🚀 go-pugleaf

Date Entered: 12-23-92 19:43
S >He could have charged you anywhere from $10 to $15 dollars an hour based
  >on an estimation of the difficulty of the work, time requirements, etc
  >etc.  And that's DIRT CHEAP for this kind of work, especially if the artist
  >is good.  If he's not, then dump him and use someone else who can deliver
  >value to you on the next game.

He isn't a professional graphic artist, he can do the same quality though.
He has no credentials, experience, and never thought of himself as an
artist until I proposed we work together on various game ideas.  Then
I didn't even think he would be as good as he is.  He certainly had
no samples to send to potential employers.  The reason I proposed the
"partnership" was because we were friends and I knew he could write
music.  I had planned on doing the graphics myself.

He can definately draw though, but this isn't an epic Sierra adventure
with 100's of full 256 VGA backgrounds and animated characters.  He
drew one full screen, the player in his various positions, a ball,
and a close up of a head that talks.   Is that equal to 5000 lines of
source code?  Having done both programming and graphics work, I can't
say it is.  Going by classes, I'd have to say I'm a fast programmer too.

I don't lack any artistic or creative skills, I did some graphic work aswell,
I'd just rather program.  When he was a sysop, his board was plastered
with my ansi and graphic art.

I disagree that it's not time based.  If there were 2 programmers, and
him, he'd want his 50%, leaving the programmers 25% after spending much more
time on it.

I can see I won't be getting any sympathy from the replies so far, he
has no net connections so atleast I can complain without worry of losing him.
Of course, why would he go if he's getting 50%..
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