Want to illustrate a (as of yet unpublished) novel?
January 28, 2011 2:51 AM   Subscribe

Want to illustrate a (as of yet unpublished) novel?

I am 50K into an 80K novel. I am looking for an artist to do some conceptual drawings for characters/objects. I can't pay anyone at present to do these, but if the novel is ever published, the sketches (or at least, some of them) stand a very good chance of ending up in the novel.

Genre: Urban Fantasy/Steampunk/Supernatural/Science Fiction/Magic/Technology

I'm looking for someone who draws in ink only; think da Vinci's sketches, or something along these lines:

https://www.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--14385_product_525744125_thumb_large.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/4172595481_31455c099e.jpg


http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.88476262.jpg


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aZ-vinEGWfk/ScKVLszUqVI/AAAAAAAAA10/PhvAKev-BAc/s400/CP-SoldierConcept_A.jpg

Please feel free to recommend websites that may have information about artists interested in initially working for exposure only. Alternatively, MeFi mail me.
posted by New England Cultist to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

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Are there any universities near to you which run Illustration courses? I'll bet you anything that you could put an ad on their noticeboard (online and/or IRL) and you'd get students wanting to help out for nothing, for their portfolio.

I've seen uni student illustration work and some of it is GREAT. I'll bet you could find someone who did something like what you need. Plus, you're giving an aspiring artist a leg-up!
posted by greenish at 2:57 AM on January 28, 2011


DeviantArt would be good place to browse, there's a ton of steampunk/SF/fantasy art on there. You can then fire off messages to anyone whose art you like the look of.

Also there's Metafilter Jobs if you want to post an Artist Wanted ad.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:54 AM on January 28, 2011


Is there a reason you want to "hire" an artist when your first draft is only half done? If you wait until you actually sell it to a publisher, if they agree on the concept of an illustrated novel they will want to hire their own illustrator; or they might well not agree that it should have illustrations at all.
posted by Jeanne at 4:43 AM on January 28, 2011


I'm pretty sure publishers don't like authors to provide illustrations along with their manuscripts. They prefer to commission their own artwork.
posted by lollusc at 5:00 AM on January 28, 2011


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