Below are a range of resources for members, visitors and clients we have created over the years. This information is provided as a means of promoting clear communication and respect between illustrators and their clients. Please seek your own legal advice, (we recommend Arts Law Victoria or similar organisations) this is not intended to take the place of professional legal advice and is to be used as guidance only.*
Some of these resources need to be updated, we intend this to be the focus for 2027.
We look forward to bring you more resources as they are added to, refined and updated.
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Note: Illustrators Australia decided to drop the abbreviation IA in 2025 due to confusion with AI. We have updated our branding and content to reflect this, but the abbreviation may still appear in some of our archived materials.
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These are only rough guides and do not factor in any usage or other requirements of the project. These are meant only as a base rate for you to build your own price from.
Click on the link to see Dean’s fantastic interview with Spanish Design/Pop Colture blog. It’s in Spanish & then scroll down for the English version! http://www.culturaimpopular.com/2011/08
Christopher Nielsen has interviewed Nigel Buchanan for the current issue of US illustration magazine 3×3 . For more details visit http://picturepig.blogspot.com/
Many Illustrators Australia members are regularly targeted by Stock Houses offering to on-sell rights to their work.
As part of the “Big Three” Seminar, which took place at NMITFairfield (Victoria) on Saturday March 27 2010, a panel of Illustrators joined in a lively discussion of varying aspects of pricing their work.
Illustrators Australia (IA) provides the following information to promote clear communication and respect between illustrators and their clients.
It is vitally important when starting a new assignment that both parties have an understanding of what is being entered into. Clients and illustrators tend to interpret Standard Industry Practices in quite different ways, which is why fundamentals such as pricing, usage, and what happens if something goes wrong are discussed as early as possible.
Alex Alvarez has visited Australia as part of the 2010 agIdeas conference, and Vic IA President Daniel Atkinson has recorded an interview with him.
An informative presentation given by illustrator Mitch Vane at the Library at Docklands, Melbourne August 2016, Presented by Illustrators Australia.
Illustrators Australia 9X5 Exhibition Terms & Condition of Entry