Thank you ^^
Thank you for the information.
Unfortunately, the proposed reward does not represent at all the work necessary for an illustration of this type... it is a precise order, in front of which the price must be aligned, otherwise the drawing market, which is already not very strong, will continue to deteriorate.
In addition, you will have several artists work while only one of them will be paid.
Maybe some artists can draw something for you with this price, but the way I do it (professionally), I won't be able to handle it financially.
I will probably do an article one day to simply explain how the value of an illustration is calculated and why some illustrators like myself have had enough of the not enouth paid contests.
Drawing just for fun ok, we often do that, but not on request!
see you next time :) !
Entering or winning the contest does in no way transfer any rights to your work or give me the rights to use the work in my book. If the work of the winner gives me confidence he/she could make the illustration the first of a series of 10..15 illustrations, I'll make what I believe is an appropriate and fair offer for that series given the quality of the first illustration, but the prize of the contest will in no way be part of price that I'm willing to pay for the series. These are completely seperate.
Chances are, as an earlier contest with a short story showed me, none of the contestants will give me enough confidence in their abilities to produce a whole series of illustrations for my book, so indeed the contest, for me would likely end up being just for fun. This means the prize for the contest must be a just for fun prize.
Hope I'm making sense.