You’re obviously not thinking very much about this then.
For a start, it’s “ad”, not “add”, which proves that studying English (or art) is not the same as being able to produce English (or art) which meets the editor’s requirements. If someone who has studied art is offended, but actual artists are applying then the ad is working just fine. And they are.
Amazingly, there are many competent artists in Taiwan. Some speak enough English, most would be happy to work for the payment on offer, and I expect they would find it offensive that you refer to them as monkeys.
It may be offensive to a native English speaker to be asked to work for less than they could make singing songs with five-year olds, but the skill that is sought here is artistic ability, not native-speaker fluency. That’s why the ad specifies [quote]Prefer Taiwanese.[/quote]
It doesn’t require native-speaker proficiency to follow simple instructions, especially with a bunch of capable people in the office to consult if anything is not clear. Therefore it isn’t necessary to pay the native-speaker premium. What I should have said was that the applicant does need to be able to work with various Taiwanese people and they don’t all speak great English. How’s your Chinese? Up to discussing educational requirements, details of illustrations, and publishing procedures?
The problem is to find [quote]sub-contracting artists with time to take on major projects[/quote]
Pubba, thanks for your application. Nothing you showed me is ‘exactly right’, but you seem to be a versatile enough artist that you could probably produce the right sort of stuff. I passed everything on to the appropriate people, and their immediate response was “Cool, he could paint the wall of our new school.” I doubt they could afford that, but it certainly brightened up a few people’s Fridays.
It’s a pity you’re not actually here and ready to get started, isn’t it?