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[goob256]

Looking for someone to make Steam trading card assets for a game for me. Problem is, I don't have a lot of money (this will be a net-loss project for me, but people are asking for them so I want to do this...) I've got $50 CANADIAN for the whole project. None of the assets can be scaled up pixel art (Valve's rule, not mine.) What that includes is:

5 trading cards - they are 1920x1080 and need to have a 206x184 (scaled down is OK) region for the zoomed out portion.

5 backgrounds - 1920 by at least 600 or so with a black background. If you're clever, you can use the characters from the cards on a black background for these

6 badges - 80x80 same concept for each badge, but each one is an upgrade of the last -- the last one has to be ultra special.

A few emoticons are needed too but I can do those. I know exactly what I want the cards to be -- each one will be a character from the game, you'll need to create a background for them (they could all use the same background.) The 5 desktop backgrounds can each use the same character from the cards on a black background (I'm trying to make this as easy as possible for the artist.) And I have an idea what I want the badge to be, but you'll have to stylize each upgrade -- the last one has to be significantly more special than the others (Valve's rules.)

My offer is low but I'd rather not do this at all if the assets are going to be BAD. I don't expect the best on Steam, but they have to say "Oh that's cute" and not "Eh that looks bad/lazy".

Here's a link to the game: http://nooskewl.ca/crystal-picnic

I will not pay up front or half way. Every time I offer to do so, someone either does nothing and keeps the money or does the easy stuff and takes half. I'm good for the money though, I've paid countless people before and NEVER have nor ever would rip anyone off in any way shape or form. This is my company website: http://nooskewl.ca I've been doing this for a long time now.

If anyone's crazy enough to do this job, please get in touch. Thanks.

[goob256]

I would also consider a time-limited profit sharing arrangement in addition to the $50 CAD, e.g., 10% of Steam sales for a year.

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10% of Steam sales for a year.

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are you sure?

[goob256]

Yes, and the reason for that is the game has been on Steam for a while and is not making much money. 10% for a year could be $100, so if the artist is good it would be worth it. If 10% is more than $100 then colour me surprised, and lucky you...

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i might be wrong but i doubt steamcards collectors are interested by the artwork as it's usually just for leveling up your steam level. You could put mspaint art and people would still get it just for the badges.
(people asking you for steamcards are people who want to sell cards, you'd get the + money from the badges)
You'd just need to focus on the badge esthetic.

Unless you'd seek for Manga/Anime aesthetic, 10% seems like a desperate move .

[goob256]

Call me weird, but I care about my games despite if they are making me money or not. I'd be willing to pay for good artwork in this case, just out of love of my job... it's pathetic I know, but I've lost more money than I've ever made on games... hopefully it turns around next time but I'll continue to try and do a good job regardless.

[Grhyll]

Don't call it pathetic As long as you can afford to do so, it's pretty neat.

[goob256]

Thanks man.

[Zizka]

Could you take art that's already in your game and resize it somehow? I hear that's what people often do! Might be worth a try.

[goob256]

I have found someone to work on the cards.

The issue with using art from the game was that all the game art is in low res pixel art. For another game I tried to use the game art in cards and Valve rejected them because the art was too low res.

[Vilanat]

bit late, but i took the time to try and upscale one of your characters.



Was this what you had in mind?

[goob256]

Nice! Looks great. I haven't heard back from the guy who is supposed to be doing the cards (waiting to find out an approximate timeline actually...)... so can I contact you if that falls through?

[Vilanat]

Yeah, sure, contact me by PM if your other artists doesn't show up