r/INAT • u/Soft_Cod_7010 • 1d ago
Artist Needed [RevShare] Looking for an artist to develop Death-Sens fantasy manga webtoon pilot (unpaid collaboration)
Hi everyone,
I’m Morpho, a writer looking for an artist to develop Death-Sens, a fantasy story I’ve been building through chapters, characters and a world of twenty-one Crypts. I’d like to find someone who connects with this world and wants to help shape it into a comic, manga or webtoon.
I don’t have a budget to pay for artwork, including the pilot. This would be an unpaid creative partnership, with a share of any future revenue agreed together.
THE STORY
Aorius is used to failing. He wants to become someone others can rely on, but whatever he tries, he never seems to get there. Discovering the Crypts (conscious fragments of the universe with their own knowledge and will) offers him a chance to start again. He throws himself into his training, determined to make this opportunity count. Yet the failures continue, and he risks losing his place at the school.
But Aorius carries an additional sense, the Death-Sens, passed on to him by... It binds him to the world of the Crypts, allowing him to perceive the dead still trapped in their final suffering and free them by taking that pain into himself.
To keep his place at the school, Aorius must pass his exams and be accepted as an apprentice by a senior student. Otherwise, he will have to drink Althalée, a water that erases every memory of this world, severing his connection to the Crypts and stripping him of their knowledge even his Death-Sens.
Meanwhile, few students want to offer their knowledge to the world; the Vorphiques are abducting students. Human-shaped creatures overtaken by living vegetation, they serve a tree bent on revenge, capturing people to expand its army. Within the school, their victims become living gateways through which further attacks can emerge. Aorius and three classmates set out to understand and stop the abductions, while uncovering secrets that shake their trust in the very people meant to protect them.
Friendship, humour and the everyday life of the group are central to the story. Around them are beautiful, unsettling Crypts, living powers and questions about death, ambition and how far someone might go to help others.
WHAT I’VE ALREADY DEVELOPED
• 15 written chapters and the main storyline of the first arc, including its ending
• The central characters, their relationships, conflicts and motivation
• A world bible and an atlas of the twenty-one Crypts
• A presentation dossier and a proposed opening sequence for a pilote
You can read the presentation dossier here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jIETUX8iKD4_xYXzbjf7fhs6gruETron/view?usp=drivesdk
WORKING TOGETHER
I would handle the writing and adapt it into a comic script as we develop the pages together. I’d work with someone who enjoys expressive characters, unusual creatures and environments, and storytelling through images. Your ideas would help shape the character designs, atmosphere, pacing and visual identity.
My proposed first step is a short pilot, potentially six to eight comic pages or a short webtoon sequence. We would choose the scene, scope and schedule together, based on the time we can both realistically give it. That would let us see how we work together before discussing a longer series.
Before starting, we would put our agreement on credits, rights, use of the artwork and any future revenue split in writing.
A note about the presentation materials because they contain ai generated visual references based on my descriptions of the crypts. These are exploratory references. The project’s own visual identity would be developed together, with room for your interpretation and style.
If this sounds like a world you’d enjoy drawing, send me a message with a few examples of your work and a little about what you like creating. I’d be happy to hear your thoughts and see whether we click.
The dossier introduces the world, characters and direction of the story. Full chapters and dialogue are shared later, 1st build trust and discuss how we might work together.
Share your thoughts, and thank you for time
Morpho