, MY COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN to anyone who is interested in hiring my services. I can draw chibis, illustrations in anime or semi-realistic style (bust up, half body, full body, scenes and covers).

Prices are negotiable.

Information
https://twitter.com/Emalie_Idyll/status/16498097491672842241

Prices

Art and Portfolio
https://instagram.com/emalie_and_idyll?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=1

I sent you a DM with my portfolio and other information if this position is still open!