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I always find it funny when things like LinkedIn tell you how long you have been on it (I joined LinkeIn when it was still a pro based site in 2010) and yesterday I was told that "You have been a Deviant for 16 years" -I hasten to point out that means a member on Deviant Art.
Art Wanted, LinkedIn, Deviant Art and a few others with the oldest going back over 20 years and what has it all achieved? Nothing.
Oh, apart from the occasional person telling me they like my "old school style" (ie I DO NOT use a computer) and that they have a 120 or 150 pages graphic novel and "When can we get to work?" Let's just not get into that especially since the work is unpaid, there is no publisher interested and "Once it's fully drawn and lettered I can look at where to go next"....right.
I feel guilt pangs asking someone to draw 24 pages "on spec" but 120-150 with no plans for it?
I posted to Deviant Art and seemed to confuse someone so...
"So Am I Willing To Work With New Artists?"
My post from yesterday may have confused some so I will make it clear: I did not rule out working with artists on projects just that if I did I would expect as much commitment as I put into said project.
Getting rich quick in comics is not easy and some with experience would say that it is impossible. Too many projects have been cancelled (including ones that publishers were very interested in) because the artists decided that comics were too much hard work and vanished without explanation. About 10 years ago I got rid of around 8 fully drawn first issues. They were cluttering things up and the artists had gone somewhere.
I tend to be very loyal to artists (some say too loyal) and in return I expect nothing more than what they agreed to and, sadly, in many cases it proved to be the downfall of a project because one mad bearded idiot running around like a maniac to try to push or sell a project while an artist contemplates whether they can really draw that one panel this week...not a great combination!
