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ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS!

Fri Nov 20, 2009, 5:33 AM
Hey, to all my artistically inclined friends...

I'm currently working on the second Path mini-book, Absolution, which I hope to have ready in time for con season next year. As part of this book, I want to have several different interior artists. While I'm still a ways off from that segment of things, I wanted to get started with a quick survey.

PLEASE NOTE... I'm not actually asking for any work to be done or anything. All I'm doing is posting a survey so I can get an idea of what I can/should offer to artists who might appear in the book. I'd be very grateful if you took a few minutes to answer this. Thanks!

1) How much would you charge for a black and white illustration to appear in a small print run(100-200 total, maximum) book? Would you prefer a set amount, a percentage of sales or a combination(you have a guarantee, plus a percentage if sales exceed a certain amount)?
2) How many contributor copies do you think would be fair?
3) Would either of the amounts above change if you retained all rights to the artwork(selling the original or prints), save the book publication and possible promotional use?
4) Would the size of advertisement for your website and/or personal projects play any role in your decision?
5) If the publisher operated print sales on site for your contributed pieces(i.e., prints are for sale on the web site, with money going directly to the artist's PayPal account), would you be interested in taking part?
6) Would you prefer an assigned scene or concept, or would you like freedom to choose what you drew?

Anything else you'd care to add... suggestions, further questions, etc., please feel free to add. This is still very much a work in progress, so anything helps. I'm planning on doing a second survey for the book itself down the line, as I really want to do as much homework as I can before I begin in earnest. (Right now, I'm just working on the story itself, and not so much the printed form).

Thanks in advance for taking the time to respond!

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  • Current Residence: Oklahoma City, OK
  • Interests: Animals, Biology, Anime, Writing
  • Favourite movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Favourite band or musician: Eyeshine, Relient K, Spirit Creek, Jimmy Buffett, Jonathan Coulton
  • Favourite genre of music: Punk rock
  • Favourite artist: Fraser May, Christie R. Majors, Mike Wieringo, Nick Roche
  • Favourite poet or writer: Lawrence Block
  • Favourite photographer: Brian L. Cook
  • Favourite style of art: Anime, Wildlife Photography
  • Operating System: Windows Vista, Intel Pentium Dual T2310 @1.46 GHz 1.47 GHz - 1014 MB RAM
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  • Favourite game: Final Fantasy IV
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2
  • Favourite cartoon character: Shockwave
  • Personal Quote: Sanity is optional.
  • Tools of the Trade: Panasonic DV 351, Cybershot P200, Fuji Finepix S700, Photoshop

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:iconwellgarth:
Thank you so very much for all of your support! :hug:

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:iconlatrodectus-pallidus:
..and thank you very much for the :+fav:
:iconreixed:
:3 I adore your gallery, your wild life shots are very good, so lucky you get to visit red pandas often ^^

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:iconkoh4711:
Thank you! I feel like I'm getting better all the time, though I still have work to do in terms of my photos.

I really didn't know, until we'd moved back here, that our zoo had red pandas, so that was a nice surprise. I just love spending time around them... it's like natural stress relief.

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"It is poison-rank poison to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes--and we may not escape them--it is not possible--but we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip." - Twain
:iconcornelam:
10'x for the fav :)
:iconvampifaied:
wow , i absolutely love your pics of the okc zoo animals! it's my favorite place to shoot as well, i have quite a few pictures in my own gallery.

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:iconkoh4711:
Thanks! I'd actually wanted to get out to the Zoo today, as I just got a new camera a few days ago, but things didn't fall together right. Hopefully next weekend... need more red panda photos. =p

And it's always nice to see another Zoo photographer... have you entered the Capture the Wild contest before? Competition's pretty stiff, but it's always fun to see what everyone comes up with.

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"It is poison-rank poison to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes--and we may not escape them--it is not possible--but we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip." - Twain
:iconvampifaied:
No, I haven't entered it, i just actually found out about it recently.

(this past zoo trip was the first time I'd ever managed to capture the red pandas, they are so fast!)

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:iconkoh4711:
If nothing else, it's fun to go to the awards ceremony and see all the other entrants. I've learned a lot from what other people have done there.

And I usually stake out the red panda enclosure for a couple of hours when I go without my fiancee, as they either run in and out really fast, or they're asleep in the trees and don't move for hours on end.

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"It is poison-rank poison to knuckle down to care and hardships. They must come to us all, albeit in different shapes--and we may not escape them--it is not possible--but we may swindle them out of half of their puissance with a stiff upper lip." - Twain
:iconvampifaied:
The Herpetarium adn the big cat's are my main places to shoot but i have to admit i've never spent even an hour in one exhibit area , that's some dedication!

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Come check out my gallery ^__^

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