Interested in helping me on a project?

Okay, I'm working on a fan-comic. I won't go into story details at this time, just what I need help with.

One of the big things I want to do is gain a far greater level of control over the images while still maintaining a uniform appearance. I've spent a good deal of time time over the last 18 months researching, testing, adapting, re-testing, re-adapting, modifying, going back to square one, and re-developing a technique that will allow me to accomplish this. I have tried every possible combination of filters and actions and automated process in the book, and the line art method I have learned works the best. Here is an example of a finished image utilizing this line art process:


Utilizing this method I am able to modify the images to produce a range of effects that in-game screen shots are simply not capable of doing. A good example is this:

As you can see I have been able to show Gausian pointing at a hologram with a single finger as opposed to the four-fingered mitten the game engine uses.

Perhaps the single largest advantage this technique grants me is the ability to draw facial expressions in order to express emotions. You can see a test piece of this concept below (yes, I know I missed the goatee in the third image):


As you can see this technique is extremly versitile and adaptive. As I progress into the story and display different characters I intend to create different power FX for different characters. The idea would be that a Magic based force field would look totally different from a technology based one.

So why am I going through and Explaining all this? Simple. I need extra manpower for this. If I can get 4-5 people working on toons line art and 1-2 people working on the line art of the backgrounds the individual issues should be able to move a pace of close to one issue each month.

I know this sounds like a lot of work, but it actually goes quite quickly and after you complete 2-3 line art images you find that what was taking you an hour and 40 minutes is now taking you less then an hour. This is why I need to try and break the work load down into smaller chunks. In the promo-issue I'm working on now, there are 4 main characters, 7 cameos and a couple shots of random NPCs spread across 18 backgrounds. Each of the 4 main characters break down into the following shots:
Chained bow "Pet" : 9 Shots
Cmdr. Fergusson: 11 shots
Longbow Officer: 8 shots
Torroes prime: 9 shots

With single shot cameos for 7 other toons and 18 backgrounds. Figuring the backgrounds take 3 hours to do a piece (I've managed to get it down to 1 hour 40 minutes) that's 54 man hours for the backgrounds and about 50 hours for the toon images for a combined estimated total of 104 total man hours. If I can break that down into 5 people, that load splits into about 21 hours of work per person which when spread out over a 3 week period breaks down to about 7 hours of work per week.

Now, I keep saying work, so I'm guessing you all are asking what am I asking you to do? Well, it's simple. I need people to take screen shots I supply to them, like this:


and utilizing the line art tutorial I will provide, use Photoshop to trace out the screen shot and produce a line art image like this:


So, here's what I need: I need people who have Photoshop and are willing to give me 7-10 hours per week to produce a couple of these line art images. I'm not going to try and mandate you complete X-number of images, simply do as man as you can reasonably get done with out stressing yourself out.

What I don't need: A short cut way to accomplish this. There isn't one. Believe me, I've looked. I've tried the filters and the blending options and the extractions and the algorithms and the actions and everything else in Photoshop you can possibly try. For what I want to do, this is the best method there is (It also happens to be eerily similar to how professional comics are digitally drawn now a days.)
I also do NOT need someone to assemble the constituent Line art images into the final image or to color them or to apply the effects. I will handle all of that.

So, who is interested in contributing to "A Legacy of Sin" ?

If you have any questions, post 'em here please.

What? NO-one is willing to help me with this?

It's an interesting idea but I am about the laziest **** on the planet...

Besides, if I was going to dedicate the time to something like this I would want to have creative input on story line and such, not just be a drone on the production line. But mainly, it's the lazy thing.

sorry cant help at the mo finding it hard to do my own sketches at the mo ..with this large pregnancy bump in the way ...

Sorry its hard enough for me to spend time on my own projects much less someone elses , good luck with it .