Commissions & Clients

Work to order without getting burned — commissions and contracts, invoices and deposits, copyright and licensing, and usage rights.

The business side of making art — free calculators to price your work, quote commissions, set an honest hourly rate, split gallery sales, and run the numbers on a print run, plus plain-English guides to earning a living from your craft.

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Commissions & Clients

Commission (art)

Copyright

License

Intellectual property

Deposit (finance)