Just saw the best spriting project offer ever up for bid on a website I freelance through:
Project Description: I need someone to draw sprites for my indie game. It will be a ninja that starts naked and will be getting his items along the way. I want his hair like Goku from Dragon Ball (not supersayan) and in his private parts we can use some blur to hide it.
I need someone that has experience in drawing sprites for games, or at least that know what a sprite is.
It's already wonderful on its own... but there are some 20 bids on this project, ranging into hundreds of dollars. Bids like:
Dear Hiring Manager, I'm interested in the position of 'Ninja sprites for indie game' you recently posted. I am a 2d/3d designer, I worked in Second Life for 8 years. I am expert in Maya, Mudbox, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effetcs
Hello, 2d artist and game designer, with an experience over 50 released titles (consoles and phones), at your service. My skills are : Art : photoshop, pixel, traditional animation, illustrator... and a bit of 3D Design : IA, balancing, core mechanisms, UI, level design, social aspects.. I don't code. however, i have some grasp of programming through Basic, Pascal and a bit of java. makes lots of technical discussion easier and more productive. Price and delay will be adjusted accordingly,after a detailed review of the project and needs
I love it. These people, with a decade of experience, professional artists trained in both digital and traditional media, are offering to do this. I can see, in my minds eye, a charcoal-on-parchment sketch of Naked Ninja Goku, pixel-blurred junk carefully sketched, his face full of subtle chiaroscuro shading...
Just... oh my.
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