artists

It is fairly clearly going to kill me to choose an artist to work with, if Chance goes forward. I’ve gotten two samples from the five artists I’ve narrowed it down to; one is very American Superhero, with a lot of fluidity and grace in the work. The other is angular and strong and at just a glance stands out from the crowd as a different style, which is appealing in and of itself. Email from a third promises roughs in the next couple of days, and *that* artist’s work is the epitome of Jim-Lee-style American Superhero, really clean lines and beautiful people, so I’m expecting sheer agony when I get those samples and have to decide.

Hm. Truth is, I expect it to be down to those three, I guess. The fourth is a real pro with a slightly more realistic bent to the latest of his work I’ve seen, and I really like what he does, but I don’t know if he’s going to have time to do samples. (The burden of being a professional artist!) Even if not he’s somebody I’d like to keep in contact with. The fifth is a solid artist whose stuff I’m not quite as excited about, but I do want to see what he comes up with.

Yeah. It’s gonna kill me. This is great. :)