I need creative help with my H+ project.

 

 

If you click on the the Creatives link at the top of this page, you will find all the creatives who are willing to list themselves in this website. The creative’s individual page will tell you something of their skills and if they wish to be approached directly or via theH+art email. Some creatives might prefer to work in the background. If you email roughly what your planning, then I'll see if anyone can help or alternatively find and approach someone new.

 

I'm hoping to make it clear via the information to creatives on this site that they should not expect to be paid for work. That of course will mean that you are dependant on the good grace of the creative you approach as they might have to fit in your project around their own paid work. If you can pay, please do so, even if it will be at a reduced rate for the creative. $35-50, 30-60Euros, £20-40 an hour is an average rate for many visually creative people. If you can't pay, that’s okay, but if you have to make the creative incur travel expenses, etc., then please pay these expenses.

Do not approach a creative with some vague idea for a Hollywood blockbuster, large documentary or sprawling illustrated website. Come to us with specific needs. For example, your logo needs updating; design of your website’s core template; a conference poster; animation needed for a new page; etc. In the future, we might have a bulletin board or a list where projects can be posted and even more ambitious work can be contemplated .

 

This website will let the creatives work free for anyone they wish (apart from blatant bio conservatives). That said, I'm going to recommend that they do not confuse commercial H+ work with the charities and H+ organisations. If you have a book coming out, then by all means think of the artists from this site first, but don't expect them to work for free. There might be exceptions to this rule. For example, a scientist might need to explain an idea visually. It might be very important to help out, even if that scientist eventually benefits from the end product. I don't think I can come up with hard and fast rules. E-mail your idea and it either will be taken up or it won't.

 

Try and support the creatives on this site in your normal working lives, in the same way many immigrant communities support each other to gain a hold in a business community. These people are all H+r's. You are helping to feed them, so they can help you.

Treat any creative who does work for you with respect. They are working for free. They will generally have more experience than yourself in their field. Creative egos are to be handled with care. Hopefully you won't have a problem or personality clash. If you’re having problems, I might be able to mediate. Remember, at the end of the day, it’s your project. If you’re not happy with the final work, then you have to say so.

 

 

Get your project completed well before it’s due to be used (for example at a conference). Be clear as you are able about what you want and especially when you need it completed by. If you want to put it to committee (the lists) do so before you start. Nothing is more frustrating than a group of people who are playing at art editor. Agree on who will deal with the creative and who has final say.

Email me with any requests for help.

 

 

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