Hello! Im an artist who works both with traditional media (oil painting and acrylics) and digital. I would like to know if i should charge more for an artwork done traditionally then digitally? I was doing that before but i started asking myself "what does the client has to do with my media choice?". Thank you very much for replying my last post. What you are doing is such an amazing work and is helping a lot of people!
Not unless they’re buying the original.
Commercial clients are usually paying you for specific usage of your art. You retain the original, the copyright, the ability to make prints, and sell other usages to other clients.
…Unless the client negotiates for Universal Buyout, which means you retain the copyright, but can’t sell any usage to anyone else.
…Or unless you’re Working for Hire, which means the client owns the copyright. (This happens most frequently when you’re working on someone else’s IP. You don’t get a copyright to Han Solo just because you drew him. The original copyright supercedes yours.)
If this is the first time you’re hearing those terms then go check out the Make Your Art Work PDF onesheet on contracts.
But back to the original question. Nope, it usually doesn’t matter to a client how you get to the image so long as they have a reproducible digital file at the end. So you can’t charge more just because you did it traditionally.
