Some portfolio advice
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- londonBoy
I have been doing freelance work for numerous agencies, sometimes complete sites that they are billing the client for and paying me a fee.
Can i say that the work is mine - say to use it in my portfolio because obviously the agency has sold it as their own work?
- vespa0
Of course.
- Bio0
i know some companies wont allow you to use it, but i think this might be all in the contract you have with them. check the fine print in the contract.
or if you are on friendly terms with them, it cant really hurt to ask.
a guy i graduated with lost a years worth of portfolio pieces because of your problem.
- blastofv0
work that out beforehand whenever possible— in your case, bring it up right away so everyone's on the same page...
unless you've signed your rights to the artwork away, you can still claim it as your own
- Bio0
being the jackass that i am, i would probably do it anyway and pretend that it never ocurred to me that the artwork legally belonged to them. (or some shit like that)
if they find out and have a problem with it, then you can explain that you werent aware of any legal issues and offer to remove the works from your portfolio... whether you do or not.
then again, i am a jackass and i tend to talk out my ass a lot. so feel free to ignore anything i just said.
- jox0
If you keep a little note saying "I did this while working for X", it's allright isn't it? But then again I'm not the person to ask when it comes to legal issues.
- blastofv0
check this out for some AIGA insight:
- londonBoy0
Thanx for the advice people. I guess the AIGA (courtesy Blastofv) document is pretty much the same for UK
- Redmond0
I include the pieces that I'm proud (or semi-proud) of anyway in the cds I send, but I don't put them on my site. I just add a note saying contents of this folder are copyright blablabla used only for display purposes.
- frow0
I like your site.