AOI- Association of Illustrators.

• Non profit trade association whose membership numbers 2000 from over 40 countries world wide.
• Voice to provide support for illustrators, copyright, pricing ,ethical standers. 
• Self promotion - website, image bases website.
• Nate Kitch
• Blog- keep regularly updated.
• you should do things like social media well or not at all.
• Do personal projects- DO IT!!
• chance to do your dream brief.
• Social media:
• twitter
• facebook
• instergram.
• Marc Martin 
• Behance -blog
• A6-A5 postcards- images send them out.
• send appropriate individual stuff to different contacts.
• Bunkinlist.com
• AOI client directories.
• Accounts: Have to be your own book keeper you are a business.
• Keep up to date accounts 
• Retain all claimable receipts.
• Keep paper work involved with every job
• reverser for income tax with 3 months of starting.
• Cultural expenditure- you can claim back expenses on that.
• Copyright - Protects any work by a creator 
• It lasts for 70 yrs after creators death.
• dose not require a c.
• No copyright in an idea or style.
• Copying a ' substantial' part of a work infringes copyright. 
• Copying one key image from the work, no matter the size could infringe.
• create your own stock libery
• reference in figments.
• you don't want to assign your work to the client!
• you really need to check for that , you can lend them the image unless they offer you into the thousands.
• your original artwork is yours.
• Moral rights-
• Rights to be identified to you.
• right of integrity
• right to not have your work falsely attributed.
• moral rights are automatic but can be waived.
• rights online.
• Low resolution flies (72dpi) and has as part of a file name.
• use c symbol on every page / blog; social media.
• read terms and conditions of websites social media image use filenames 'orphan works are easily appropriated online.
• always read the terms and conditions.
• Contracts 
• written good 
• verbal not good
• every business agreement needs a contract.
• you need to make it fair.
• make sure there are kill fees!
• you needs to get paid for that work .
• contractually agreed.
• keep everything , contracts, invoices, emails.
• contracts -
• it is for the client to understand what they are getting. 
• DO NOT EVER WORK FOR FREE!
• Pricing and money- 
• editorial pricing
• clients- consumer magazines - trade mags newspapers, blogs, size of clients abc.org.uk.
• usage- print , print and digital.
• territory - can vary.
• vic lee- check out
• lisa maltby - screen print.