Snowblazer
I seem to be missing something? Is the offer not that great?
You got some offers. That's far more than most other writers looking for artists get.
But yes, there are problems with your offer.
The major one is the lack of guaranteed payment. You're not going to get good/reliable artists like that. If you want free (and working for the possibility of a later profit split
is essentially working for free), you'll need to settle for an artist who isn't very good or reliable. If you want quality and reliability, you need to pay a page rate.
This ties into the next big problem: The fact that you're unable/unwilling to pay a page rate and are instead desperately trying to entice artists with the possibility of payment speaks negatively of your character. It tells an artist that you lack the patience and investment in your story to wait until you can pay a page rate and get this project done right.
Profit splitting is good when both partners are equally invested in the story and already have good reason to trust each other. Profit splitting is
not a good way to entice artists to work with you. You can use profit-sharing to sweeten an otherwise mediocre page rate, but it should never be the primary form of payment unless the project is a total collaboration between individuals who already know each other well.
You didn't provide a summary of the story in your OP. In other words, you're doing
nothing to get an artist interested in the project. You need to sell us this thing! What makes it great? What's it like? What are your goals with this story? This info needs to be in your OP.
Providing information about the tone of your story will also help artists present their most suitable samples. Right now, they have to take stabs in the dark because the description you've provided is so vague. You know what aspects of the Sailormoon style you like, but we don't. It's almost impossible to describe a desired visual style, but if you describe the tone of your story, then you can evoke the style.
More minor issues, things that bug me but probably don't bother most others:
- You said you're writing in story format, then translating to script. To me, that sounds like you're not very aware of the structural differences between prose and comics, and may not be thinking in the same terms that a comic writer should be. If that's not the case and your end script is in fact perfectly geared towards the comic medium, then get rid of that mention. It just plants the seeds of doubt.
- You mentioned grammar and spelling as weaknesses. It's great that you're being honest, but it also suggests that the artist will have to work harder than they have to just to understand the script as you intended it. I highly recommend finding an editor who can remedy that for you (preferably someone close to you who knows what you're going for with the story). Providing a script that's easy and pleasant to read and follow is part of your job as the writer.