[TanjaW Posts: 74 Status: Offline Illustrator WWW]

Via the blog, Hire an Illustrator:

http://www.hireanillustrator.com/i/blog/583/learning-how-to-commission-illustration/

Learning How to Commission Illustration

A short while ago one of our members, the highly talented and experienced illustrator Randy Gallegos, told us about a booklet he had produced: Learning How to Commission Illustration. It’s a really valuable resource that does exactly what it says: it shows people how to commission illustration!

Randy’s considerable understanding and knowledge of working with clients, especially independent publishers, has been compiled to provide a comprehensive explanation of the entire commissioning process. While this resource is targeted primarily at small and self-publishers, the information would be extremely useful to anyone who hasn’t worked with an illustrator before. Additionally, it would be a fantastic help to less experienced illustrators who may need advice on how to deal with artwork commissioners themselves.

The pamphlet describes the process of commissioning an illustration from start to finish, including how to approach an artist, choosing the right copyright, licensing, fees, time-scales and more. There are lots of examples of different situations in there too.

Randy’s pamphlet is available to download for free, so you can keep your own copy to hand and pass it on to your clients as well.

Very useful information, for both clients and illustrators.

- t

[C. Lee]

This is great! Thanks for posting about the pamphlet and thanks to Randy for providing the information.

[evilrobot]

This is the best article I've ever read! Makes me rethink everything I thought I knew as an illustrator about the business. Thanks for sharing.

[Artemesia Posts: 4,014 Status: Offline WWW]

I know this subject comes up often on the boards, so I'm going to use my super mod powers and make this sticky. Thanks for sharing, Tanja!

[WilsonWilliamsJr Posts: 157 Status: Offline Wilson Williams WWW]

Tanja this is GREAT! I'll definitely be contacting the writer to see if we can share this on our blog!!! Thanks so much!!!

[Stephen Posts: 180 Status: Offline WWW]

Thanks for sharing  :

[Tatumhart Posts: 37 Status: Offline WWW]

This was super helpful - Thanks Tanja!

[stacebee]

Great post - thanks !

[lynnalpert Posts: 9 Status: Offline Children's illustrator, dreamer & chocolate eater WWW]

This is a great resource! I just passed it along to a potential client who knows nothing about copyright issues. I'm sure I will be doing that a lot! Thanks for posting!

[Traci @ITD Posts: 138 Status: Offline Live, Laugh, Learn WWW]

Thanks for sharing this article. Very helpful.

[flynnsfineart]

Thank you so much for sharing   

[ashly-lovett Posts: 4 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Thank you for this resource! I'm sending it to my client now. Very helpful

[Brittany Jacobs]

Thanks for sharing this! It's very helpful!

[Franzilla Posts: 1,124 Status: Offline Gah! WWW]

I need this right now! Thank you!

[Pons Posts: 2,450 Status: Offline]

There sure are a lot of people who need to read this article. It's great. Thanks for posting.

[neesha-hudson Posts: 1 Status: Offline Your bird needs wings. WWW]

Thanks for posting! I've had several clients approach me with little more then "I need X amount of illustrations. How much do you charge?" It's nice to have articles like this to pass off to them so they can see for themselves how they should approach the topic.

[nancy-lemon1 Posts: 6 Status: Offline Unapologetic doodler, since 1980. WWW]

This is fantastic, and is now bookmarked on my computer. :D

[michelle-kogan Posts: 2 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Thanks for sharing, the booklet is chock full of great info! I've also saved a copy on my computer!

[Mercedes Ortiz Posts: 173 Status: Offline Abracadabra! WWW]

Thank you very much for the information, Tanja!

[gwen-manfrin Posts: 3 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Is there a link to download the pamphlet.
Can someone direct me to a feed on charging per illustration for collaborating with an author on a children’s book.thank you

[christripp Posts: 1,085 Status: Offline WWW]

Gwen, if you follow the link in Tanja’s Post at the top of this page, it will take you to the blog where you will find more info and yet another link, to the pamphlet. I don’t know if it’s been made downloadable or not.
As for what an Illustrator would charge to work with either an Author or a Publisher, that varies widely and is up to the Illustrator and what they feel best compensates them on a project by project basis.