I also need a blender expert (modeler to be exact)

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to “hire” a competent Blender modeler for a small project.

What I need is fairly simple for probably someone fairly competent with Blender. I do a webcomic in which I have various characters. What I would like to have is a 3D model of some of these characters so I can use them as drawing references. That means the models do not have to be highly detailed or textured.

They need very basic rigs (and I do mean basic) so that they can be posed. They won’t be animated so all I need to be able to do is pose them how I want to draw them.

There are 4 characters I’d like modeled. In order of importance they are:

“She-Who-Hears” - the orange character in the last panel of this strip 105,
“The Warder” (A generic “Dark One” basically), the orange guy in strip 100,
“Ugo” - the green guy, who would work for me as a model for all similar bodied martians in strip 92
“Asimov” - the Robot, a good shot in 87 but in a majority of the strips. All can be seen in my comic in my sig.

I need the first two most, since I have the most trouble drawing them. But I eventually want all four.

So, what can I offer in return? Not much in the way of cash, unfortunately - a mere $25 just to have something in your pocket. In addition, I can offer you promotion of your own work. Marooned is somewhat popular in Webcomic circles. I took 3rd in last year’s Webcomic Idol competition and I pull in 13-14,000 visitors a month, with pageviews around 1-2k on update days. My readers have common interests in me along the lines of animation and film as well as comics.

I would also be willing to offer up some original artwork from a strip of your choosing (if it’s still available). These are uncolored/scripted pencils and inks on Bristol board of the strips. Their actual worth is probably somewhere in the $35-$75 range.

Please be aware that you would have to sign a contract stating that the models will be solely my property - not yours - although you could use them to show as promo work of course. All these characters are under my copyright.

Ideally, I’d like to build a relationship with an artist who can help me out with Marooned projects. In addition to the characters, I will also want other things, including a layout of a certain Martian sanctuary, ships, stuff like that.

If you are interested, please leave a link here to your portfolio showing your modeling work. I prefer that you have some experience behind you. I’d rather not work with beginners, and I must insist you are 18 or over.

If you have any questions, post them here so I can answer for all. Thanks for looking!

Tom

Ah another first time poster, no links yet allowed :wink: But I did see your post at cgsociety, so I’m reposting your links here:

“She-Who-Hears” - the orange character in the last panel of this strip:
http://www.maroonedcomic.com/105-she-who-hears/

“The Warder” (A generic “Dark One” basically), the orange guy in this strip (some panels have multiples)
http://www.maroonedcomic.com/100-the-dark-ones/

“Ugo” - the green guy, who would work for me as a model for all similar bodied martians:
http://www.maroonedcomic.com/92-lets-go/

“Asimov” - the Robot
http://www.maroonedcomic.com/87-bedside-manners/

Thanks! :slight_smile: That helps!

You can see my work in the forum and in my signature. If you like, pm me.

Thanks, I’m waiting to see if anyone else shows interest and then I will choose someone to work with. I have a couple other people from different forums. I’ll probably decide late this week or early next week, so if you are interested please post your info.

Great we could have helped! We have some talented folks here too and thanks for your offer!

Hi there Marooned, I read your post and and was quite interested, your comic strip looks pretty cool. However, you started off in an easy going manner offering a token gesture of money and one of your stills, that’s fine but by the end of your post your talking about contracts and intellectual property rights.

You have to realise that modeling and rigging 4 characters to any sort of decent standard takes a fair amount of effort and skill, personally I’m of the opinion that if your gonna enter into a business contract in that way for 3d assets then you really need to pay the individual doing the work a proper sum of money.

I’m an artist, so believe me I am sensitive to these issues. I’m basically asking for Pro Bono work, with very little payment, I think I’ve been pretty upfront about that. I’ll do some promoting for you but I don’t know how valuable that is.

But as an artist, I also have to protect MY creations as well. So I need to make sure that the person who does this realizes that they are modeling MY work, not theirs. It’s pretty straightforward.

Not talking about a big contract, talking about a one page agreement that says who owns what.

I understand people passing on the opportunity if they feel the compensation isn’t agreeable. On the other hand, I think I have some cool stuff so it’s an opportunity to work on a project you might not otherwise be able to do, and as I said, I do have some popularity in the webcomic world.

Remember I’m not asking for super detailed models and advanced rigging. I’m asking for fairly simple models with basic rigging. I’ve done 3d work in the past in both XSI, Animation Master and I’ve played a bit with Blender, I’m fully aware of the effort involved, so I don’t ask these things lightly.

That’s the deal - glad to answer any other questions.

Have you tried http://www.blenderjobs.com/ ? If not, that would be one of the first places I’d look…

I was not aware of that - thanks!

Hi marooned,
I would not mind building those models, if you have not found anybody yet.
Here is a little modeling gallery http://www.cdupload.com/view/58164_m639b
PM me if you want to discuss anything further… :slight_smile:

Thanks for the interest everyone, I have chosen someone to work with for now.