Best way to find open-source project partners for non-software tasks

Question

Many of us probably have interesting hobby/free-time software project ideas that could benefit from non-software experience that we might not have ourselves, like art, graphic design, music, and so on.

How do you find project partners that have artistic skills to augment a software project? These people probably aren't visiting SourceForge, Kenai, etc.

How do you find trustworthy people who want to do neat side-projects, for nothing more than the same open-source glory we'd hope to achieve ourselves?

Answer 1

Ask your friends/peers? They are most likely to think like you.

And you are most likely to trust them (I would hope).

Answer 2

There are multiple ways to find partners in your project (software-developers or people working on non-software-tasks):

• If your project has already build a community, ask for volunteers in typical channels: forum, Mailinglists, irc, etc.
• If your project hasn't yet developed a community on it's own, ask in a surrounding community. For example, if you create a game, ask in a gaming community for help.
• You can also ask in a community of the artists you need, i.e. ask in a musician-community for someone creating you some music for your project.
• If some friends/colleagues/acquaintance has the skills you need, ask them.
• Some development-communities have places to ask for help, like sourceforge
• If you can invest some money, you can try to find someone with the help of a funding-platform like Cofundos

I know, no single of this ways is simple, but there are some possibilities to choose from.

Answer 3

I'd consider trying local schools. In many creative fields, a good portfolio is the key element to finding employment, and you might be able to find some young artist/designer/musician looking for an opportunity to do some work just for the ability to be able to point at it later.