Creator Applications

Professional and Amateur 

Visual Artists: 

• digital, traditional, animatic, mixed media, etc (If you make things: Apply).

Voice and Musical Artists: 

• Voice actors, composers, singer, piano player, guitarist, etc (if you make things sound good: Apply).

Writers: 

• Poets, writers, etc (if you write things well: Apply).

Creators: 

• Fasion content creators, Makeup content creators, booktok/booktube/bookstagram, Medieval history enthusiasts, owns swords, makes lace, etc (Apply).

Contract Work - Paid - Final Deadline May 2026 

We are assembling a collaborative creative team to bring the upcoming fantasy adventure novel Starless Skin to life on and off of its pages. 

Whether you are an experienced pro or an emerging artist-- if you have originality, a strong work ethic, and enjoy working towards a shared vision-- this could be for you.

Compensation

Final rates and scope of work will be based on your experience and complexity of your role. All agreements (including usage rights, crediting, and licensing) will be clearly defined in your individual contract in writing before any work begins.

Contracted projects include (but are not limited to): 

-Full or half page prompt-driven art drawings / sketches in black and white or color

-4-14 line prompt-driven poems

-50-300 word prompt-driven epigraphic inserts

-Audiobook voice acting / narration

-Original cover designer

-Original 2-3 minute animatic 

-Original musical composition 

-Music licensing

-TikTok/Instagram/YouTube Shorts creative content creators for 15 second - 1 minute videos related to Starless Skin 

- and more!

Submissions open 7/7/25

Submissions Close Sunday 11/1/2025

Most contributions will begin work in January or February of 2026 with flexibility depending on your role.

Estimated contract start date: 1/26

Final Deadline: 5/2026

Submit on Instagram or TikTok by Sunday 11/1/2025

 Post to Instagram or TikTok with the following submission:

•  A good example of your past original work (poem/drawing/painting/music/designs/last voice acting job/etc)

• A video of you showing the camera your response (via your medium) to one of the following prompt:

Draw/imagine/describe: What does a Starling look/feel like based on the following passage

Starlings were always described to Merson as similar to humans. Perhaps this was true in build but not in the way their bodies glowed. He tried to think of a better word for it— their incandescence was like someone had flattened burning coals and laid them under the purest glass. The man’s skin changed color in front of him, shifting from yellows to oranges to reds to glimmers of green. Their hair, a shade lighter than their skin, somehow floated around their shoulders, moving in the barest breeze. But one description was authentic-- their stars. Humans had dark pigments on the skin called freckles and Starlings had jewel-like bumps on their skin called stars. They were about the size of a pimple, appearing primarily on their face, arms, hands, legs, and feet. Except these weren't unsightly and full of puss. They were filled with enough fire to barbecue a chicken. Or a human.

- Starless Skin by Elizabeth Lux

• State your medium and title (Example: digital artist)

• Tag your post:
• #StarlessSkin #StarlessSkinCreatorAudition
• @Elizabeth_Lux on TikTok or @Elizabeth_Lux_ on Instagram

Recommendation: let your imagination guide you

Use your submission to show off what makes you a unique artist/creator in your own right using your extraordinary medium. For example:

• Voice actors, read the passage
• artists, draw a Starling
• musicians, how would a Starling sound?
• Fashion content creators, what would they wear? (hint: Lace is high fashion)

Whatever you are good at, come at this with your own spin.

If you're ready to create something memorable and epic, apply.

Send them a link to this page!