A commission is when someone wants you to do some work for them and they tell you what they want. A contract will be made to make it binding and this will guarantee that the artist/illustrator will get paid.
How can it help an illustrator?
It can help the illustrator because it will have a guide or instructions of what they should be doing so they can refer back to it if they get stuck.
What needs to be in the commission brief?
- Deadlines
- Sizes/Specifications
- Description of content of work, what do they want you to draw exactly?
- Colour scheme if any
- What materials they want you to use
- How do they want the finished work presented?
- What file type if submitting work digitally?
What does an illustrator do after he/she has read it?
The illustrator may negotiate the commission in terms of the work they are doing, deadlines or the price they are being paid for the work. If they are happy they may create a timetable including checkpoints for certain aspects of the work to be completed by a certain time or date.
How and when do you communicate?
Progress meetings will take place at certain points throughout the commission for the commissioner to see if the illustrator is meeting deadlines and to see if they are going in the right direction with their vision. How an illustrator communicates depends on their preference or the preference of the person giving the commission, this could be by E-mail, phone, text, video call (skype), written letter or face to face. If a person has a quick question they might find it easier call the other person on the telephone rather than setting up a face to face meeting.
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