KATHPUTLEE ARTS & FILMS

AI Graphic Novel Artist

Project-Based | One Graphic Novel

Type

Project-based (Contract)

Location

Delhi preferred (Hybrid)

Experience

1–5 years

Fee

Per project

WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS

Kathputlee Arts & Films has spent 19 years building stories that matter — feature films, 300 brand commercials, animation. We are now creating an original graphic novel, and we are building its artwork with AI-assisted tools.

AI can generate a beautiful image in seconds. It cannot make a book. A graphic novel needs panel-to-panel storytelling, pacing, and characters who look like the same person on page 1 and page 80. That is what we need you for.

This is a project role — one complete graphic novel, from character design to final lettered pages. It is not a full-time position, and it is not a prompt-operator role. We want an artist who uses AI as a tool, not a shortcut.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Story to Page

- Read the script and break it into pages and panels — layout, framing, pacing, and mood
- Create rough layouts and thumbnails for approval before moving to final art
- Make every page read clearly — the reader should never be lost between panels

Art & AI Workflow

- Generate artwork using AI tools
- Build character sheets and a locked visual style, and hold them consistent across the entire book
- Retouch, repaint and composite in Photoshop or Procreate — no visible AI artefacts, drifting faces or broken hands in the final pages
- Add speech bubbles, captions and sound effects, and deliver print-ready and digital files

Collaboration





- Visit our Delhi place for story and art reviews, and whenever a discussion is needed
- Take feedback well and revise without losing the overall style
- Deliver pages in agreed batches, on schedule, with regular progress updates

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR The non-negotiables

- A portfolio with sequential work — graphic novels, comics, webtoons, storyboards or similar
- 1–5 years of experience in illustration, graphic design or visual storytelling
- Hands-on experience with AI image generation tools, with strong prompting and iteration skills
- Robust command of Photoshop, Procreate or Illustrator to clean up and finish AI output
- Available to visit our Delhi office for monthly discussions

The things that will make us say yes faster

- Based in Delhi NCR
- Has completed a full comic or graphic novel, start to finish
- Can draw able to fix a hand, a face or a pose by hand when AI gets it wrong
- Uses consistency workflows — character references, LoRA, ControlNet or similar
- Understands lettering and print preparation

What will not work here

- Beautiful single images, but no sense of sequence or storytelling
- Raw AI output delivered with no cleanup or finishing




- Characters that change face, costume or proportions from page to page
- The generic "AI look" with no distinct style
- Goes silent mid-project or misses delivery dates without warning

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE — PROJECT MILESTONES

- Stage 1 — Style locked. Character sheets, style frames and 2–3 sample pages approved.
- Stage 2 — Production. Pages delivered in agreed batches, on schedule, with consistent characters and minimal rework.
- Stage 3 — Final delivery. The complete graphic novel — lettered, finished and print-ready — handed over.

WHAT WE OFFER

- Creative ownership of the visual world of an original graphic novel
- Work with a production house with 15 years of storytelling legacy
- Flexible working — work remotely, meet in Delhi once a month
- Project fee based on portfolio and scope, paid against milestones
- Direct line to Sharad Mittal — no layers, no committees
- Possibility of future projects with Kathputlee

HIRING PROCESS

01

Application form portfolio link — reviewed by HR

02

Portfolio review — shortlist based on graphic novel and sequential work

03

Sample test — one page (3–4 panels) from a short script extract

04

Shortlist reviewed by creative person

05

Final conversation with Writer and director

Kathputlee Arts & Films, New Delhi | www.kathputlee.com

Links to add: Drive folder | Application form | Review sheet | Sample test document

Pay: From ₹15,000.00 per month

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Delhi, Delhi

📌 AI Graphic Novel Artist (Delhi)
🏢 Kathputlee Arts u0026 Films
📍 Delhi