publishing rights about an idea

Luna-Ocean

Maybe the original post needs to be revisited (READ: revised for clarity, i.e. 'artist', 'author', etc - not 'they', 'her,' or 'friend.'). The deck is hers alone - which hers? The owner of the deck or the artist of the deck?

IMHO - the deck art belongs to the artist that drew it - especially if it was not 'work for hire' or 'paid art.' Similarly, if a photographer takes MY picture, the image belongs to the photographer, not me. Even if I pay him to take my picture, the image is owned by the photographer ... who can use it as he wants, even if we have a contract.

Yes i did say illustrations in my earlier posts i meant mainly the written text, the deck is all her work so that is one good thing as i can imagine how that would of turned out in a battle over who owned what? yes this is what the editor had done was photograph her illustrations as well she knows she can't use those even though the images are from her deck.