• Service Retainer Agreement
  This service retainer agreement includes ongoing services provided by the Designer.
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• Work Change Order Form
  This form outlines changes to a work in progress that are either different from the original project budget and schedule, or follow after a client’s approval at any stage during a project.
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• Website Design and Maintenance Order Form
  This job order form is a sample of a possible contract for website development and maintenance. Since the field is changing very rapidly, artists should view this as a model and amend it to fit their particular circumstances.
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• Surface/Textile Designer’s Invoice
  This simple invoice includes language on textile usage rights.
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• Surface/Textile Designer Holding Form
  This form includes areas to list the design being held, and stipulate the time frame.
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• Surface/Textile Designer Estimate Confirmation Form
  This estimate confirmation form includes fields and language specific to textile and surface design, such as fields to enter in estimated pricing on colorings, corners, etc.
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• Surface/Textile Designer / Agent Agreement
  This artist/agent agreement has been customized throughout for use by surface and textile designers.
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• Nondisclosure Agreement for Submitting Ideas
  This all-purpose agreement can be modified for use by graphic artists from all disciplines.
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• Non-Competition Clause
  This clause can be inserted into agreements in instances where a graphic artist brings another artist or supplier in direct contract with a client.
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• Magazine Purchase Order: Commissioned Illustration
  This contract can be used by magazines and periodicals retaining an illustrator to create work for their publication.
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• Licensing Agreement: Short Form
  This short licensing agreement can be used to license the use of a graphic artist’s work for product, giftware, etc. Artists are cautioned to review the Licensing Agreement: Long Form before deciding which form to use.
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• Licensing Agreement: Long Form
  This licensing agreement can be used to license the use of a graphic artist’s work for product, giftware, etc.
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• Illustrator’s Release Form for Models
  This model release form includes a passage to cover consent by a guardian or parent for an underage model.
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• Illustrator’s Invoice
  This sample invoice includes clauses specific to illustration.
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• Illustrator’s Estimate and Confirmation Form
  This estimate and confirmation form includes language specific to illustration.
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• Graphic Designer’s Estimate and Confirmation Form
  This estimate and confirmation form includes language specific to graphic design.
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• Graphic Designer’s Invoice
  This standard invoice includes clauses specific to graphic design.
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• Digital Media Invoice
  This invoice covers work created for use on websites, blog sites, mobile phones/devices, tablets, online advertising, original e-books, etc.
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• Cease and Desist Letter
  This cease-and-desist letter can be sent to those who have used a graphic artist’s work without authorization.
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• Artwork Inventory Form
  This artwork inventory form covers physical samples of artwork sent to clients.
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• Artist Agent Agreement
  This document provides standard language for an artist/agent agreement, in which an agent agrees to represent an artist in specific markets and/or regions.
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• All Purpose Purchase Order
  This general purchase order can be used for a variety of projects.
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• All Purpose Illustrator’s Letter of Agreement
  This letter of agreement includes language specific to illustration.
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It should be noted that while these forms are as comprehensive as possible, some terms might not be suited to a given assignment. However, these forms can be used as starting points for your own customized contracts. Be aware that legal language is written to be precise, and attempts to simplify contract terms into “plain English” or delete contract terms altogether may leave the artist exposed to misinterpretation and misunderstanding of important aspects of an agreement.