Artist Wanted for Gamebook/Interactive Fiction Cover Art (Artist Found, Thanks!)

[hustlertwo]

Okay, so I am poking the bear a bit with that title. I know the whole work for exposure thing riles people up, and I am forever a rouser of rabble. But rest assured, this is actually a gig with financial as well as reputational recompense.

I am about 2/3 done with my second interactive fiction title (my first, Nuclear Powered Toaster, has a link both in my sig and another thread in the Arts and Crafts area if anyone wants to check it out. And if you want to buy it, it's $2.99 so why not forgo a single large coffee and enjoy some sci-fi irreverence?), and I want to find someone to create the cover art for it so the minute I finish writing and revising I can submit it for publication. The details of the images required are below:

Spoiler: Art Specifications

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Specifications and Sizes: All artwork should be in PNG format, should not contain alpha channels or transparencies, and should use an RGB color model. Additionally all artwork should be in specific sizes, and may have further requirements to be aware of based on their usage as noted below.
Icon: A 1024×1024 icon is required, although certain mobile devices will resize this down to as low as 48×48. This icon should not include the name of your game. On iOS devices the corners of the icon will be rounded, and it is recommended that artists be aware of this to account for it in artwork. Additionally we round the corners of Android icons in the same format as iOS for ease of production, and to minimize the number of art assets required.
Splash Screens: This screen will be displayed briefly as the game starts (on most devices) and will act as the first screenshot in the mobile app stores. This should not include the name of your game. Note that on iOS phones, the image will have a series of buttons superimposed down the middle, which may obstruct specific elements of the image. Sizes required are: 480×800 portrait (Android), 640×960 portrait (Android, iPhone 4), 1242×2208 portrait (iPhone 5+), 1242×2688 (iPhone X), 1536×2048 portrait (iPad), 2048×1536 landscape (iPad), 2048×2732 portrait (iPad Pro), and 2732×2048 landscape (iPad Pro).
Standard Promotional Art: These landscape images will be used in various locations and should include the name of your game in a large font:
• 480×320 landscape: This is used for the web store, the android stores, and any web links that display images, such as social media posts.
• 1024×500 landscape: This is used for the android store.
• 1400×560 landscape (optional, may be requested): This is used for banners on mailers. The format of the mailer assumes this contains the name of the game.
Steam Promotial Art (optional, may be requested): Note that Steam publication is subject to approval by Hosted Games based on separate criteria from general game publication. Sizes required are 616×353, 467×181, 460×215, 231×87, 184×69, and all five must include the full title of your game in a large font (in the case of 231×87 and 184×69 it may be appropriate to simply superimposed the title on the artwork). Note that the 467×181, 460×215, and 231×87 sizes will have a demo banner overlay in the upper left corner, and as such the title should either not be in that corner, or a separate demo image should be included that has the title in another location. Additionally, the 616×353 will have a banner over the bottom right corner when on discount which may also cover the title.

For that, I'm looking to pay between $75 and $100. In addition, this art will legitimately be seen by tens of thousands of people across iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and the Hosted Games website (as well as Steam if I can get super-lucky again and finagle a Steam release for it). You'll be credited as the cover artist, and if working together works out I will likely contact you about the possibility of other projects. Other authors there may also do so, though I can't really guarantee that.


If anyone is interested, please shoot me a PM (or, if my box is full as it so often almost is, you can e-mail me: hustlertwo at gmail dot com). I can give more details about the story and what I would like to see on the cover at that point. I will say that it requires drawing fairly realistic-looking people of all ages, especially without seeing their faces.


Thanks, hope to hear from you soon!

Edit: I have selected someone for the position, but I definitely appreciate all the responses (yes, despite what it looks like in this empty thread there were some PMs and emails). I’ll be sure to post again when the opportunity arises.