Product Description

This handy guide for illustrators contains the forms you need to succeed as an illustrator in today's market, along with step-by-step instructions and negotiation checklists. This "success kit" includes: an estimate form; confirmation of assignment; invoice covering reproduction rights; an illustrator-agent agreement; a book publishing agreement; collaboration agreement; contract for sale of art work; illustrator-gallery agreement; licensing agreement for spinoffs; confirmation form of delivery and holding of artwork; model release; property release; copyright application transfer of copyright and more. Each form is perforated and may be removed for easy duplication.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #443822 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Graphic Artists Guild
"Tad Crawford's Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators is such an extremely useful book that it belongs within easy reach of every working artist. . ."

About the Author
Tad Crawford has served as Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for the Community of Artists, General Counsel for the Graphic Artists Guild, and legislative counsel for artists' groups fighting for artists' rights. He is the author of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, The Writer's Legal Guide, and many other books for creative professionals as well as The Secret Life of Money. A regular columnist for Communication Arts magazine, he has been a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and a frequent lecturer on successful business practices for artists.

Customer Reviews

Protect Your Work Easily
Tad Crawford has written a whole series of books out of his expertise in the law and creative arts, with a special focus on photography and visual arts. I'd suggest looking at Tad's other books, too, since this one is more action-focused without extensive explanations of the whys and wherefores of it.

"Business and Legal Forms" has the documents you'll need, such as model and property releases, copyright transer forms, publishing contracts and other stock art forms. His descriptions are very helpful. Of greatest practical use, though, is the included media containing MS Word documents of all of the forms.

If you're just getting started in the arts, you need this book!

Most Important Book I've Purchased
As A Freelance Artist This book has been so helpful In getting me started for the carreer I have ahead of myself. This book is a must have for all designers in my opinion.

Great value!
Not only does this book present a wealth of practical information on the business end of illustration, but the included CD-ROM works for Macintosh users as well as Windows. The electronic versions really *work* and are easily customizable. A very well done and helpful publication.