Would you like to <em><strong>draw and write</strong></em> for LetsDrawPeople.com? Better yet, would you like to <em><strong>get paid to draw and get paid to write?</strong></em>

I am looking for portrait artists or anyone who is skilled at drawing people and who has published drawing tutorials or informative content online in the past. Experience with WordPress is a plus! If you fall into at least one of the following categories, then you would be an ideal contributor for Let's Draw People:
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	<li>You are a professional portrait artist with your own website.</li>
	<li>You have published blog posts about drawing or step-by-step drawing tutorials online, either on your own blog or as a contributor for another website.</li>
	<li>You have your own blog (doesn't have to be a drawing blog) and you are a skilled artist who loves to draw in your spare time.</li>
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You can contribute as many articles as you want based on availability, whether it be once in a while or multiple times per month. Of course the more frequently you can contribute, the better! You will be paid for each article that is accepted and scheduled for future publication.
<h2>Content Guidelines</h2>
Let's Draw People accepts <strong>bylined "how-to" tutorials</strong> and <strong>informative articles</strong> about drawing and sketching people to be published on this website on an as-needed basis. Our target audience consists primarily of beginning and intermediate pencil portrait artists.

<strong>How-To Tutorial</strong> - With this type of article, you will tell the reader how to draw a specific person or subject in a step-by-step manner. Draw a picture, stopping to scan the steps along the way, and write an article to explain in detail how you complete each step. You can choose to work from a reference photograph if you wish. These tutorials are great examples:

<a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/how-to-draw-an-army-man-saluting/" target="_blank">How to Draw an Army Man Saluting</a>

<a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/this-childhood-shortcut-will-show-you-how-to-draw-teeth/" target="_blank">This Childhood Shortcut Will Show You How to Draw Teeth</a>

<strong>Informative Article</strong> - With this type of article, you will share your expertise about a topic with the reader. Informative articles could be either specific lists or general or insightful information about a drawing concept, subject, or technique. Check out these great informative articles:
<p class="post-box-title"><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/10-drawing-ideas-for-when-you-dont-know-what-to-draw/">10 Drawing Ideas for When You Don`t Know What to Draw</a></p>
<p class="post-box-title"><a href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/grid-drawing-for-perfect-faces-and-forms/">Grid Drawing For Perfect Faces And Forms</a></p>
All articles should be <strong>high-quality, 100% original content</strong> that is <strong>unpublished elsewhere</strong>. There should be a minimum of 500 words. You should also provide plenty of images to illustrate the points of your post. Your images should be <strong>clear photographs you have personally taken</strong> or <strong>scanned images of your artwork</strong>. In other words, do not gather other images from the Internet and use them without permission for your article or your reference photograph. In the case of step-by-step drawing tutorials, you can scan images during each step of a drawing as you walk the reader through the process from beginning to end. All images should be big enough for readers to see clearly (at least 600 x 800 pixels) but no larger than 100 KB in size.

Sometimes a reference photograph will be provided for you, and sometimes you will have the option of using your own. If you do not own the rights for a good reference photograph or other image, please do not use it! Instead, you can select one from <a href="http://www.dreamstime.com/#res3619261" target="_blank">Dreamstime.com.</a>

The author retains copyright, but I may reprint your piece, with full attribution, in Let's Draw People products, including marketing materials.
<h2>Payment Details</h2>
If your article is accepted and scheduled for publication, then you will get paid for it! Contributors will be paid for each article based on the number of words, the number of images, and the quality of the drawings.

<strong>Number of words</strong> - $0.05 per word, up to the maximum words for a given article

The number of words you write will be determined based on the "word count" within the WordPress post writing platform. The article's title is not counted. For each article, the number of words you use should stay within a certain range. For example, one article might be assigned a length of 500 to 800 words. You must write a minimum of 500 words. If your article goes a bit over 800 words that is fine, but you will be paid $0.05 per word up to 800 words (or $40).

Articles accepted for publication may be edited for clarity, brevity, grammar, house style, etc. However, the word count of the first draft submitted for review will be used to determine payment. If you submit 800 words of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">solid, valuable content</span> but I edit it down to 732 words, you will still be paid for 800 words (or $40). <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Exception</span>: there are irrelevant additions of text that add no value to the content but are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">obvious</span> attempts to inflate the word count.</em>

<strong>Number of images</strong> - $5 for 1 to 5 images; $10 for 6 to 15 images; $15 for 16 or more images

If you decide to use 10 images (for $10) to complement your article or tutorial, that does not mean you have to create 10 separate pieces of artwork. If you have original drawings from your previous body of work that you are willing to share with your article, that would be wonderful! Images can also be photographs that you have taken, or in the case of a tutorial, they can be separate scans of a single drawing. The point is...the more examples you have, the better. You are also encouraged to use photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop to add arrows, text, to crop a close up of a section of the drawing, etc.

Images you submit with your articles may be edited or re-edited if they are accepted. I may also decide to add or remove images from your article before publishing. However, the number of images you upload with your first draft submitted for review will be used to determine payment. If you submit 6 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">relevant images</span> that effectively teach the main points of your topic but I only publish 5 images, you will still be paid for 6 images (or $10). <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Exception</span>: there are irrelevant additions of images that add no value to the content but are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">obvious</span> attempts to inflate the image count.</em>

<strong>Quality of drawings</strong> - $5 for line drawings; $10 for line drawings with shading; $30 for realistic blending
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	<li>$5 if all images are line drawings with little to no shading</li>
	<li>$10 if at least one image is a line drawing with ample shading (i.e., simple shading style like hatching, crosshatching, etc.)</li>
	<li>$30 if at least one image <em><strong>mostly consists</strong></em> of realistic blending (e.g., multiple applications of graphite smoothed over with a tortillion and/or blending stump)</li>
</ul>
The images below display examples of each drawing quality type:
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<h3>Payment Scenario</h3>
Using the payment details above, consider the following scenario:

You create an 800-word drawing tutorial with 6 scanned images. Your images are step-by-step line drawings, but you explain how to add simple shading to the final two images.

Your payment would be $40 for the words (800 words x $0.05) + $10 for 6 scanned images + $10 for shaded drawings = <strong>$60 total.</strong>
<h2>How to Get Started</h2>
If you have the expertise and experience with drawing people and are willing to create a helpful, outstanding post for the Let's Draw People audience, fill out the form below.

Be sure to include links to <strong>three articles</strong> you have written and published online. Articles based on the topic of <strong><em>how to draw people</em></strong> are preferred but not required. You can even link to your blog if it is in a niche having nothing to do with drawing. The purpose of this is to get a sense of your writing style.

I also want to review <strong>three samples of your artwork</strong>. These should be drawings or sketches of people. It is fine if these are found in the links you submit below. If your links contain no drawing samples, then you can use the upload option in the form.

If you are accepted as a contributor, you will receive an email to let you know, along with a link to the editorial calendar so you can select which articles you wish to write!
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