[PAID] Wild West Retro RPG looking for Artists

[DapperDave]

Note: Even though I am a new member and this is my first post, I was given permission to post this in here by Dazz.

We are looking for four sprite artists at the moment. An Environment Artist, Character Sprite Artist, Background Artist, and Sprite Effect Artist.
Descriptions of all four are below. You may apply for more than one.

Environment Artist

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstart...g-with-1-4-play), Experimental Gamer is seeking the help of an Environment Artist to speed up the development and improve the art quality of their first game, “Boot Hill Heroes.” http://www.experimen...ot-hill-heroes/

Game Summary: Boot Hill Heroes is a true retro RPG set in the American Wild West. You’ll find all the trappings of a spaghetti western – gunslingers, saloons, Indians, ranches, spittoons, Mexican standoffs, heroism, villainy, and everything in between. Boot Hill Heroes has adventure, drama, and a fair helping of humor. It’s just like the classic RPGs you remember from yesteryear but with an inventive new spin!

Requirements
• Reliable, responsible, able to meet deadlines
• Able to follow directions well
• Strong sense of organization
• Photoshop software
• Knowledgeable regarding layers and groups in Photoshop (no other Photoshop skills necessary)
• PC with sufficient RAM and scratch memory (larger files become very intensive)

Preferences
• Pen tablet
• Understanding of tilesets

Needed

The Environment Artist will create overworld game environments such as the town below. They will be given a sketch and description of the environment and asked to recreate it in an art style that seamlessly fits with the game’s existing content.

The environments are composed of 8 by 8 pixels tiles. The Environment Artist will be asked to start by creating these tiles that make up parts of buildings (and other objects). Then these parts are grouped together to make a building. Finally, the buildings are grouped together to make a town, such as the one below. This process allows us to swap parts in an out and change colors to make a variety of different buildings from a number of existing parts. An example of this will be given.

Town Example:
http://www.experimentalgamer.com/hiring/...leTown.png
Duration: July – October

Payment: Payment will be based on an hourly rate. We can pay through Paypal, credit card, or check via mail. Payment will be made monthly.

How to apply: Send an email to dave@experimentalgamer.com with the subject line “Environment Artist Application” and include:

• Your name
• A link to an online portfolio of sprite art if available
• Number of available hours you have each week
• Hours you are available to work during the week
• Preferred hourly rate
• Available methods of communication (email, skype, AIM, Messenger, Gchat, Facebook)
• Any further questions or comments you have
• (Please do not write cover letters as they are not necessary at this point and we do not wish to waste your time)
• (You may apply for more than one position)


Character Sprite Artist

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstart...g-with-1-4-play), Experimental Gamer is seeking the help of a Character Sprite Artist to speed up the development and improve the art quality of their first game, “Boot Hill Heroes.” http://www.experimen...ot-hill-heroes/

Game Summary: Boot Hill Heroes is a true retro RPG set in the American Wild West. You’ll find all the trappings of a spaghetti western – gunslingers, saloons, Indians, ranches, spittoons, Mexican standoffs, heroism, villainy, and everything in between. Boot Hill Heroes has adventure, drama, and a fair helping of humor. It’s just like the classic RPGs you remember from yesteryear but with an inventive new spin!

Requirements
• Reliable, responsible, able to meet deadlines
• Able to follow directions well
• Photoshop software
• Knowledgeable regarding layers and groups in Photoshop (no other Photoshop skills necessary)

Preferences
• Pen tablet
• Understanding of sprite animations

Needed

The Character Sprite Artist will recreate character sprites at different angles and give them various animations (such as walking or running). You will NOT create character concepts, but work with an existing character sprite (usually a standing front view) and give the character additional animation frames. The new frames must seamlessly fit with the existing character sprite. The Character Sprite Artist will also organize frames on a grid and submit xml files detailing animation frames. Characters will include both humans and animals.




Duration: July – October

Payment: Payment will be based on either an hourly rate or a “per frame” rate. We can pay through Paypal, credit card, or check via mail. Payment will be made monthly.

