Okay, so... I communicated with someone for about a week, discussing various things about a game that I was applying for as a pixel artist. The guy said he was the CEO of the company, and in order to be hired, his lead artist would have to approve. I was fine with that, and they actually liked my stuff.

At first, since he'd said the position would be paid, I assumed it meant payment upon delivering the artwork. In actuality, it was a profit share of 7%. Now, I'm pretty rookie, honestly, but 7 seemed kind of low to me for an iOS platform game with no guarantee the game would sell more than 1,000 copies.

So my question is: Is it really worth taking jobs that don't offer any upfront, or paid by sprite/frame, compensation? I'm not greedy, but when I'm putting a great deal of effort into something and using my time to contribute to a project, I think it's perfectly decent to expect some form of pay. Is it wrong to feel that way?

Also, if one does decide to take a profit share project, what would a decent percentage be? Obviously the amount of work contributed to the project must be considered. Is 7% quite low, average, or what? It would be super helpful if someone could enlighten me.

Thanks for reading, and if you have any advice to offer, please share.

And please excuse the wall of text. I had a lot of questions

I estimate that +90% (maybe +99%?) of all profit-share projects fail at some time. 7% is an insult unless you're just providing a few simple resources. If graphics is an important part of the project and you're the only artist you should demand around 50%. If more ppl are involved it will obviously be less. But considering one usually ends up putting in more time/work than first anticipated; 7% (of currently nothing) is just silly.