   PAID - Detroit-area 2D/3D Artist Wanted for iPhone Game
Brief description:iPhone game that's currently being pitched to a major mobile games publisher.  The details of the project are confidential and will be shared with potential contractors.Target aim:iPhone app store via publisherCompensation:Contract payment depending on quality, attitude, experience and what the budget allows. We're an independent developer and work within tight budgets, but we'll do our best to find a fair and mutually agreeable contract.Technology:iPhoneWhatever art tools and style that you think will look and work best for the project.Talent needed:Generalized game artist, versatile in all skill areas (i.e., 2D, 3D, animation, concepting, etc.).  Someone with the chops, talent, and skillset capable of delivering AAA-level quality of output, but with the vision and sense to deliver the highest level of quality and polish that the project, budget, and dev cycle allows.  In the beginning, it will just be you for the whole project and you'll need to be a well rounded enough artist to enjoy and handle all the art duties and responsibilities of a small startup independent developer.  Team structure:Me - Producer & DesignerContractor - ProgrammerContractor - Sound Design & MusicContacts:Please only contact via e-mail @ marroni at hotmail dot com with resume and link to portfolio and demo reel.Previous Work by Team:Our first project is a physics simulation entertainment app for the iPhone currently in gold check with a major mobile publisher and should be published on the app store sometime in the next couple of weeks.Additional Info:We're a Detroit-area startup game company with our first project completed and being published on the iPhone by a major mobile and digital distribution game publisher. With the successful completion of our first project on time, on budget, and to a high level of polish and quality, we've established a good relationship with our publisher and are currently in the process of pitching our next project, for which we expect a budget to be approved sometime in the next couple of weeks.  We're really looking for someone that's interested in starting out on contract and then, as the studio grows and we build it and complete projects, becoming a full-time employee--in short, a talented and creative self-starter; someone that's really ready to get down to business and help grow a serious Michigan video game studio. If this sounds good and you've got vision and enjoy the challenge of crafting the art direction of and responsibility for an entire project then please contact us.Due to looking for someone interested in eventually joining the studio full-time, please only respond if you are a local Detroit-area video game artist. Feedback:ANY[Edited by - Raul23 on May 10, 2009 1:25:21 AM]
  Is this strictly for people in the Detroit area? If so, you're probably going to have to broaden your horizons a little... You're asking for a highly skilled artist who can do every single aspect of art, and who will work for not so much pay.You're going to have a huge difficulty finding anyone if you don't open up your requirements a little. Just giving you my two cents.   ;  Hey.  Thanks for the attention.  Yes, this opportunity is only for local Detroit-area artists.  I don't expect Superman and fully understand that individual artists usually have core areas of expertise and focus.  The reality of a small studio, though, is that each individual has many responsibilities and someone that wishes to only focus on one specific area of their discipline is really only of use to teams of large scale.The amount of compensation was never specified (and won't be) as the contract's going to be agreed upon on an individual basis.  But, yeah, if you're an industry veteran and are used to making money in the high-five-to-low-six figures, then this contract probably won't appeal to you.  However, if you're young and talented and eager to earn a living in the game industry and appreciate and are excited by the opportunity of getting in on a serious young studio that's starting and completing projects and working with one of the biggest publishers in the mobile and digital distribution space, then this is the job for you.   