graphic artists

[Arthur Chappell]

How does a writer get a graphic artist to collaborate on some project to
illustrate work for which the writer has strong visual ideas, and al lthe
captions, images in mind etc for a piece of work, but can't draw for
toffee - as it's unlikely Alan Moore would drop everything to assist a
writer with ambitions to have an SF-horror graphic novel made of one of his
creations without already being a best-seller or seriously known name, how
would I find someone willing to take on such work, ie someone able to draw
for toffee. Arthur Chappell arthurc...@clara.net
www.arthurchappell.clara.net/contents.htm

[kcam...@cix.compulink.co.uk]

In article <104505048...@damia.uk.clara.net>, on Wed, 12 Feb 2003

11:50:01 -0000 arthurc...@clara.uk (Arthur Chappell) wrote:

> How does a writer get a graphic artist to collaborate on some project
> to
> illustrate work for which the writer has strong visual ideas,

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At a guess, you could make a first attempt by going to Eastercon and
talking to artists there, if you like their work.

Kim :-)

--
KIM Campbell
Board Convenor
Interaction, 63rd World Science Fiction Convention
Glasgow, 4-8 August 2005
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/

[Bernard Peek]

In message <104505048...@damia.uk.clara.net>, Arthur Chappell
<arthurc...@clara.uk> writes

>How does a writer get a graphic artist to collaborate on some project to
>illustrate work for which the writer has strong visual ideas, and al lthe
>captions, images in mind etc for a piece of work, but can't draw for
>toffee - as it's unlikely Alan Moore would drop everything to assist a
>writer with ambitions to have an SF-horror graphic novel made of one of his
>creations without already being a best-seller or seriously known name, how
>would I find someone willing to take on such work, ie someone able to draw
>for toffee.

My experience of dealing with professional artists is that they are only
too happy to work to a brief. Often they prefer to have a clear idea of
what they are expected to do. But make sure that the brief is absolutely
unambiguous.

Try building a mood-sheet by finding existing images that convey the
right style. Cut pictures out of magazines, stick them to a piece of
card that the artists can keep in view while they work.

--
Bernard Peek
b...@shrdlu.com
www.diversebooks.com: SF & Computing book reviews and more.....

In search of cognoscenti

[Arthur Chappell]

Thanks to Kim and Bernard for replies here - have already an idea in mind
for talking to various artists at Eastercon which I will be attending,
along with Worldcon later in the year too - cheers AC
arthurc...@clara.net www.arthurchappell.clara.net/contents.htm