ShaneV61

What I want to see in artists portfolios when I offer a paid job for a comic script

1. Sequential art that flows smoothly from frame to frame.

2.Unlettered Pages.   I want to see the room you leave for letting.

3. I want to see how you use panel and I need to see more than just a couple of four panel pages. I want to see five panels, then seven and more.

4. I want to see what you have drawn for other writers not just projects you've done alone.

5  I want to see how you tell the story.

6. Show me that you at least read my script before you offer your services. I'm probably gonna pass if I feel like I'm getting a cut and paste job that you send to everything and everyone that offers anything in the job forum.

7. Tell me your rate in an email. Be competitive. I want to do business with you. I know you are talented, and you are worth your fee. But remember, it's a free market saturated with talented artists.

8. Make sure what you send me fits the script I'm offering.  If I'm offering a one page script about a dog chasing a squirrel, than I'm probably going to pass on a portfolio filled with over sexualized anime children. Again it tells me you aren't really serious about working together.  If the script calls for dark and brooding, then that's what I'm looking for in your portfolio.

I think that covers most of the do's, now let's cover the do nots.

1. I don't care how well you can draw my little ponies. Don't send them to me, especially if they are fucking each other either, or anyone  else.

2. Don't send me sexualized children in any style. I'll just report it. It's disgusting.

3. I'm never gonna write anything that requires a female character to have breasts bigger than her head.

Thanks for reading my friends.  I hope I don't come across condescending or anything. Their are so many talented people and I want to work with so many of you.

I just needed to get this off my chest.