How to apply: Send an email to dave@experimentalgamer.com with the subject line “Character Sprite Artist Application” and include:

• Your name
• A link to an online portfolio of sprite art if available
• Number of available hours you have each week
• Hours you are available to work during the week
• Preferred hourly rate and/or “per frame” rate
• Available methods of communication (email, skype, AIM, Messenger, Gchat, Facebook)
• Any further questions or comments you have
• (Please do not write cover letters as they are not necessary at this point and we do not wish to waste your time)
• (You may apply for more than one position)



Background Artist

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstart...g-with-1-4-play), Experimental Gamer is seeking the help of a talented Background Artist for their first game, “Boot Hill Heroes.” http://www.experimen...ot-hill-heroes/

Game Summary: Boot Hill Heroes is a true retro RPG set in the American Wild West. You’ll find all the trappings of a spaghetti western – gunslingers, saloons, Indians, ranches, spittoons, Mexican standoffs, heroism, villainy, and everything in between. Boot Hill Heroes has adventure, drama, and a fair helping of humor. It’s just like the classic RPGs you remember from yesteryear but with an inventive new spin!

Requirements
• Reliable, responsible, able to meet deadlines
• Strong portfolio of previous sprite artwork

Preferences
• Pen tablet
• Photoshop software
• Knowledgeable regarding layers and groups in Photoshop (no other Photoshop skills necessary)

Needed

The Background Artist will create full screen backgrounds for combat, parallax backgrounds, and cut scenes. They will be given some direction and example art work, but will have a lot of creative control over most scenes. The backgrounds must seamlessly fit with existing artwork. The screen size is 296x224.




Duration: July – October

Payment: Payment will be based on either an hourly rate or a “per background” rate. We can pay through Paypal, credit card, or check via mail. Payment will be made monthly.

How to apply: Send an email to dave@experimentalgamer.com with the subject line “Background Artist Application” and include:

• Your name
• A link to an online portfolio of sprite art if available
• Number of available hours you have each week
• Hours you are available to work during the week
• Preferred hourly rate and/or “per background” rate
• Available methods of communication (email, skype, AIM, Messenger, Gchat, Facebook)
• Any further questions or comments you have
• (Please do not write cover letters as they are not necessary at this point and we do not wish to waste your time)
• (You may apply for more than one position)



Sprite Effect Artist

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstart...g-with-1-4-play), Experimental Gamer is seeking the help of a Sprite Effect Artist to speed up the development and improve the art quality of their first game, “Boot Hill Heroes.” http://www.experimen...ot-hill-heroes/

Game Summary: Boot Hill Heroes is a true retro RPG set in the American Wild West. You’ll find all the trappings of a spaghetti western – gunslingers, saloons, Indians, ranches, spittoons, Mexican standoffs, heroism, villainy, and everything in between. Boot Hill Heroes has adventure, drama, and a fair helping of humor. It’s just like the classic RPGs you remember from yesteryear but with an inventive new spin!

Requirements
• Reliable, responsible, able to meet deadlines
• Able to follow directions well
• Photoshop software
• Knowledgeable regarding layers and groups in Photoshop (no other Photoshop skills necessary)
• Understanding of sprite animations

Preferences
• Pen tablet

Needed

The Sprite Effect Artist will create animation effects to be used mostly during combat (such as explosions, healing effects, etc) that play whenever a combat ability is used. There will be a need for some overworld animation effects as well. The Sprite Effect Artist will be given a description and maybe a few sample pieces of artwork for each effect, but will otherwise have creative control over their work.



Duration: July – October

Payment: Payment will be based on either an hourly rate or a “per frame” rate. We can pay through Paypal, credit card, or check via mail. Payment will be made monthly.

How to apply: Send an email to dave@experimentalgamer.com with the subject line “Sprite Effect Artist Application” and include:

• Your name
• A link to an online portfolio of sprite art if available
• Number of available hours you have each week
• Hours you are available to work during the week
• Preferred hourly rate and/or “per frame” rate
• Available methods of communication (email, skype, AIM, Messenger, Gchat, Facebook)
• Any further questions or comments you have
• (Please do not write cover letters as they are not necessary at this point and we do not wish to waste your time)
• (You may apply for more than one position)

[Dazz]

Just thought I'd mention, some of your links are broken.