I’m certainly in no position to apply for artist, but don’t you think you should describe your ideas for plot, scripting, characters, etc., before asking for artists? It seems to me that if I were an artist, I’d appreciate (and require) that sort of information.
Edit: I just realized I transcribed your 2008 singularity summit talk. It was pretty good!
I’m not asking for a commitment just the opportunity to talk with a qualified and interested artist. I would ask the artist to read the introduction to my book to see if he thinks there is much hope of transforming my ideas on the singularity into a comic book.
Got to give a little if you want people to be interested. What separates your request from the bazillion others that a potential artist might see? Even if it’s just a request to talk more, an artist can only process so many of them. If you describe your awesome idea, it’s a lot less of a risk for an artist to look further into it.
Honestly, I’m a bit reluctant to describe my idea in too much detail in an open forum. The publishing industry is highly competitive. I was hoping, perhaps foolishly, that my background would be enough to at least get an artist interested in talking with me.
I understand that some industries can be highly competitive, but good ideas are a dime a dozen. Especially vaguely specified ideas. You don’t have to post a detailed story board of every scene, and anything less than that I wouldn’t expect anyone to be able to steal. It is very hard and generally not worth it to complete random interesting sounding creative ideas formulated by someone else. Especially consider the rarity of good understanding of singularity stuff. If someone were looking for a good idea to rip off, there are better sources.
Take my opinion with a grain of salt, of course, I know next to nothing about your industry.
I’m certainly in no position to apply for artist, but don’t you think you should describe your ideas for plot, scripting, characters, etc., before asking for artists? It seems to me that if I were an artist, I’d appreciate (and require) that sort of information.
Edit: I just realized I transcribed your 2008 singularity summit talk. It was pretty good!
I’m not asking for a commitment just the opportunity to talk with a qualified and interested artist. I would ask the artist to read the introduction to my book to see if he thinks there is much hope of transforming my ideas on the singularity into a comic book.
Got to give a little if you want people to be interested. What separates your request from the bazillion others that a potential artist might see? Even if it’s just a request to talk more, an artist can only process so many of them. If you describe your awesome idea, it’s a lot less of a risk for an artist to look further into it.
Honestly, I’m a bit reluctant to describe my idea in too much detail in an open forum. The publishing industry is highly competitive. I was hoping, perhaps foolishly, that my background would be enough to at least get an artist interested in talking with me.
Are you qualified and interested?
no. good luck.
I understand that some industries can be highly competitive, but good ideas are a dime a dozen. Especially vaguely specified ideas. You don’t have to post a detailed story board of every scene, and anything less than that I wouldn’t expect anyone to be able to steal. It is very hard and generally not worth it to complete random interesting sounding creative ideas formulated by someone else. Especially consider the rarity of good understanding of singularity stuff. If someone were looking for a good idea to rip off, there are better sources.
Take my opinion with a grain of salt, of course, I know next to nothing about your industry.