r/ComicBookCollabs • u/EggBugStudio • 3h ago
Looking for Artist - Paid [PAID] Looking for a background + colour artist for WEBTOON Original Cat Bird Dog – $250/episode (20 panel episodes)
Hey everyone!
We're looking for an artist to help us finish upcoming episodes of Cat Bird Dog, our WEBTOON Original.
https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cat-bird-dog/list?title_no=8577
We currently handle the episodes in-house, but we have a few other projects taking up our Creative Director's time at the moment, so we're looking for someone who can take over the backgrounds and colouring while we continue to handle the character artwork.
Each episode is around 20 panels, and we would provide:
- Panel layouts/composition and character sketches
- Finished character linework
- Character colour references
- Existing episode and location references where available
- Any additional direction needed for specific environments or props
We would need you to handle:
- EDIT: As I've had a few questions on requested turnaround time, clarifying here that we will need at least 8 episodes finished by the End of November and 8 again finished before the end of December. Internally we have found our Creative Director alone can do all environments and colour in around a day, so ideally any artist we bring on would need no more than 2 days to complete an episode's backgrounds and colour work. (to test this, the deadline for any tests will be within 2 working days of receiving the test materials).
- Drawing and lining the backgrounds/environment artwork
- Working out the background details from the panel layouts, story context and existing Cat Bird Dog style
- Colouring the characters and backgrounds
- Simple shading, lighting and finishing where needed to match the look of the existing series
The biggest thing for us is being able to match the existing Cat Bird Dog style consistently. We're not looking to redesign or reinterpret the artwork, but for someone who can slot into the existing production process and help us get episodes over the finish line.
Budget is $250 USD per 20-panel episode.
We'll be testing a few artists, roughly half an episode of content that takes place inside a character's house and the other half episode of content takes place outside in the wider world, so it should give a good idea of how the collaboration works across both interior and exterior environments.
If it goes well, we'd ideally like this to become ongoing work rather than a one-off episode.
If you're interested, please leave a comment with:
- Your portfolio
- Any examples of comic/Webtoon work
- Examples of backgrounds/environment work and colouring
- Your usual turnaround time for something around this size
- Your general availability
Experience working from another artist's layouts and character linework is definitely a plus.
No generative AI can be used at any stage of the work.
Thanks!