09-16-2014, 10:47 AM
Thanks for the replies guys,
@Psychotime There is no guarantee, which is why I wrote "if" the game took off. And I think I will let the person know that I want to retain the rights to the images the whole way through. That way if they bail I still have work to show afterwards, and if they say no to that request then I decline. Personally I don't mind doing work for other people. Sometimes I actually prefer it, if they aren't totally bonkers with their artistic tastes, since I often struggle with coming up with ideas on my own, and the one job I've had so far I actually put more consistent effort into it since it was for a real client and not just some ephemeral self-dictated deadline.
Out of curiosity do you have experience with this sort of situation, or are you basing this opinion off other's experiences? Just wondering, because I've heard that advice given a lot, but I wonder if its actually from personal experience most of the time or some kind of hearsay spreading. I've done that myself to some friends of mine, but faced with this situation for the first time personally I have a bit of a different outlook.
If it was just some random dude saying hey make me concept art but oh ya no money for you then I'd definitely say no, but they do seem somewhat serious and seem to know what they're doing. I guess if it ends up sucking, I could drop it as Hypnagogic said. And also my art's not that great to begin with, so if they skip and steal some work or whatever there's really not much lost at all
Anyways I'm glad you're bringing up this opposing point of view. Definitely going to have to ask them some questions before committing to anything
@Psychotime There is no guarantee, which is why I wrote "if" the game took off. And I think I will let the person know that I want to retain the rights to the images the whole way through. That way if they bail I still have work to show afterwards, and if they say no to that request then I decline. Personally I don't mind doing work for other people. Sometimes I actually prefer it, if they aren't totally bonkers with their artistic tastes, since I often struggle with coming up with ideas on my own, and the one job I've had so far I actually put more consistent effort into it since it was for a real client and not just some ephemeral self-dictated deadline.
Out of curiosity do you have experience with this sort of situation, or are you basing this opinion off other's experiences? Just wondering, because I've heard that advice given a lot, but I wonder if its actually from personal experience most of the time or some kind of hearsay spreading. I've done that myself to some friends of mine, but faced with this situation for the first time personally I have a bit of a different outlook.
If it was just some random dude saying hey make me concept art but oh ya no money for you then I'd definitely say no, but they do seem somewhat serious and seem to know what they're doing. I guess if it ends up sucking, I could drop it as Hypnagogic said. And also my art's not that great to begin with, so if they skip and steal some work or whatever there's really not much lost at all
Anyways I'm glad you're bringing up this opposing point of view. Definitely going to have to ask them some questions before committing to anything