It's not just comics that typically are work for hire situations. WOTC, the owner of D&D and Magic the Gathering, operate under the same kind of contract. It's pretty telling that most people that you see doing genre art start looking for a way out into doing their own thing ASAP because the rates have you constantly living hand-to-mouth.
True, I've never done any work for card companies but have heard fantasy artist like the One fantastic Week guys talk about it. One thing I know for sure is that the sketch card business model is about the worst deal an artist can get while working with licence holders.
This is very serious stuff youre talking about. This is also still happenning in other areas of industry production(but in comics and art is demolition time for profesional intentions), like you mention in the entartainment field the corporatives are exploding the fandoms and the fans profesionals that work producing drawings and ilustrations. Makes me wonder a lot, and made me perceive a perspective i was not aware of, well not completly, and not to the point as you are marking here. Thanks!
There is also commission work. I see a lot of other IG artists, like chokoo, who do commission work of Marvel and DC characters. If their stuff is good, they will become more well known and maybe land a job with either one (if they want), or you can save the commission profit and use it to finance your own projects. If people like the commission work, then they might be into the original content. I'm new to comics (and to the channel), I didn't know jack kirby was treated like that. Going to read up on comic history. Cool channel!
True I have hear of a lot of cases where an artist doing fan art commissions ends up catching the eye of someone at Marvel or DC and getting published work from it. Also professional comic artists can also command big dollars for commissions at conventions.
Nice points Scott! Thinking outside the box and the Marvel/DC compared to independent payouts and treatment are great to hear about.
Thanks Abe, happy to hear it was helpful.
It's not just comics that typically are work for hire situations. WOTC, the owner of D&D and Magic the Gathering, operate under the same kind of contract. It's pretty telling that most people that you see doing genre art start looking for a way out into doing their own thing ASAP because the rates have you constantly living hand-to-mouth.
True, I've never done any work for card companies but have heard fantasy artist like the One fantastic Week guys talk about it. One thing I know for sure is that the sketch card business model is about the worst deal an artist can get while working with licence holders.
This is very serious stuff youre talking about. This is also still happenning in other areas of industry production(but in comics and art is demolition time for profesional intentions), like you mention in the entartainment field the corporatives are exploding the fandoms and the fans profesionals that work producing drawings and ilustrations. Makes me wonder a lot, and made me perceive a perspective i was not aware of, well not completly, and not to the point as you are marking here. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your ideas Scott!
I agree with you. This insight you present is clarifiying enough!
Thanks Francisco, If I can open a few eyes to what's going on and better prepare people it will have been worth it.
There is also commission work. I see a lot of other IG artists, like chokoo, who do commission work of Marvel and DC characters. If their stuff is good, they will become more well known and maybe land a job with either one (if they want), or you can save the commission profit and use it to finance your own projects. If people like the commission work, then they might be into the original content.
I'm new to comics (and to the channel), I didn't know jack kirby was treated like that. Going to read up on comic history. Cool channel!
True I have hear of a lot of cases where an artist doing fan art commissions ends up catching the eye of someone at Marvel or DC and getting published work from it. Also professional comic artists can also command big dollars for commissions at conventions.