What is the correct way to hire a 2d artists?

Draphael

Hello to all great artist in this forum. I have for some time follow the amazing works been posted here.

Now that I have worked hard on the programming part of my game for the past 5 months  I believe I need to hire someone to work the sprites for me.

I want to do this in the correct way and therefore I need to know what you as an artist need to understand correctly what a job is about. What is a fair payment term and how do you expect to get paid

I know this are general questions but I also imagine that there must be a broad understanding of what is a good practices when hiring an artist in a professional way.

 Thank you all for any feedback  

Eric Chadwick

This should help
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Freelance

lotet

This is a hard question since we dont know how much or little you know about the subject already. Id say talk to your potential artists. be open that your new to this, communication is key.

also this thing

ExcessiveZero

well don't kidnap them and chain them to a desk, that's illegal...... apparently.

Draphael

ExcessiveZero said:

well don't kidnap them and chain them to a desk, that's illegal...... apparently.

This is indeed a good advice.. ilegal you say..hummm  well back to 0 them...

Draphael

Eric Chadwick said:

This should help
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Freelance

This does Help! Thanks!  I will look further.

I am also looking into other people offers but most of the communication is done outside the post so it is hard to follow.

Draphael

lotet said:

This is a hard question since we dont know how much or little you know about the subject already. Id say talk to your potential artists. be open that your new to this, communication is key.

also this thing

Thank you for the reply. In fact know next to nothing in regard to art creation an the entire process... But I do work in sales and I know that any customer is on the best side when he at least know what he should ask and what infos to give.

I will do some further reading but I plan to soon follow your advice and talk with an artist.

In fact I am looking for something I would consider to be quite simple compared to the level of creations I see here. More of a 2d sprite art of the first world war on a topDown view as well as landscapes.

Eric Chadwick

@Draphael I am also looking into other people offers but most of the communication is done outside the post so it is hard to follow.

We encourage people to use the private message system to contact potential employers (and potential employees). The job posting rules explain why: http://polycount.com/discussion/136571/freelance-jobs-rules