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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 1404925" data-attributes="member: 725">A couple of things i'm wondering about:Most professional freelance illustrators in the RPG business sell the right of their illustrations for publication only (correct me if i'm wrong), unless specified this is for printed and/or digital publication, and possibly advertisement of the product.The original is often still owned by the artist and often has the right to sell the original or distribute individual prints.Now assume i commision interior illustrations of a dragon, i pay the artist, and use it in a publication. Six months later i decide that the dragon is so kewl that it should be made into a dragon, can i commision a sculptor to create a miniature based on the dragon illustration? Either as an exact copy of the illustration or as a derivative work? How about if i bought the original illustration? Or do i have to buy the miniature rights seperately from the artist?How about if i wanted to produce a miniature of an illustartion published in someonelse's book? Would i have to contact the publisher, the artist, or both?When does the art actually 'belong' to someone else in terms of decisions (what can be done with it and by whom)?(for the entire post goes correct me if i'm wrong ;-)</blockquote>