Cost of artwork?

[Kzach]

Ah nice. I'll definitely send something along once I'm ready, which is still awhile off. I like to be well-researched and prepared so I'm starting to look into things early on in the process

 

[pawsplay]

I'm curious what constitutes 'full page' vs. 'quarter page' art. I would assume you can just resize art to fit wherever you need it. Does the artist charge you on final use or is there some other factor that determines the difference between big and small art like detail and background?

The size of the piece depends on two factors: the level of detail in the piece, and the level of file resolution. My philosophy is to be very forthright with artists about what you intend to do with their work. The last thing you want is an artist online complaining that you paid for X and are exploiting their work for Y. Also, you might annoy an artist who feels their art was not well presented because of resizing you performed. Also, not every artist has a lot of technical competence, so you might end up with an image that only resolves well at a certain size, say if it's a JPG.

If you intend to reuse, resize, bend, fold, colorize, and otherwise mangle someone else's work, I suggest you contract to own the image outright and you avoid contract clauses that require you to attribute it or include the signature, in case there is some disagreement about how the art is to be used.