Unless you are actually signing a contract that says this is a work-for-hire, and that the buyer is also purchasing the rights to the drawn artwork/likeness, the copyright stays with the content creator.
An exception is made for things where the characters are trademarked.
But no, if I draw a picture of a character, that artwork is copyright ME unless I assign the copyright to you as well in writing. (And no, saying "Art (C) me, Skippyfox (C) Skippyfox" does not do that for that artwork at all.)
It's got to be contractually stated that it is WORK FOR HIRE before it becomes a derivative works thing.
Also, note, it's probably not a copyright violation to even copy someone's SUIT , per se, but if you did copy the patterns to create the suit, it might be. But that's not a violation of copyright for the SUIT, but for the pattern that made the suit.
Backwards.
Unless you are actually signing a contract that says this is a work-for-hire, and that the buyer is also purchasing the rights to the drawn artwork/likeness, the copyright stays with the content creator.
An exception is made for things where the characters are trademarked.
But no, if I draw a picture of a character, that artwork is copyright ME unless I assign the copyright to you as well in writing. (And no, saying "Art (C) me, Skippyfox (C) Skippyfox" does not do that for that artwork at all.)
It's got to be contractually stated that it is WORK FOR HIRE before it becomes a derivative works thing.
Also, note, it's probably not a copyright violation to even copy someone's SUIT , per se, but if you did copy the patterns to create the suit, it might be. But that's not a violation of copyright for the SUIT, but for the pattern that made the suit.