What precaution should I take to hire online freelancer designers? [on hold]

Posted by tomDev on Game Development See other posts from Game Development or by tomDev
Published on 2014-08-24T02:40:54Z Indexed on 2014/08/24 10:31 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 197

Filed under:

graphics

|

graphics-design

For quite some time my company is super busy with our apps, and a few days ago someone contacted me by email offering his services to help me as a graphic designer.

He has a fair price, a flickr portfolio (with great stuff but not popular at all), same on Twitter.

I was really considering in hiring him for some specific service, but the question is... what precaution should I take when hiring someone I have no idea who is? I can't even be sure I have his real name and his real country.

How do I make a contract? How do I pay? How do I know he will not sue us after the graphics reach the App Store asking for more money? And of course, how do I know he will actually do the service and not steal from some stock service?

Am I a bit paranoiac or is this a common deal with graphics designers?

PS: if someone asks I can provide his flickr, but I think this is a general question and not specific for this designer.

© Game Development or respective owner

Related posts about graphics

Low graphics performance with Intel HD graphics

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
hey, my laptop should be capable of running some games fine but doesn't. Examples are egoboo and tome. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237739 this is my laptop. I tried the gears test and i only get 60 FPS, on IRC they said thats a big issue and should try the forums. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and was… >>> More
Graphics card not working but integrated graphics is working

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have a PCIe Geforce 6600 that I've been using in my PC for a couple years now without problems. Recently though I've not been using the PC and had it unplugged. When I when to use it again I accidentally plugged in the monitor to the VGA port for the integrated graphics instead of the 6600 card… >>> More
how to use my radeon 6950 graphics card instead of Intel Graphics 4000

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have just recently put my build together, and I have installed my graphics card. The problem is that when i look at my computer's display it is saying that I am using the intel graphics that came with my CPU. Is there a way that i can get the Radeon graphics to run instead? Also, I tried plugging… >>> More
ATI graphics card overriding onboard Intel graphics

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have an ATI graphics card with an AGP connection and a DVI port, and an Intel graphics processor on the motherboard with a VGA port. I have two monitors. When the graphics card is unplugged, I get this from lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller… >>> More
Gnome 3 freezes on logon on samsung RV 509

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I have a Samsung NP-RV509 A0FIN and I tried to install GNU/Linux with gnome 3.2 on it. I tried Fedora 16, Ubuntu 11.10 and Linux Mint 12 RC, but with no success. All of these freezes upon login into gnome shell. I think it is the problem with graphics driver, so I tried xorg-edgers ppa on my last… >>> More

Related posts about graphics-design

Is a text file with names/pixel locations something a graphic artist can/should produce? [on hold]

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
I have an artist working on 2D graphics for a game UI. He has no problem producing a screenshot showing all the bits, but we're having some trouble exporting this all into an easy-to-use format. For example, take the game HUD, which is a bunch of elements laid out around the screen. He exports the… >>> More
Issue with distinguishing levels in isometric game

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
I'm working on an isometric game however I am having trouble visually distinguishing between levels in the game. Take the example below, the first image shows concrete blocks at ground level and the following images show an attempt to build a few blocks a level above. As you can see the level above… >>> More
How to design good & continuous tiles

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
I have trouble designing tiles so that when assembled, they don't look like tiles, but look like an homogeneous thing. For example on the image below: even though the main part of the grass is only one tile, you don't "see" the grid; you know where it is if you look a bit carefully, but it is… >>> More
What makes game sound effects "good"?

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
I'm making a small game, and I've found some free sound effects that I'd like to use. The issue is that I can't get the sound effects to sound like they "belong" in my game. I don't know what to look for that can make sound effects match the rest of my game style. I have some ideas on what affects… >>> More
Designing Videogame Character Parodies [duplicate]

as seen on Game Development - Search for 'Game Development'
This question already has an answer here: Is it legal to add a cameo appearance of a known video game character in my game? 2 answers … >>> More