Oh i see a lot of people have responded but if you're still open to doing one-shots I'd love to work with you :o Your art is FABULOUS. The premise I have in mind is a tie in to a larger series I have been planning, but I've been wanting to do sort of "origin" stories for the main characters and looking for artists willing to collaborate on that.
The story would be set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic parallel universe where one of the main characters Rico finds a video recorder and begins recording "memoirs" that'd explore their different backstories. The main characters are Rico, Dato, Noor, Kouta, and Ryn. The pre-apocalypse world was divided into three tiers with the top tier living in a floating city in the sky that was controlled by gravity and the lowest being ground level/underground. Each tier also had specific roles: the elite being the scientists in charge of further development, the middle tier serving as a more service based class that also doubled as a mediator between the top and lowest tier and the lowest tier built the things the elite came up with.
The world was then pitched into a sort of steampunkish dark age due to a sudden emp that wiped out a significant portion of humanity and caused their society to spontaneously collapse on itself and all of their technology to fail. They also began to develop certain abilites and a new race of creatures began manifesting as well.
Anyway all of that is sort of background info to get an idea of the world that I've developed, but as I said the story I had in mind was an origins piece, and if you agreed to work with me on it then you'd choose one of the characters to illustrate for.
Some basic info on the characters:
Rico: He's from the middle tier of society and was bred to be a Translator (one who had direct correspondence between the top and bottom tiers translators are needed because the bottom tier doesnt speak the same language. they aren't allowed to learn it). He's the sort of defacto leader of the group and has a fear of being disliked or treated as something inferior. He is approx. 17 and would be in our terms considered Latino.
Dato: Dato is from the bottom tier and was a mute factory worker. He's friends with both Noor and Rico due to a series of events that would be delved into during his (or Noors) origin story. He's approx 19, is extremely protective of Noor, and has a fairly in depth knowledge of explosives. He also has a very low opinion of the elites. He would be considered of Russian decent.
Noor: Noor is Middle Tier like Rico. He comes from a family hoping to achieve citizenship in the Elite and have been steadily rising to that goal for generations. Noor was brought up Islamic and on top of actively practicing a religion (which in this society wasn't officially illegal but looked down upon very negatively) he had the pressure of the hopes and dreams of generations of his family riding on his shoulders. This makes him not like when things don't go according to plan. He also suffers from severe anxiety that often times tumbles into depression. He's approx 16 and would be considered middle eastern. He's also a computers expert.
Kouta: Kouta is an elite. Born to an up and coming top tier famil, he's mischievous, arrogant, and to a certain extent self-destructive. He plays both ends of the field so to speak and is an unpredictable variable in the equation. He's an expert strategist and understands the inner workings of astronomy like the back of his hand. Kouta is approx 18 and would be considered half-japanese
Ryn: Ryn is Kouta's sister. She's direct, curt and too the point all business and if not for Rico would probably have ended up being the leader. Despite her somewhat cold demeanor she's an expert negotiator. She's approx 17 years old.