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While we are very busy busting out our own series and lines of books, we do also offer freelance services to other creators in need of professional, timely results. Everything from scripting your book, to making sure your files are properly formatted before going to the printer; we can help. Please read below and see our pricing guidelines. All prices are negotiable, and we will try to work within your budget.

* Script consultation, editorial:	Do you have a story idea or an outline that you would like developed as a comic book script? Would you like a script written with full dialogue as well as panel descriptions and layouts? Are you a skilled writer, but do not have the artistic eye or mindset to transform the script to sequential panels and pages? Would you just like someone to go over your script with a fine tooth comb for errors and/or make suggestions? These are all services we can supply. Rates for this are generally determined on a project to project basis since it can range from just checking for spelling/grammatical errors, to actually writing an entire script from a persons notes/outlines and laying out pages or entire issues for them. For more information, please email us a brief synopsis of your story as well as the particular services you are looking for.
* Pencils:	So you have a script that is polished and ready to come to life, but you need a talented illustrator. With a stable of highly motivated, professionally driven artists in our group, we can and will deliver pages that will garner attention. We have worked on satire, comedy, horror, super hero, and everything in between, so be confident that your story will be handled as though it were one of our own. After all, it will have our name on it! If you desire, we will do thumbnails and/or layouts for each page that we will submit for your approval before we begin the finished pencils. Please bear in mind that our artists live all over the world, so in most cases you will not receive actual hard copies of the artwork. We live and work in the digital age, so you will receive images in the file format and resolution you specify. This particular job can range in rates, but a good mid-range starting point is $50 per page for fully rendered, ready to ink, pencil pages.
* Inks:	Whether it is one of our house artists, or an artist you bring to the table, we will be happy to apply inks that will compliment the art without over powering it. The inkers in our group all work digitally now using either a Intuos or Cintiq tablet, so there will be no need to send original artwork via the USPS. Just scan the artwork, zip it, and email! If you wish to go "old school" , we can break out the pens and brushes and use traditional inking methods. Inking rates generally start in the $20 per page range, but can be adjusted depending in the amount of line work and detail per page.
* Coloring:	Comic book coloring has become and art in and of itself. Whether you want a 1960's half tone style, current smooth flashy style, or a more painterly style; we can take care of it. Again, this is a task that can range wildly in the amount of work involved, so please contact us with samples of the work and what type of coloring you would like so we can offer a competitive page rate.
* Lettering:	Gone are the free handing, cut and paste days of old. Today it's all done digitally and a good letterer will rarely get noticed. A bad letterer, however, will stick out like a sore thumb and distract the reader from the story and art you've put all your time and money into! Let us handle this for you and put your mind at ease. At only $5 per page, is it worth your finished package suffering?
* Pre-press:	You have all the work back from your creative team. Now how do you package it all together to be sent to a printer? Do you have the proper file format? Color format? DPI? File names? This is the tedious, mind-numbing part of the creative process that is necessary, but only slightly less fun that a root canal. If you need us to take care of this for you, we can usually do it in one day. Let us take care of this step while you get a jump on your next project.

LeadSlingerStudios Presents:
"Tales From Neroesville" issue 2, page 6
from pencils to inks to colors to letters