Comments on: Sample Contract for Illustrators and Graphic Designers http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kim http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-10948 Mon, 30 May 2011 16:43:12 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-10948 Thank you for providing your contract as a reference for those of us just getting started.

Could you give an example of what exactly you might list as the Rights Transferred? The rights to use your work in their children’s book?

Also, I see duration of usage is listed. Is is normal to have an end date for usage of your illustrations?

And also one more time, do you recommend keeping the ownership to your illustrations? What do you charge if you sell those rights?

Thank you again,

Kim

]]> By: mayy http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-10945 Mon, 30 May 2011 01:37:14 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-10945 Just quick heads up there is a typo in the back page of your contract of the word ‘agreement’ in 5. Payment. Not trying to nitpick but just letting you know. Your contract has been really helpful as i write up my own. Thanks Thomas!

]]> By: Randall Drew http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-9620 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:20:25 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-9620 The 13th Edition of the GAG Pricing and Ethical Guidelines Handbook is out! The information is pretty much the same, with a few adjustments for prices since 2007, as well as the addition of several new pricing categories for new(er) media and publication methods!

I’m building my very first illustration contract for a client around the GAG one as well, very helpful!

]]> By: Mia http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-8176 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:09:44 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-8176 Hi Thomas,
Thanks for sharing this sample contract, I’m new to all this so I really appreciate the advice and help you’ve provided on this! A question about yours: You don’t have a project price on there, but instead a ‘fee of rights granted’ : is that the same thing for you? Do you call it that because in essence you’re doing the job for the price of these rights? (that is, in a way, what an illustrator is selling in a job, in the best case scenario, since they get to keep the original artwork).
Thanks,
Mia

]]> By: Thomas James http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-4258 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:11:16 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-4258 Thanks, and welcome to EFII. Lots more where this came from!

]]> By: Dragonladych http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-4255 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:59:55 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-4255 Wow! Thank you so much for this! You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for such information. That goes for the whole site!

]]> By: 10 Tips on Contracts and Clients | Illustrationmundo.com http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-1498 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:22:14 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-1498 [...] Sample Contract for Illustrators and Graphic Designers [...]

]]> By: muriel http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-1435 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:22:45 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-1435 Thanks a lot for sharing this!
In fact I found all your site very interesting, the amount of information is amazing and very very helpful. I’ll add your link in my blog.

]]> By: Thomas James http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-1400 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:24:14 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-1400 You’re very welcome, Mark. I’ll be going into greater detail on some of the topics you mentioned in the future. Thanks for posting!
Thomas

]]> By: Mark Armstrong http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/01/07/sample-contract-for-illustrators-and-designers/#comment-1398 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:40 +0000 http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/?p=2856#comment-1398 Extremely helpful, Thomas– thanks for being so generous in sharing your approach on such an important issue. That whole area– rights, usage, what’s actually being sold, etc– is one of the murkiest an illustrator has to deal with. Thanks for shining a little light in that area.

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