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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 :)

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[โ€“] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] cakeofhonor@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whoa I didn't expect to see a fellow Vietnamese on lemmy.

Could you link to the RMIT art forum?

[โ€“] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 4 points 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.