A few years ago I became seriously ill. I was in a coma on heavy duty meds, and had a kidney transplant. I’m much better than I was, but I can’t do a lot of things like I could before.

We’ve now got quite a few kids in the extended family, so a while ago I wrote a short story to try to make it easier for them to understand. My wife and family like the story and have suggested making it into a picture story book. Problem is, I can’t draw and my imagination isn’t very good.

How can I get pictures for the story if I can’t do it myself and don’t have the money to hire someone? I want to avoid using AI tools because of the potential copyright issues.

I haven’t tried the services like Fiverr because I’ve heard that they force a race to the bottom on prices, but does anyone have any experience, or have any ideas of what I can do please?

Thanks in advance :)

  • Saigonauticon@voltage.vnEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well, here in Vietnam a lot of art students and graduates would probably be quite happy to take this on.

    I recall RMIT has a local job forum, for small jobs for current students and alumni. The instruction is all in English, so communication should not be a problem. Maybe other universities have the same.

    Or maybe an art school in the Philippines where English language instruction is also common? I bet they have job forums too.

    In my workplace we’ve got a 3D designer or two, probably not ideal for your task though :(

    BTW using AI to generate an image as an artistic brief is a great application that supports both human and machine artists. This is my biggest use of the tech in production so far – really great especially when language barriers are present.

      • Saigonauticon@voltage.vn
        4·
        11 months ago

        I’m an even more unlikely thing! I wasn’t born with any Vietnamese heritage – I immigrated to Vietnam and integrated. I’ve met as many as five others like me in the last decade or so!

        The RMIT forum isn’t specific to art, it’s just a job forum where you can post jobs available to students:

        https://rmitvn.careercentre.me/employer/default/RMIT-Careers-Portal

        I’ve used it once to hire a software developer. It was much better than VietnamWorks, the big online HR thing in those days. I don’t like VW much.

        BTW you should have a budget, scope, and timeline when you post a job. It will make it much easier to hire someone, e.g. how many illustrations, what format (Width x Height), what style, when do you need it done by, and a pay range. I would estimate at less than 80$ or so, it would not be worth the trouble for most illustrators who are any good. Notably, most RMIT students are from wealthy families.

        If you can read/write Vietnamese, let me know and I can maybe point you toward better resources. English-language-only leaves few options here.