Contracts for Artists + Illustrators EXPLAINED! ✏️

[@Nickdoesstuff2358]

I’ve been given the opportunity to illustrate a children’s book, because the author couldn’t afford the price of their publisher. It wouldn’t pay a lot, but I’m still in Highschool so it’s a pretty good opportunity! This is very helpful as I have almost no experience with money.

[@hoshimi-vs2lu]

this video is so helpful, thank you so much for all of the info and resources!!

[@AnooshaSyed]

Glad to hear it! 🥰

[@kellywallacecreative]

I was just looking for video content on illustration contracts last week and was discouraged at finding hardly anything & then you posted this! Thank you so much for putting out this content and the resources- they're greatly helpful! Grateful for all you do in making illustration business accessible to others!

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you, I’m happy it was helpful!

[@aftrimarriska1712]

Best tips on illustrator contract I’ve ever seen! Especially with all the samples! Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@fr3agy]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTENT!! YOU ARE MY BLESSING 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@la_sarito]

This video is EXTREMELY USEFUL AND VALUABLE. thank you so much!

[@delphineshooter8216]

Your videos are the best! I've learnt so much from them.

[@sunahnash9927]

Thank you so much 😊 I really needed this!

[@AnooshaSyed]

You are so welcome!

[@WendyGreenIllustrations]

this was soooo helpful I just got a children's book illustration job and helped me understand what I need to have in the contract! THANK YOOUUU SOOOO MUCH!!!! ♥♥♥

[@aizawasuki]

may Allah SWT bless you multifold for this video anoosha 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@madelandanar110]

Love your works! Your artsyle was one of our inspiration in my thesis. So glad that I discover you have a KZbin channel. I aspire to be a children's book illustrator someday aswell

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you!

[@mosugi]

Thank you for consistently providing us with so much valuable information and promoting transparency in the industry! It's so hard to find this kind of information online. This is so helpful for someone like me who doesn't have a large network of industry professionals around me who I can ask about this kind of thing.

[@craggygrin7381]

This is so incredibly valuable, I cannot thank you enough!!! This is saving my butt right now!!

[@idunaya]

This video was so so helpful. Thank you so much Anoosha. I love your videos because you give really good and specific and usable examples. One hears so much in theory about contract and pricing and so on but only few concrete examples, it's always so abstract for me. Pricing, contracts, even writing a work mail...one knows the rules but without a concrete example I find it really hard to use them. That's why I find your videos incredibly helpful.

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you so much!

[@JoyousVibrantLiving]

Such an incredibly informatove video! Thank you! I was just propsed an art job and was all 'i jave no idea what to put in a contract for this, but I know i will need one' watxhed this video and 100x more confident in moving forward. Question: Are their forms of payment from a client you would stay clear of?

[@charlottewoo146]

I wanna announce that I got a literary agent. Thank you so much for your great advice, Anoosha!!!🥰🥰

[@AnooshaSyed]

Amazing, congrats!!!!

[@Alfred_the_doodler]

Watched this video twice so far. Appreciate it so much! So many things I’ve been excluding or didn’t even know that I could include. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@AnooshaSyed]

Anytime :) :)

[@janmartenlocher]

Very interesting, helpful video! I have 2 questions though: Q: If I did a "strawberry -jam logo" for a client...Am I allowed to post this art on instagram/ my website.. or how to negotiate that (in advance/ or after even?) Because the client might argue, this art was solely for him? Q2: If then somebody steals my logo on instagram and the client finds out about it, what would I have to DO then about it? To protect my client of any copycats of his logo...? Also I'm living in Europe where laws might be different...Thanks for any answers.. 😊

[@tomatochemist]

I cannot answer the second one but I make it clear for the first one that I should be able to put anything I make into my portfolio as a condition of working together especially as I am a newer artist. If they don’t want that, they need to move on. After that we can negotiate.

[@janmartenlocher]

@@tomatochemist Yeah, good advice I MUST learn to have the ok in advance..Maybe solution is to take a picture of the logo instead from my IPAD only, or post only some low resolution copy.?! ( I mean, if I had a portfolio on instagram/ or private website...Emailed Portfolio might be differently)

[@nellapapelita9350]

Really good video ! Thank you for those informations it s so precious ! Everything feels so blurry and complicated when you just want to draw .. Thank you !!!

[@AnooshaSyed]

You’re welcome!

[@whatsaroxy]

Even though I've been a professional illustrator and artist for 3 years now and have worked with a variety of clients (and contracts!), this was still a super usable and informative video. Thank you! Alwayssss get a contract, or a written agreement in email (which is binding in The Netherlands as long as someone says 'agreed' to the quotation invoice). I made the mistake before of not making them and you, as the artist, always get the short hand of the stick.

[@AnooshaSyed]

I’m glad it was helpful!

[@tomatochemist]

This is perfect timing!

[@AnooshaSyed]

Glad to hear it!

[@shamssaab3987]

Thank you so much!! This is going to be super helpful :D

[@ghostpuff]

Invaluable information Anoosha! Thank you so much for sharing

[@AnooshaSyed]

You're so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful

[@ewa.illustrates]

Hi! I just wanted to thank you so much for making all of these in-depth, informative videos

[@AnooshaSyed]

You are so welcome!!

[@iamkalsoomsyed]

Thank you so much for sharing all of this. Starting out my illustration career and this is precisely what I was looking for. D Thanks again. It helped me a ton. ❤

[@AnooshaSyed]

Good luck!!!

[@heathervangjeli3842]

This was so helpful. I made the mistake of agreeing to work with a friend without compensation and hundreds of hours later it’s a very unfortunate lesson learned.

