PENCILER: HIRED

Julia Bax wrote me back:

Ok, let´s do this then!

You´ll have to decide how many pages will be necessary. It seems that Dark Horse asks for 5 or 6 (at least for artist submissions). I´d be glad to be the artist if this gets picked up =).
If we can agree at a reasonable timeframe, I´ll be able to squeeze it amidst my other activities. I guess 2 or 3 pages a week is good for me.

But then, let´s start by doing the pinups and see how things work out. We can have 2 characters per page, no problem.

When there is character design involved I do a few rough sketches of my ideas so we can discuss. You send me the most detailed description you can of the characters, and I´ll work on it.

About the $$ issue, what I usually do is: you send me the description of the characters, and I´ll work on the sketches and ideas. You tell me what changes they´ll need and I´ll make the layout of the pinup. Then you send me the money and I´ll send you all the finished drawings by an extra 15 US$, if you want. I can send hi-res scans if you don´t care about keeping the originals.

I think your concept is really interesting! Never heard of anything like that. It will surely draw the attention of the editors!

Hope to hear from you soon.
Take care,
Julia

This just made my day. I think Bax has the perfect look to get my book started, and she seems rather professional.