drhastings ([info]drhastings) wrote,
@ 2009-02-06 10:34:00
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I am looking for a new colorist.
EDIT: I went and hired Nedroid!

Here's the post from Dr. McNinja.

As some of you already know, besides coloring Dr. McNinja, the lovely and talented Carly Monardo is the character and prop color key on the (best cartoon currently on TV) Venture Bros.

But it is with sadness that I tell you that the show is too demanding of her time for her to continue work as colorist on Dr. McNinja. It was either Doc or sleep that had to go. I think Carly chose wisely.

I'm really unhappy to see Carly go. She's immensely talented, and is fun and easy to work with. Thankfully I'll still see her every day, because we're getting married. Still, professionally, very sad. Carly will have her own goodbye to post to all of you once she's officially off the comic, but right now, we need to secure ourselves a new colorist.

OPEN CALL FOR COMIC COLORIST


The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is hiring a colorist for sequential pages. We obviously need somebody who knows what colors look pretty together, and how to arrange them, but of equal importance is the ability to work on a tight deadline. You must be able to color 3 comic pages a week, without fail or tardiness.

The contract will be for a single 25-45 page Dr. McNinja issue, and after that if it looks like you work well with us, and like the job, the contract will be renewed for future work.

The pages are published at drmcninja.com (go ahead and check there to see what sort of work this is), and later on they are collected and printed in trade paperbacks.

The pay is a flat $75 a page. Your work will be shown to an audience of over 100,000 people a day (and that's a conservative number), and we'll happily link to your website if you wish. The Adventures of Dr. McNinja has been favorably reviewed in such publications as The New York Post, The Washington Post, PC Magazine, .Net Magazine, Wizard Universe, and Wired, plus some bazillion blogs.

If you'd like to apply, please send links to samples of your work (attachments won't be opened) to chris@drmcninja.com with the subject "Colorist Application." Please have samples of colored sequential comic pages, and not just single illustrations. I'd like to choose somebody within the next couple of weeks. If I like your samples, there will be other details to go over, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them in your email.

Thank you very much,
Christopher Hastings
chris@drmcninja.com



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[info]flywingedmonkey
2009-02-06 03:54 pm UTC (link)
Sadly ever since I kept going over the lines in my colouring books (earning me a much deserved belt-whuppin') I have known that the fields of artistry were not for me. I do, however, have the fortune to know one or two people in the field so have put your request out to them.

One (probably stupid) question however: all the folk I know are UK based, would this be a problem at all?

JmC
Love the comic btw

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[info]nedroidcomics
2009-02-06 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like a sweet deal. Almost too good to be true. Be straight with me here: is this a trap?

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[info]brianarn
2009-02-06 09:56 pm UTC (link)
If [info]nedroidcomics applies, everyone else can just give up. Not possible to surpass.

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[info]drhastings
2009-02-07 04:12 pm UTC (link)
No! No trap! Just... when you color... could you do it... right about... here? Under this piano shaped shadow?

(Also I emailed you.)

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[info]professor
2009-02-06 05:52 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations on getting married!

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[info]yaytime
2009-02-06 06:04 pm UTC (link)
Those are good rates! I'm sure you'll find someone!

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[info]dayuse
2009-02-06 07:48 pm UTC (link)
You guys got engaged? Awesome! Congrats, you guys.

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[info]hentaikid
2009-02-06 08:05 pm UTC (link)
This person keeps posting coloring tests on my friends page, maybe this is my chance to get her to stop.

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[info]hentaikid
2009-02-06 08:24 pm UTC (link)
Actually come to think of it Hyung Kim is probably qualified* and probably could use the money, I'll drop him an email to see if he's available/interested.

* There's dozens of color pages of Krazykimchi/Kill harry/Manga Club and misc crap

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[info]yampowered
2009-02-06 08:47 pm UTC (link)
I'm gonna pop in and second the vote for Grace. She's a rock star.

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[info]nedroidcomics
2009-02-06 09:26 pm UTC (link)
I have a question: when you say "samples of colored sequential comic pages," does that necessarily mean multiple pages of a single story, or could it be several single pages (with multiple panels each, of course)?

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[info]kajico
2009-02-07 12:49 am UTC (link)
Congrats on your wedding and for having such a cool wife. Can she snag me a cell from the show ;)

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[info]crypticpress
2009-02-07 03:03 pm UTC (link)
Aw, man! I'd love to color all over some Dr. McNinja stuff, but I'm swamped. Maybe in a month or so when my schedule frees up I'll try out.

I hope Carly's not getting too burned out!

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[info]azrael_mr
2009-02-09 05:31 pm UTC (link)
I met you at Connecticon last year and you were really cool. I'm just a fan, therefore not talented enough to color for you. But congratulations on your wedding!

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