Designing a Game & Hiring Freelancers? - Page 2

On February 06 2013 20:07 Pumplekin wrote:
> It's a clone of Magic: The Gathering

Step1: Don't get sued.

I'd hate to get into a dispute with a TL member

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On February 07 2013 01:49 docvoc wrote:
this could be a fun website game, though the card game stuff has kind of been overdone unless you create something very novel. Though this could be an awesome thing for TL. I just see going about this as a business venture being very risky.

On February 06 2013 12:28 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Just a few comments about your plans:

1) The "in" thing for online art commissions is flat fee per work, obviously scaling with the quality that you're requesting. I'm not sure if you have an attachment to hourly pay (not sure why you would, but just saying), but it's something worth considering. It also allows you to decide against commissioning more art from that individual, and to protect yourself from inflated work hours.

2) Your 1 hour/image seems low. Obviously it will depend on the artist and the detail that you want, but you also must consider that "small art" like that on trading cards are usually larger works that are scaled down. It may seem inefficient, but it's much easier to create details on a larger canvas...makes the smaller image look nicer as well.

3) Is it a necessity to have one consistent artist doing all of the art? Take MTG, for example, that has dozens of artists doing a single set.

4) An artist's portfolio is not indicative of what you will actually get in the end. Not because they lied or anything, but because what you're paying them and the time they're spending may be vastly different than that gorgeous poster they display on their website.

My personal recommendations (take them or leave them), if you decide to go forward with this:

1) Hire an individual to do your card template. Someone who can making a nice picture and someone who can make a working TCG format are not necessarily the same people, and having a functional card design that looks good will probably be important to you.

2) Get multiple artists. Gives your cards more diversity, gives you a little more flexibility mid-project, and it will let you get your 96 pieces of art much faster.

3) Make sure you payment schedules/systems, deadlines, etc. are discussed beforehand. Not saying that you should be a hardass and run a tight ship, but you absolutely want to have some legitimate points in case you get into an argument. Word of warning, some online artists have been known to take money and run.

On February 07 2013 02:02 UltimateHurl wrote:


As an artist I'd agree with most of what is said here, also when you are hiring artists look for the art at A4 or some similar size (i.e. big) because it's more versatile and when shrunk will look better either way, 1 hour per image seems like a very low estimate. Good luck with it though!