An "Idol" Request for Assistance

Every shot I've posted with the "hello! ranking" tag is part of a project by the same name that is now approaching its 31st month. It is very dear to our hearts and is the flagship product from the "new" Revyver. It is something that I've worked on and off of—taking my fiancée's ideas, implementing them into a pretty robust Django-powered application and designing for it.

Many people have told me over the past 2 years to "just finish," some louder than others. But with every attempt came the same problems. Since I am my own client, it created a loop that was never-ending. I could never "just finish," my hands would never let me do that. I needed to be happy with it.

I'm a proud person. I like my designs and I love my products. So this is borderline shameful for me but this product needs to see the light of day. We're yearning to get this out to the fandom that is waiting for it.

With that said, I need help. I need somebody to help me over this hill. I apologize in advance for using Dribbble for purposes other than what it was intended for, but it's frankly a place that makes me red with envy, so I felt what better place to make my plea than here?

I'm looking for somebody that is willing to work with me, not for me. I will obviously pay for your time, but as the number of months spent on this can attest, Hello! Ranking is a bootstrapped operation.

If you're interested, you can either contact me at bryan [at] hello-ranking.com or if you'd like a "leg up," per se, rebound one of my Hello! Ranking shots, but only if you want to. (I know a lot of people, including myself, could consider a rebound to be spec work and I'm not looking for giveaways unless the designer is absolutely intending to do so.)

I'm glad I got this off my chest, as it has been bothering me for... I lost count. I appreciate the time you've taken to read this blog-posty type entry and I absolutely hope that, help or not, your thoughts will help this washed up designer power through this and get H!R released.

PS: Love for J-pop, or at least openness to the concept, is quite preferable. :)