need info on finding an cartoonist

[LordEzzat]

lol well you did the right thing posting on a board such as this I 'd love to help if you want to send me stuff or email me with any questions ,pay me if you want or not but obviously if anything ever happened ...well you know...good luck in all your endevours!!! :beer:

[video567]

thanks for posting.. im still looking for information but ill keep you in my work ledger.. like you said "pay me if you want or not but obviously if anything ever happened ...well you know" thats the thing i dont know! :)

Im sure for the future i need to protect my self and the artist.

I got kinda used a few years back i made a logo for a club and a t-shirt then a year later i move out of the state when i go check up on the club they where selling t-shirts with my logo i created and never saw a credit for the work or any moneys..

I wasn't upset much but i worked 3 days on it and it would have been nice to see my name on the site with credit to the work....

i dont want to do that to someone else.

I also do not want my family to get sued in 50 years when i die because they find all my work and sell it for millions of dollars and some one comes up and says it was their creation :surprised haha i wish but you get my meaning.

BTW i went to the link on you msn group page and it doesnt work

thanks again

[Kirt]

If your worried about someone stealing your ideas or not giving proper credit to the finished product, then your best bet is to get a work agreement signed before you have the cartoonist do any work. This way you can stipulate who has what rights to the finished product.

If the pay is right, the artist could sell you all of his legal rights to the images, and they won't have any interest (legal interest, not personal interest) in the product after they get their check. Most professionals are familiar with working under this type of agreement.

A non-disclosure agreement is also helpful to keep the artist from sharing information about your project before it is ready for the market.

Do your homework and you won't get burned.

[LordEzzat]

sorry bout the web page link i erased it working on a new webpage and i guess it didnt erase in this data base I'll try and fix it ...

[video567]

Kirk thanks for the info. i am truly trying to do my homework, but i dont even know where to begin. im sure there are books or websites out there but i really dont know what im looking for. im just a simple guy married with kids have a regular job and until last year i never even knew about all this. so im trying to learn as much as possible.

im still searching the web to find more info i think a while back in computer arts magazine or 3dworld there wsa an article about copyrights and i have to search my satck or maybe i read it on the net..

[Kirt]

If you can find this book I highly recommend it.

How to Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book by Tony C. Caputo

Although it deals with comic books, it does have some good sample contracts or work agreements. A good portion of the book deals with working with freelancers.

[video567]

thanks for now ill just continue to research. im going out of town for a couple of weeks for a bussiness meeting.. but ill keep the search going

[LordEzzat]

You sound like me video married ,with newborn just trying to do what ilove...well good luck too all:thumbsup:

[video567]

rogerthat LordEzzat im married with 3 kids .. 3d is just a hobby and so is drawing i failed art in college.. so that tells you how good i am. my wife and i have alot of ideas but its so hard to put them on drawing paper. may i should just write a book..hehe

i just dabble in a bit of drawing and 3d when i can. learning little by little

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