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   Questor
   Member

   Greetings,

   I often see that many programmers have 3rd party artists create their graphics, but I am left wondering what rate should one expect to pay for artwork?

   To be more precise, I am talking about 2d style platformer type graphics (sonic, mario, etc)...including animated characters, tilesets, backgrounds...

   I am sure the rate varies with the quality of the artwork, but if someone could shed some light on this subject, I am sure it would be very helpful for many people (myself included of course) to get a feel for the artwork costs involved in game development.

   Of course, if anyone is willing to post a link to their game as well as a rough idea of the cost of the artwork, that would be even more helpful as it would put the cost into the context of the (admittedly subjective) quality of the graphics.

   (Please note: Recommendations of artists are welcome as well, but since the primary focus of this question is cost, please include some idea of their rates).

   Thanks

   PS(Also as a unit of measure, if you specify the hourly rate, then how much artwork is it reasonable to expect for an hour of work?)

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Questor
   Member

   Anyone?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Toolism
   Member

   We've screened the freelance grid a couple of times and so far the rough estimate would be anywhere from 500-1500$ for a medium sized asset composition ( we don't make big games mainly small-medium sized ones )

   I can only direct you to one of our games that has been completed with the help of an outside freelance artist and thats : Tiki Totems
   Currently we're just finishing a second freelance artist enhanced;) game but its not out yet.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Questor
   Member

   Toolism,

   Thanks for the info, that does help alot.

   Much appreciated.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   DonomaGames
   Member

   Nearly all my artwork is done by a firm called Enroc. They have over 1/2 mil usd in earnings on eLance alone. I bypassed eLance and hired them directly for almost 2 years now. I always ask for a fixed-priced for the entire project.

   As for costs:
   Toolism's estimate is about right. That's generally how much I spend on artwork on games. Sniper Strike came in at the high end of that range, but I wanted a high res rendering of the cover art. I also did the GUI and some scenes myself in photoshop.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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