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Um, No. Why Would I Draw a Comic Page for a $40 Mousepad?
3 years ago
Sooo...
I know, a very very specific Fus rant, but one of my favorite games, Mount & Blade Bannerlord decided to host an art competition. They had three different competitions. The first one to make a battle map for the game, another to make a 3D weapon model for the game. The top winners for these two contests get a $1500 processor. Nice!
But, for a comic page, the only prize they are offering is a $40 USD mousepad for the top 10. I just think Taleworlds very much underestimated how much work and effort it takes to make 2D artwork, particularly for something like a comic page. A comic page is basically throwing MULPTILE pieces of artwork together, plus also having some sort of story and plot connection between each piece. My MINIMUM price for a piece is $35 USD, and that's like a very cropped and focused piece with no background of a single character. There's also NO guarantee that I will win said $40 mousepad either, so why would I do something that would be like $300-400 USD of artwork for the chance of getting a mousepad...
It just saddens me, because if the reward was something decent, I probably would have participated just because. :-/
I know, a very very specific Fus rant, but one of my favorite games, Mount & Blade Bannerlord decided to host an art competition. They had three different competitions. The first one to make a battle map for the game, another to make a 3D weapon model for the game. The top winners for these two contests get a $1500 processor. Nice!
But, for a comic page, the only prize they are offering is a $40 USD mousepad for the top 10. I just think Taleworlds very much underestimated how much work and effort it takes to make 2D artwork, particularly for something like a comic page. A comic page is basically throwing MULPTILE pieces of artwork together, plus also having some sort of story and plot connection between each piece. My MINIMUM price for a piece is $35 USD, and that's like a very cropped and focused piece with no background of a single character. There's also NO guarantee that I will win said $40 mousepad either, so why would I do something that would be like $300-400 USD of artwork for the chance of getting a mousepad...
It just saddens me, because if the reward was something decent, I probably would have participated just because. :-/
I reccon, their answer would probably recognition and exposure/fame. Therefore potential clients. Or doing it for the fun of it.
If I could draw, and play the game (I do sometime), I'd write down my journey, furrify it add some nsfw and make a comic out of it, maybe put it on patreon or something^^.
No way... That's laughable to me.
Exposure/fame would not justify that for me.
However, if someone wants to put in all that work for a $40 mouse pad and temporary exposure. Then more power to them.