Licensing art for Stickers etc...
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Hey all - I still have 3 kids books to flush out but I've been MIA working on my adult webcomic and art book. Thought I'd jump in here to see if anyone had some advice on a licensing thing:
Question:
I've been contacted to create art of the clients original Characters. They then want to put the art on stickers and keychains to sell and give to their readers. (this is a fairly successful self published author.)Can someone point me in the right direction? This is licensing, right? I mean it's their character in the book but they are hiring me to create an actual image of the characters.
Any advice/help would be appreciated.
Katrina -
@KatrinaF I don't have any personal experience in this sort of thing, but from what I've heard I would guess, yes, this is licensing, and the contract and pay should reflect this. Especially if the author is experiencing success.
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@KatrinaF I don't know anything about licensing or business stuff. But if I had to guess, I'd say no.
Isn't licensing when someone has IP I like (such as a cartoon character or a sports team), & I want to make art based on their IP & sell it. Since I'm the one selling, I need the license / authorization of the IP owner, & I pay them to use it.
Since the owner of the character is the one who will be selling the items, this seems like a normal art job to me (such as a book, poster, magazine spot, etc.).
But as I said, I really don't know.
Congrats & Good Luck!
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@kirsten-mcg Thx Kristen! We'll see how this turns out.
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@Miriam Humm... this author has only written descriptions of their characters. I'd be creating the actual visual representation of the characters so ... I think I need to research this a bit more. I want to find a happy medium where we both get what we want. Thx for response.
