Wedding Vows… delayed again

My artist just told me this week that she’s too busy to do the artwork for Wedding Vows.

Once again, I’m stuck without an artist. For the fourth time. In three years.

*sigh* I get so discouraged with this project sometimes. It’s so difficult to find people willing to invest their time and effort into something like this for free. Especially since I have a grand vision for a unified aesthetic experience, which I absolutey cannot carry out without an artist. Right now, I’m once again devolving as much as possible into using manipulated photographs to substitute… but it’s just not the same.

Also considering hiring an artist from DeviantArt to do the absolutely critical artwork. But that will take time and money. And I’m paring down the art requirements to the bone already. There are gaps in the artwork, where you can clearly see where drawings could go to enhance the effect. But I don’t know who else to ask to do it – or whether my budget could afford it.

Now the other major question is… should I get voice acting done for Wedding Vows? I’m pretty sure I can get someone to volunteer for the jobs from the Voice Acting Alliance, but will they be any good? And will my story benefit from voice acting, or not? Plus, it’s again more work… and I don’t know if I have the patience to manage this project any further. Even though voices may add substantially to the overall aesthetic experience, do I really have the time and energy for this hassle, when I’ve also got other things to worry about?