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Yesterday I received the highest number of hits in the history of my modest site, due to artists checking out my stuff. That’s the power of money. Here’s today’s batch of artists whose talents I had to consider, since they answered to my job listing on ArtStation. Unfortunately, none of them have convinced me to consider them further, for different reasons:

• Roch Hercka (portfolio): super talented dude with medieval-themed stuff. He also described my stories as “gonzo,” which I appreciated. Unfortunately, the wrong kind of style for what I’m looking for.
• Cengiz Ergüleç (portfolio): talented and with a very particular style that doesn’t match what I have envisioned for my characters.
• Burnt Butter (site): gorgeous drawings, but the wrong style for me.
• David dos Santos (portfolio): a dedicated high school student under extremely heavy competition on ArtStation.
• Pouya Zarif (portfolio): amazing drawings in a hyperrealistic style. Great use of colors. That said, wrong style for the anxious, loopy angle I want.
• Daniel Rüger (site): great style, fantastic imagination. Still, wrong style. I want something more cartoonish in an undefinable way.
• Ander Del Molino (portfolio): this guy lives in a neighboring province and has a graffiti-ish style that I like. Yet again, though…
• Diogo Aurich (site): nice style, and I appreciate the work he’s put into his website, which I can’t be arsed to do on mine even though I used to work as a website developer.
• Tristan Keith (portfolio): talented dude, good compositions and use of color.

So far, the style I’m going for is a mix of the following, all belonging to artists who have contacted me before: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7

I hope it isn’t a faux past to mention the artists by name, along with their works. I’m linking to their portfolios, after all.

Answering to these people is taking time from editing my work, so I suspect that I’ll end up cutting short the job listing, that otherwise has about thirteen days to go.