21 Apr 2020, 01:56

Hi all! Been a while since I’ve been on here.

I had a question regarding contracts that i haven’t seen an answer for in the forums (but could have missed). I am in discussions with a children’s book author to illustrate their book. We’ve talked through pricing, timeline, budget, and sketch/revision expectations. Currently it’s a project that she is writing with no attachment to a publisher, but she believes there is potential for it to get with a publisher. When constructing a contract to send the writer, how would I go about including that the art is not work for hire and them at when it gets to a publisher o am still considered equal creator so that I can have a claim to an advance/royalties? Couldn’t find this scenario in contracts provided by the graphic artists guild either.

Has anyone dealt with this before? @Kathy-Jurek i saw that you had worked on a contract with someone before. Did this come up for you?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!