So about 3 years ago, I started making notes in my head of a story. The overall is simple: Follow the career and life of a furry wrestler.

I wanted to commission variest artists with a paragraph in the description. The images themselves, I wasn't sure whether to present as a comic or just as a scene from the paragraph.

Budget: I honestly wanted to spend at most $75 per piece. However, if an artist had a lower price, I thought it'd be fair to commission that artist more to equal value.

Contact: I would rather share my email via private message.

So here is what I do want release via characters & backstory:

Alex "Texas Feral" Moore is actually Terry Moore. Born in San Furtonio (San Antonio), Texas, this Wrestling Alliance Revolution star did not actually want to wrestle until an offer at a local venue arised. While on the independent scene, he becomes friends with Derek "Truth" Fellows. The cougar & panther become a team as they travel, creating amazing matches along the way. Then one day, Alex gets a call from a W.A.R. talent scout...

^ i hope your stories have fewer spelling mistakes than this post

Munkelzahn said:
^ i hope your stories have fewer spelling mistakes than this post

Better, sir?

Hey, it's not my thing, but that sounds pretty neat. There's nothing like a project you feel passionate about :D

On the topic of comic versus single scenes -- go for single scenes. Comics are WAY more complicated than they look.

(( Seriously-- it's not just 'draw a series of images that depicts a scene.' ... each frame has to be composed to be appealing, which basically makes each frame a drawing of it's own. You've got the concern of pacing-- making sure that an action scene doesn't drag on, or that there's not too slow of a slow period between action scenes etc. as a comic, there's a lot more expectation to show everything else.

I mean, it's been a while since I read sports manga,.. but even going to the classic Rocky, the idea's generally the sameish: Main character encounters Obstacle. MC struggles against Obstacle. MC trains hard. MC overcomes obstacle. It doesn't matter if it's boxing, soccer, chess, or what have you... that's kinda the expectation of it.

So, by making it a comic, you add in an expectation: That there be a story, that the character have a complex-ish personality, that his struggles *feel* real and compelling, so that there's really a feel of triumph when he, presumably, eventually wins.

On the other hand, with individual scenes with paragraph stories below, you have a much more flexible format that will be WAY cheaper, and not rely as much on the artist to be skilled with story boarding, pacing, etc There's not as much expectation for a whole and entire story.

(of course, there are middle grounds-- one or two page comics, etc etc etc.)

That said, it's up to you. :)

I'd recommend doing two things:

1) Get character sheets done for your major character. This will basically be REALLY important for anyone doing work for you

2) Those notes you've got in your head for a story? Write them down. I don't know how complicated of a story you have in mind, but it is appallingly easy to miss major details when you're keeping up with your story in your mind. (seriously: I write and I don't know how many times I've had to go for a walk to think about "so.. how DO they get out of this clever death trap that the bad guy designed...?" or "wait, so how does Joe end up in San Dingo when he was in New Yak City and has no reason to go to Califurnia...?" or "wait, how does he convince them to trust him when he's tried to kill them 3 times??"

So, srsly, write your story stuff down. figure out how your plot fits together, at least a little bit. That way you don't end up wishing you could retcon yourself.

Okay.

Past that... I think you're best off browsing furaffinity and other places and finding artists that take commissions within your price range (please don't tell people their commission prices are too high. Most artists already undervalue their work and art can take a long time.) and who look like they might be a good artistic match for what you're wanting -- someone who specializes in cute fluffy ferals probably isn't going to want to draw muscly wrestlers wrestling. remember, the more the artist likes what they're drawing, the better the art will turn out.

Good luck! :D

Your concept kinda reminds me of FFC: Furry Fight Chronicles

https://e621.net/pool/show/12451

Not to detract from your idea or anything, just what this reminds me of.

Thank you for your suggestions, and for the FFC read. I agree, keeping the story simple is very important. Even to me, as a wrestling fan, a simple story is more effective than an elaborate one. However, one of my favorite things to do is to involve the community. And I would like to involve viewers somewhere down the road. Because like fans of a true sport, the fans can have a major influence of what happens. For instance, a character will go from being a good guy to become a bad guy. Now that's not to say that his real characteristics are going to make him a bad person, but it's his televised character that is going to change. And I don't know how to present that idea yet to someone who may not be aware of how wrestling may work and that regard. So it is definitely one of the challenges that I keep asking myself is when this happens, are they going to understand why this happens?