Illustration Tier Pricing & Descriptions
| Tier | Description | Included | Price | Description |
| 1 | Simple Illustration | Base Licensing | $340-$700 | Single Subject that is created to use as a highlight image in publications, websites, etc… If you need a single subject detailed enough to print large, please see the next tier. |
| 2 | Moderate Illustration | Base Licensing | $700-$1500 | Single subject that is highly detailed for up close viewing and high resolution printing, or a step-by-step process with minimal background. This category includes more diagrammatic illustrations. These projects require background research by Nicolle, but may also start from a basic figure that needs to be reimagined. |
| 3 | Complex Illustration | Base Licensing | $1200-$2000 | A visualization requiring conceptual innovation and composition -OR- one to three (1-3) subjects with a detailed background to show the context and tell a story. These are projects that require more background research to deeply understand the subject and provide the client more guidance on visualization and unique, innovative compositions. |
| 4 | Epic Illustration | Base Licensing | $1800-$2800+ | Complex Illustrations, with many steps and subjects. These projects require the most background research to deeply understand the subject and work to develop a composition to encompass and convey all of the details. These projects are usually for highly detailed illustrated researcher figures, publication/advertisement spreads or exhibits and murals. |
Animation Tier Pricing & Descriptions
| Tier | Description | Included | Price | Description |
| 1 | Looping GIF | Base Licensing | $1400 | |
| 2 | 3D Animation Highlight | Base Licensing | $1400-$3000 | |
| 3 | 3D Animation Story | Base Licensing | $4500-$10,000 | 30-60 sec., multi-scene animation for science storytelling, including storyboard development based on provided script with key scenes sketched step-by-step for sequence review, 3d modeling of components and/or 3d object sourcing, and final rendering and video editing for final HD viewing (1920 x 1080 pixel). Incorporation of captions or voiceover (voice over cost below, or to be delivered by client) |
Add-on Pricing & Descriptions
| Add-on | Price | Description |
| Highlight Images | Cost per iteration: $100 | Make the most out of the custom art you have commissioned! Each graphic-component (e.g. separate animals, cells, planets) will be isolated from the feature illustration, optimized and provided individually. |
| Image Variation | Cost per iteration: $200 | Do you have a concept that is best conveyed by showing a sequence of slightly altered images? Create variations to use as separate images. |
| Presentation Art Integration | Cost per number of slides: $300 | Share your presentation files (Powerpoint, Keynote, InDesign) over our secure file system. We will insert the artwork into your design and create editable labels. |
| Animation Suite (Option A) | Starting at: $1,000 | Make the most out of your graphic’s impact and motion to your website or presentation! You will get a simple GIF or rotating 3D object. |
| Animation Suite (Option B) | Starting at: $3,000 | Make the most out of your graphic’s impact and motion to your website or presentation! You will get a multi-scene, step-by-step animation (20-60 seconds) bringing your scientific discovery/technology/idea to life. |
| Design Suite | Starting at: $5,000 | Choose between a cohesive website design OR a presentation design. Our design team will incorporate your custom art into the website or presentation design, and even format your graphs and figures! |
Licensing Rights Descriptions
| Rights | % Quote | Description |
| Base Licensing Rights
(Single Rights, Non-Exclusive) |
FREE | Non-Exclusive Lifetime use of for one (1) purpose. This is the Base Licensing that is included at no additional cost. See common single-use categories below. |
| Extra Single Rights, Non-Exclusive | 30.00% | Do you need one additional usage right? For example, you planned on corporate usage, but also need advertising? |
| Exclusive to Industry 5 years | 65.00% | For 5 years, you have exclusive use to your industry, so that competitors will not use the artwork. The art may only be re-licensed to others outside of your industry. For example, if you are a biotech start-up, a textbook publisher may use it, but no other corporations could use it. After 5 years, you the client retain non-exclusive base usage and all other rights revert to Nicolle of Sayo-Art LLC. |
| Exclusive – All Rights – 5 years | 150.00% | You have exclusive use to the illustration, for any use, for 5 years. For 5 years the only used retained by Sayo-Art LLC is for artist self-promotion (portfolio, newsletters, mailers and website), and authorship. After 5 years, you the client retain non-exclusive base usage and all other rights revert to Nicolle of Sayo-Art LLC. |
| Exclusive to Industry Lifetime | 150.00% | You have exclusive use to your industry, so that competitors will not use the artwork, for life. The art may only be re-licensed to others outside of your industry. For example, if you are a biotech start-up, a textbook publisher may use it, but no other corporations could use it. |
| Non-exclusive All Rights Lifetime | 200.00% | You have non-exclusive use to the illustration, for any use, for all time. The image may be relicensed to others for use. |
| Exclusive All Rights Lifetime* | 300.00% | You have exclusive use to the illustration, for any use, for all time. The only use that Nicolle of Sayo-Art LLC retains is for artist self-promtion (portfolio, newsletters, mailers and website), and authorship. |
| Exclusive All Rights Lifetime (Academic)* | 65% | Academic pricing for journal publications (see Rights description above) |
*Under all Exclusive-all-right licensing options, N.R.Fuller and Sayo-Art LLC retain self-promotion rights unless otherwise agreed on (portfolio, newsletters, mailers and website).
Common Single-use Categories
| Category | Description |
| Corporate | Non-exclusive use in Corporate Decks and investor presentations, internal publications and corporate reports, and company website and social media accounts |
| Advertising | Non-exclusive use in print and digital paid advertisements, such as: paid digital advertisements (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, etc…), magazine advertisements, TV spots… |
| Laboratory | Non-exclusive use on laboratory website, social media, presentations, and poster sessions. Images may be submitted to journals for publication, but the authors must determine whether the journal requires all-rights, in which case further fees apply. Use by partner labs is to be determined on a case-by-case basis. |
| Publication/Editorial | Non-exclusive first time use in one digital and print publication issue/edition, including promotion of said issue on social media and email. |