Oh, another thing......and this is just general contract information for anyone on this forum.
Designers don't always know this, but no matter what kind of illustration/art design you do for a client, the designer always retains derivative rights unless they are signed away in a contract by the designer.
Derivative rights are retained (by law) by the designer because once you've created say for instance, a logo (which is artwork), no one is allowed to make a change on it except the person who did the artwork. The reason this is this way is because if I do a logo and another designer comes along and makes changes to it, they've now defaced the artwork without permission. It's always important to let the client know that you have first rights to change a piece of artwork and you must give the rights in writing to allow another artist to do the change instead of yourself. Otherwise you can sue the client for breach of your derivative rights.
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