[@AnooshaSyed]

Sadly many artists (including myself!) have these experiences that we learn from :( Hopefully the advice in the video will avoid other situations like this too!

[@jennifernewsom874]

Terrific video! Very clear, concise and helpful. Also, I just found you on instagram and your book looks so good! Love the illustrations and the theme.

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you!!

[@CVOJAYEM]

Crucial. Thank you for your 411

[@lyamgtt]

OMG this video is so interesting, thank you so much to share all these super important information with us !

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you!!

[@Lunartcy]

thank you, Anoosha! Super helpful😀

[@AnooshaSyed]

I’m glad!!

[@artistevivien]

This is all so incredibly helpful and thank you for making this series! As an illustrator, I still often wonder how to approach charging for sample art. Do you usually try to ask for the payment before starting on the sample? I've run into a situation where the studio abandons the project halfway through the sample's completion, and I end up having time wasted.

[@AnooshaSyed]

I always aim to ask for half of the payment upfront, and the other half right BEFORE I send the final artwork files!

[@EkramNofal30]

Thank you so much for this video, really useful! 🌸🌸 Ramadan Mubarak Anoosha 🌙❤

[@AnooshaSyed]

Ramadan mubarak!!

[@eliasvargas.]

This was helpful

[@kitsune-kun2009]

Oh wow, this has me thinking. I just got a contract job to make illustrations for a small gaming company, they only pay me once (and not a lot) and will own all the rights to my work…is this a bad deal?

[@bunzel8178]

wait as in copyright? Yeah a bad deal, they should only get licensing rights to use and reproduce, for copyright reddit ssays to add an extra zero for that right

[@KelechiAzu]

I planned to make an outline of this video as the contract. Mainly using the captioning you narrated over. Just so i have an outline to work from. I'm curious how would you go about finding a lawyer though.

[@AnooshaSyed]

Google! (And note; my examples are EXAMPLES, they don't cover every situation so get that contract double checked by a professional!)

[@Illusterre]

Thank you so much!

[@lamlatynol.2252]

When it comes to _rights and usage,_ what, if your client is just a single individual that wants artwork for personal use. Should I still avoid giving them _full_ rights? Should I specify anything, like he can only use the artwork for personal and not commercial use?

[@catbishonen8301]

Thank you so much for this video! It was incredibly helpful. I have a question about exclusive and non-exclusive right. For example, when a Client ask for exclusive right to use the work on a certain product, does that mean the Artist can’t sell the right to a third party even though it will be used on a different product? And can the Artist make further profits from the work like prints and merchandise? Thank you!

[@AnooshaSyed]

That's a little tricky and would depend on what exactly was agreed in the contract and the language used! If the rights are -specifically- for a certain product, and you would otherwise hold the right for anything else, then yes you could then sell other usage rights to a third party or your own use.

[@catbishonen]

@@AnooshaSyed Thank you so much for the reply!!

[@thedebapriyakar]

Hi, please add the timestamps in the description!

[@amandaware1629]

Hello! If your client wants to buy the full rights of the artwork, do you incorporate that number with the final rate or do you put that in the fees? Thank you so much for this video, it is incredibly helpful.

[@AnooshaSyed]

In the final rate!

[@lyricsoftheart]

What about royalties? I’m an aspiring writer and would like to know more about this. If I pay upfront for the artist illustration do I have to keep paying them if my book does super well?

[@AnooshaSyed]

I don’t have any experience with self publishing so I’m not the best person to ask, but I believe it’s author usually don’t do royalties since it can get complicated. However it can vary from project to project so I would say to look further into it! I reccomend the Facebook group Childrens book Illustrators for help!

[@lyricsoftheart]

@@AnooshaSyed oh wow! Thank you so much for reading and responding to my question. I can see how it would get complicated for sure this is why I asked because it seems all so very legal and overwhelming. This is all so new for me and I want to make sure I understand the illustrators perspective too as I will be needing their services! I will def look up the group on FB. Thanks again and I enjoy your videos and explanations from being a professional illustrator. 🌻

[@SmellyAlpaca]

Help I have been asked to illustrate a book and I’ve never illustrated anything before. I’m only 14. It is a small project but still, any advice?

[@AnooshaSyed]

Pricing can get pretty complicated because it involves a lot of factors so check out my pricing video for more in-depth info! But I would think about how much time you are going to be spending on this book (number of hours), ideally you want to be charging at least minimum wage for it to be worth your time. For example, if minimum wage in your area is $10/hr and you think it’ll take you a month to finish (160hours) then you would charge at least $1600.

[@AnooshaSyed]

Of course, this might be a lot of money for the person who is hiring you (maybe this is a request from a family member or a collaboration with a friend) and you might feel like you’re doing this mainly for the fun and experience. I would always say to charge what you’re worth (self publishing picture books should pay artists $5000-$10,000) but I also understand this could be a more casual project for you, and you might feel like you need to adjust the number. I hope this helps a little bit!

[@aznahhajji5538]

I never know illustrators could request samples of end product. So is the samples are free from the client or should we pay to get the samples?

[@AnooshaSyed]

In general you would agree on a certain number of free samples, that is usually the industry standard! Early in my career it would only be one copy but now I ask for at least 15.

[@janmartenlocher]

And how about storyboard contracts? 🙄😮 Can I put in how many iterations?

[@AnooshaSyed]

Whatever you think is important, put it in!

[@sonyaswamp9318]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@mala_jama]

Girl do you have a tamplate of this holly grail

[@mirhaasim2740]

Hey! Anoosha, can I get some advice and would you be kind to look at my artwork and tell me about my art style because I am really struggling with it. Please 🥺 help me!

[@williamzolla6380]

Thank you SO much for this! Wonderful work!

[@AnooshaSyed]

Thank you!!