I'm Daniel Gomes a 31 dev from Brazil.

I'm a senior financial developer for quite some time but I'm developing my first game, Jetpack Race.

I'm posting on forums, interacting with people and trying to create som network, get to know some other devs, and other kind of professinals. My main goal, for now is to find some 2D and 3D artist to work on the game.

But seems like every single professional is already occupied! No artist seems to be looking for some challenge. I mean, I know that my project does not involve money, only profit-share, but is very ease to find programmers and even musicians, the same doesn't happen for visual artists.

Why is so hard to find visual artists? I'm not on this market so could someone explain why "visual artists" are sooooo busy

I think they dont take freelance projects very often and just work on agencies and marketing companies.

Do you guys have the same feeling about it?

I am not sure how artists could be hard to find, but to tell you the truth, if I were an artist, I too would be skeptical of these "profit-sharing" projects.

It's much easier to pay things up front. Profit sharing is what mostly inexperienced developers would promise. They can't pay, so they promise they would share profit. Is there even a profit to begin with? How can you guarantee profit?

I think they dont take freelance projects very often and just work on agencies and marketing companies.

Professional artists take freelance projects all the time. I have a few friends who make a living doing exactly that. They key is that they get paid.

I mean, I know that my project does not involve money, only profit-share, but is very ease to find programmers and even musicians, the same doesn't happen for visual artists.

Perhaps it is just your circle of acquaintances.

This board is mostly programmers, so it is unsurprising to have not enough art types. I have known hobby groups of animators, modelers, and artists who had trouble searching for programmers to build games with. Go to deviantART to find people with the opposite problem.

The key is that these are hobby groups. They are not professional groups. Professional programmers, musicians, and artists work under terms of contracts and legal agreements and they get paid directly for their work.

If you have many like-minded friends you might be able to get a group of hobby developers that includes artists, modelers, and animators. Just don't delude yourself that a non-professional group without a business plan will ever make a profit. Do it because you want some practice and because it is fun, not because you intend to make a profit.

You guys have really good points on the subject.

But, look, I'm a programmer and I work for money, just like everyone else. But sometimes, I just work for fun on small projects. It just depends on how much time I will spend on that. Maybe that project I worked for free can bring me some networking, some contacts and maybe some money. Who knows?

I'm planning the following:

1. Code until June;
2. Launch Teaser trailer on June;
3. Buy advertising on Facebook (already tried 2 days advertising and it was awesome);
4. Advertise on every game website I know after July;