Recently someone has approached me about drawing art (on a paid basis) for an online pet game. Should I ask for pay like it was a regular commission (i.e. one time fee)? If anyone has had any experience with this, I'd love to hear about it. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Update: Just letting you guys know that thanks for all the Lurapets warnings, but it wasn't them.
It's a lady who goes by "Trinity" on Furry Paws, who says she's planning on launching a pet game. My main confusion is whether to charge her like an individual or like a commercial business, since she may or may not actually create said game. So far she wants me to draw a "logo" (it's actually just a scene of dogs doing stuff). We haven't discussed prices yet, since I wanted to hear back from here first.
Update 2: Thanks for all the advice guys! I'll be treating this like a company account. If anyone has any input on what should be included in the contract, please let me know. That'd be great!
Update: Just letting you guys know that thanks for all the Lurapets warnings, but it wasn't them.
It's a lady who goes by "Trinity" on Furry Paws, who says she's planning on launching a pet game. My main confusion is whether to charge her like an individual or like a commercial business, since she may or may not actually create said game. So far she wants me to draw a "logo" (it's actually just a scene of dogs doing stuff). We haven't discussed prices yet, since I wanted to hear back from here first.
Update 2: Thanks for all the advice guys! I'll be treating this like a company account. If anyone has any input on what should be included in the contract, please let me know. That'd be great!
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ps, the commissioner wouldn't happen to be "bluemcgee" or something to that effect on DA would it?
And nope, it isn't. She goes by "Trinity" on Furry Paws.
I guess the main thing that confuses me about this situation is that I'm not sure whether to charge her like an individual customer or a company, since who knows if she'll actually launch the game.
Thanks for all the info though! I appreciate it.
But if it's not him, enjoy the wonderful advice from people. :DS
I'm really getting a little sick of seeing pet site after pet site pop up and expect to pay personal rates for the work for their site and I'm even more bothered that this is becoming the norm (thanks subeta). Artists need to put their foot down across the board and demand practical rates for their work as it is a commercial service.
So, be firm in your negotiations, consider the prices for transferring rights, and don't let the commissioner walk over you.
I have to agree if you're approached out of the blue by someone asking for pet-site designs, especially if they can't show you an at least started website or dedicated forum for the site where they're listed as founder, make sure you get the money, and that you get it upfront.
You'll have to develop your own policy for whether you treat it like a 'company' account or like a 'commission' account, but whichever you do, don't waffle on it.
Definitely do treat it as a business commission, and think about pricing your work accordingly. Kitty only got paid $5 per pet, and looking back, that was ridiculous considering that it was her lovely pet designs that brought people in.
Edit: I should say, that if Malveasor is still around, you should talk to him. He did a lot of paid work with Nutrinopets before he came to us at Sensipets.
Edited at 2010-03-14 04:30 pm (UTC)