The Ziebart Experience

I’m posting this separately because I am sure it would’ve been glossed over in my earlier block of text. I’m looking for an artist that would like to collaborate with me on a children’s book.

The visual style is up for discussion. I’d like to see a couple samples of your work before anything is decided. No matter what it is, it needs to be child friendly. As you can see from my earlier post, I don’t feel that things need to be dumbed down for children, but obviously some styles are not really going to fit them well.

The story is light fantasy fiction. Knights and dragons, that sort of thing. It is less fluffy than it sounds, but if you want details you’ll need to contact me. The thing that’s important at the moment is that it’s a medieval fantasy setting for children. Perhaps the most important thing I’m looking for is a style that stands out, and an ability to make unique and interesting visual character designs. Ideally you should be able to draw humanoid figures, as well as creatures (real and mythical) and landscapes. If you’re not super great at all of those things, don’t sweat it. Talk to me anyway. I’m not amazing at writing, so we can work on this stuff together to improve.

Currently the project is non-profit, so I won’t be able to pay you. This’ll be volunteer work. Something you and I can collaborate on and have fun with.

If you’re at all interested in this (despite my inability to pitch it) and want to supply me with a few examples of your work, you have a couple of options.

1.) Just link me some of your work. If that’s a DeviantArt link, no problem. If that’s uploading some stuff to imageshack, that’s fine, too. Whatever.
2.) You can mock up a visual design of the protagonist. I won’t tell you  much about her personality-wise, because I want to see what you can do when the sky’s the limit. I will only tell you this much: She is an apprentice knight, 12-14 years old. Be as detailed as you like. The one with the most intricate little lines on it is not necessarily what I’m looking for, though it could be. Who knows?

I know I don’t have a very wide readership yet so I don’t expect many people to be interested int his, but it’s worth a shot. Oh, another requirement? Don’t be an asshole. That’s probably the most important requirement.