Everyone's evaluation of the characters was that they were cute and had obvious traits, but they didn't know what kind of monsters they were …
This was within Chen Mo's expectations. It would be a miracle if he could tell anything from the characters without the storyline.
Chen Mo asked, "Goldfish, how long would it take for you to complete the artwork, including detailing and colouring? It doesn't have to be too detailed, just follow my sketches. "
Su Jinyu gave it some thought, "Hmm … the cards aren't too complicated, probably around four to five days."
Chen Mo shook his head, "Three days."
"Huh?" Su Jinyu was a bit hesitant, "Three days isn't impossible, but the quality would definitely be a bit lacking."
Chen Mo said, "It's fine, it's better to put the cards on your phone. It doesn't matter if it's a bit lacking in detail. It's fine if the quality is a bit lower, we can slowly improve it in the future. For now, we just have to get the quantity right. "
Su Jinyu nodded, a bit troubled, "Alright, I'll try my best."
Wen Lingwei said, "I can do it too if it's detailing and colouring."
Chen Mo was shocked, "Are you sure? These are official resources of the game, at least the players can't find fault with them. "
Jia Peng reminded, "Manager, she's a top student in art as well. She also takes on artwork jobs."
Chen Mo realized. That's right, Wen Lingwei and Jia Peng were in the school's publicity department. The publicity department usually had to draw posters and display boards. How could they become the department head or vice department head without drawing and image processing skills?
"Alright, it'll save a lot of time if you help us out," said Chen Mo.
Wen Lingwei revealed a meaningful smile, "How much are you going to pay me, manager? My artwork costs five thousand a piece, and that's a friendly price. "
Chen Mo said, "… I didn't know you were a big fan."
Artists of different skill would charge different prices for original art. Some would charge eight or nine hundred a piece, others would charge eight or nine thousand a piece, and some would even be more expensive.
Of course, you get what you pay for. There was definitely a difference between a good artist and an ordinary artist in terms of composition, lighting, color, and so on.
Wen Lingwei was asking for five thousand for a card, and it was a friendship price. This was already the standard of a slightly famous artist.
Chen Mo said, "But doesn't your friendship price of five thousand RMB still have to do the design, composition, and communicate with the buyer? I already have the sketches, and they're several times smaller than the ones you usually draw. You just have to focus on the details and coloring. I'll give you two thousand, alright? "
Wen Lingwei: "Stingy."
"…"
Wen Lingwei said, "Alright, since you're so pitiful, I'll give you two thousand yuan each, one for three days. However, there are only two of me and Goldfish. Don't think we're slow. "
Chen Mo looked at Jia Peng and Chang Xiuya, "If you want to draw, you can …"
Jia Peng hurriedly waved his hand. "We're not as good as you. At most, we can draw some normal Monster Cards for you. You don't have to hand over the main character cards to us."
Chen Mo nodded, "That's fine too. I'll have to draw more monster cards later on. I'll pay you guys according to market price."
Jia Peng waved his hand, "It's fine, the money isn't important. Just pay as you see fit, manager."
Wen Lingwei raised her eyebrows, "No way! The manager is rich now. Plants vs Zombies is making him two million a month, right? He's not short of a few thousand RMB. "
Jia Peng nodded, "Yeah. Alright, we'll go with market price then. "
Chen Mo was speechless.
Wen Lingwei said, "Also, how are you going to pay Goldfish? Don't tell her you're not paying because she's your assistant. "
Chen Mo said, "Same as you, two thousand per card!"
Wen Lingwei nodded, satisfied, "Mm, that's more like it."
Su Jinyu originally wanted to say that she didn't want the money, but she thought about it again. Why would she turn down money? So, she accepted it happily.
Chen Mo was speechless. These people were really scheming to earn the manager's money!
Chen Mo roughly divided the cards into groups.
Su Jinyu and Wen Lingwei were both very good at drawing, and could definitely draw the main character cards. Moreover, it would be easier for Chen Mo to communicate with them, so Chen Mo decided to give the most important main character cards to them.
As for the other students who could draw monster cards, Chen Mo also reserved some for them.
Based on the speed of drawing a card every three days, Wen Lingwei and Su Jinyu would need an insane fifty-four days to draw all thirty-six main character cards, which was obviously too slow. Moreover, this was only a portion of the cards. There were more than three hundred of them!
This was different from Plants vs Zombies, where many of the zombies could be reused, and plants were easy to draw. But in card games, the cards were basically the game itself. Players wouldn't be willing to pay if the cards were ugly, so Chen Mo didn't want to compromise on that.
Therefore, if he wanted to shorten the time, he would have to find an art outsourcing company.
Chen Mo asked Wen Lingwei and Su Jinyu, "Do you guys know any art outsourcing companies? The kind that's more reliable. "
Wen Lingwei thought for a bit, "I know one, I have a few friends who are artists there, they're pretty good."
Chen Mo nodded, "Alright, give me their contact details. By the way, do you guys know any animation companies? "
Both Wen Lingwei and Su Jinyu shook their heads, "I know a few, but I don't know anyone."
Chen Mo said, "Alright, that's it then. You guys go ahead and finish the main character cards I just picked out."
Chen Mo turned around and went upstairs.
Su Jinyu asked, "Wait, manager, what type of game are we going to make next? Do we need so many art cards? "
Chen Mo replied, "Don't worry, you'll find out in a few days."
…
Chen Mo was feeling a bit sleepy after returning to the second floor, it seemed like it was the side effect of using the Super Accelerator.
Chen Mo found the person in charge of the art outsourcing company according to the contact details given by Wen Lingwei, and discussed his requirements.
Chen Mo would provide sketches, this way he could save on the cost of designing and sketching, and shorten the time needed.
In the end, Chen Mo agreed on a price of two hundred for the main character cards and six hundred for the monster cards.
The monster cards could be drawn in a more casual manner, so the price was much lower.
Chen Mo estimated that he would need to spend around thirty-six times three times two hundred and two times six hundred = 357600 for a total of three hundred and fifty thousand.
Of course, some of the monster cards could be reused, but he couldn't lower it to three hundred thousand no matter how hard he tried.
It wasn't a small amount of money, but Chen Mo didn't feel the pinch. He really couldn't afford to lower it any further. Chen Mo was quite satisfied with just three hundred and fifty thousand for the entire set of cards.
Chen Mo gave Wen Lingwei and Su Jinyu the seven key cards, MT, Shaman, Rogue, Inferior, Miss, President, and Big Sister. Going by the speed of one card every three days, it would take a month to finish all of them.
Su Jinyu was also in charge of the game design, so Chen Mo couldn't just let her draw the cards all the time.
Chen Mo also gave a portion of the monster cards to Jia Peng and the others, according to the market price.
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