[Looking for Work] good, inexpensive artist available for paid projects

[pbcpres1]

from this sample pic, you can see how worthwhile of an investment it is, to hire this artist.he has page rates, between $10-$15/pg.
the reason that his rates are so reasonable, is that he is in search of more project experience. he can be commissioned via VideoIM, today, until 5 or 6pm, at Google+, under andban70

[anramfi]

With all due respect that illustration looks very familiar to me. And I believe it would look familiar to Mark Schultz as well.
I´m not saying it´s a copy, but it ain´t an original idea or composition neither.

[shannonh]

With all due respect that illustration looks very familiar to me. And I believe it would look familiar to Mark Schultz as well.
I´m not saying it´s a copy, but it ain´t an original idea or composition neither.

With all due respect, you can't just come in here and call someone out like that without something to back it up. Show your proof.

[anramfi]

With all due respect, you can't just come in here and call someone out like that without something to back it up. Show your proof.

I´m just giving my opinion here, but you are right.

The proof:

"Modern Masters volume fifteen: Mark Schultz" By Fred Perry and Eric Nolen-Weathington. Pages 12-13.
Those were illustrations made by Mark Schultz for Universal Studios.

Again, I didn´t call anybody out or call anybody a ripp-off. Any artist familiar to Schultz´s work would realize the background is inspired by and the man looks almost identical to the ones you can find at refered illustrations. The "gorilla" looks original to me. I guess that´s why it doesn´t match with the background and seems to be jumping or flying.

Copying or beeing inspired by other artists is great (I learnt a lot like that), as long as you don´t present those works as yours. THEN it´s wrong.

The prospect clients deserve to be informed and the artists deserve some respect. I invite everybody to visit my online portfolio and do the same I´m doing. As I said I copied a lot artists for learning, but you will only find original artwork at my potfolio.

https://www.angelrams.com

[D.C.]

Here are the pages in question:


Bit of a stretch. I guess the man right in front of the gorilla is kind of similar, but then again, what other pose would you make in that situation?

[Popninja]

With all due respect, the reason his rates are so reasonable is that he's really not that good. If you want to have a comic project that stands out, you want an artist whose work makes an impact visually. Basically, in a lot of cases, you get what you pay for.

[shannonh]

That is a real stretch. This is king Kong fan art. I don't remember reading anywhere that said the giant gorilla was an original character. Or that he was putting this original character in an even more original environment. The style also looks nothing like schultz.

So by your logic, fanart doesn't belong in a portfolio??? Get real. One should be able to draw king Kong without being accused of....what ever it is you're accusing him of. I still don't fully understand your beef.

[anramfi]

That is a real stretch. This is king Kong fan art. I don't remember reading anywhere that said the giant gorilla was an original character. Or that he was putting this original character in an even more original environment. The style also looks nothing like schultz.

So by your logic, fanart doesn't belong in a portfolio??? Get real. One should be able to draw king Kong without being accused of....what ever it is you're accusing him of. I still don't fully understand your beef.

Fan art belongs to fan portfolios. But a fan that draws and a professional comic book artist are two different things. You are mixing concepts.

When you come up showing one single pin up with a character who looks like Wolverine, drawn with the tipical Jim Lee´s pose and you claim what a terrific, inexpensive professional artist you are, then people question you because pros don´t do that.

I believe the owners of Universal Studios would disagree with you about King Kong´s rights... Maybe I´m not the only one who should get real. Anyway I never said the artist copied the character of King Kong, you did. I actually said that the gorilla was the only part of the drawing that looked original to me.

Neither I said he/she traced the drawings from the pages in question. I said the composition and the theme were clearly inspired, and the man was looking too alike. And yes, the artist could have used many different postures in this situation as the human body offers, that means infinite. (Thanks to D.C for uploading the pic) But that posture is so Schultz I was shocked.

Instead of justifying the lack of originality I prefer to bring it up. It´s neccessary. Have a look at the Cons and you´ll see how 50% of the portfolios are Wolverine pin up´s. One should be able to draw Wolverine or King Kong or Batman without being accused of anything. That´s why I never accused the artist of using the character, but the composition, background and other elements must be original to call it your piece.

Again, it´s not the same drawing, It´s not traced, but there´s a thin line between beeing inpired by and copying. I thing the artist went beyond that line. I have nothing personal against anybody here, but I believe I can freely speak my mind as everybody does, and I´m not forcing any of you to agree with me.

If the artist showed more illustrations or sequential art I would have said nothing. But that´s not serious.
Anyway if it was up to me I wish every artist presented himself like that, since that means less competition to me .

[pbcpres1]

wait a damn minut here, i've seen some of the substandard crap that Marvel/DC/Image put out recently, at i'm sure a lot higher workrates charged by the artist, but yet, you call this posting no good? geez, just exactly what kind of bias are you using, when viewing this picture?

it's called SAMPLING THE PRODUCT, ok? the artist here, Mr. Mark Nunes, can do pagework just fine, and in fact, i will post a sample of that capability very soon.

[pbcpres1]

Tales Of Cartha;

[anramfi]

wait a damn minut here, i've seen some of the substandard crap that Marvel/DC/Image put out recently, at i'm sure a lot higher workrates charged by the artist, but yet, you call this posting no good? geez, just exactly what kind of bias are you using, when viewing this picture?

it's called SAMPLING THE PRODUCT, ok? the artist here, Mr. Mark Nunes, can do pagework just fine, and in fact, i will post a sample of that capability very soon.

Wow, are you seriously calling crap the work from all those artists from the companies you mentioned?
Is that the level of respect you show in this bussiness? Is that also part of the product sampling thing?
And even if it was true that their work was "crap", what does it have to do with the illustration we are talking about???

Look I understand you can disagree with me and the best way to make your point is doing what you just said, show us more works, if possible right now.

I never said Mr.Nunes wasn´t skilled, I gave my opinion about that particular illustration and I don´t need to spend more time with it. Best of luck.

[anramfi]

Tales Of Cartha;
pg 1

pg 3

pg 8
pg 9

Ok now it´s all clear. Best of luck with that.

[NaffSlack]

Really, do you think there is any need to be so rude and aggressive? Everyone has to start somewhere and attacking an artist like that is just not cool. Constructive critiques sure but not this, this is just immature.

[pbcpres1]

ok, so here's another sample. anyone who isn't looking for an artist for a project, please keep the critiques to YOURSELVES. thanks

[Beastie]

ok, so here's another sample.

I'm not really sure that the ultra sketchy layout and this 'ill-rotated miniature photograph of a page' will be doing the artist any favours with their job hunt.

Are there no examples of finished pages, rotated so that we can actually see them - and presented at a size that allows us to see some detail?

Seems like a very odd piece of promotion.