Want to Illustrate a Majik Kids Story?
We are currently publishing an audio story per week, which means we need a lot of illustrators to bring these magical stories to life…
So if you’re looking for purpose, projects, future passive income, or sharing your art with the world in one of our stories then please read the rest of this page carefully.
Fair Pay Publishing
As the first ever Fair Pay Publishing company, we pay our artists 50% of the revenue we generate from book and app subscription sales, so our authors, illustrators, musicians, meditation guides, producers and voice actors can bring their magical gifts to the kids!!
What to expect if you're a Majik Kids Illustrator
Illustrate
We’re looking for unique, talented and passionate illustrators to help bring our magical stories to life on the pages of our books. Come make magical worlds with us!
Compensation
Every illustrator is paid the same.
$200 for a story cover image and activity book pages + $800 if that story is turned into a book
+ 25% of book sales
+ a % percentage of audio plays inside the Majik Kids app (coming 2023). We pay you quarterly.
Timeline
A typical turnaround from when you sign our publishing contract to releasing the book is 5-6 months (which is about 2 years faster than traditional publishing companies).
How to Illustrate a Story
We want our illustrators to LOVE the stories they are making art for.
So if you want to be one of our Majik Kids Illustrators, here are the steps to take:
- Enter your name and email in the form below.
- We will email you every time we release a new story.
- If you love the story and are inspired to illustrate, design a book cover illustration and character designs.
- We will review all the submissions with the author and if your designs the right fit, you’re hired!
- Once the contracts are signed, we will pay you $200 for the story cover and pages for the activity book.
- If the audio story is selected to become an illustrated book (which may happen in the future, as we are not currently publishing books), and you accept the job, we will give you a $500 advance.
- Black and white sketches/outlines are due 30 days from signing the contract.
- Full colour first draft pages are due 60 days after signing the contract.
- Final illustrations are due 90 fays after signing the contract.
- Once the final illustrations are approved, we pay you a final $300.
- After the book goes on sale, you will earn 25% of all sales revenue after publishing costs!
Become an Illustrator!
Frequently Asked Questions
If your mock-up is chosen, you’ll receive a payment of $200CAD. You will also receive 10% of the “story play royalties” inside the app for each story you illustrate (forever). The more popular the story becomes, the more royalties you’ll earn!
Additionally, if we decide to turn any of the stories into books in the future, you will have the first opportunity to be the illustrator for those projects and earn extra payments + royalties.
The app costs CAD $12.99/month for a family to join. It includes stories, music & meditations (plus a parent/educator portal). Up to 50% of subscription revenue is put into an artist pool (after admin fees).
Your story will count as a ‘piece of content’ and you will earn a ‘content engagement’ point every time somebody listens to more than 50% of your track. The same points are rewarded for stories, meditations & music.
At the end of each quarter, ‘content points’ will be divided up amongst all artists (authors, illustrators, musicians, voice actors, meditation guides & producers) involved in all the content pieces (stories, music, meditations) and you will be paid your fair portion of the pie. Mmmmm pie!!!!
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Story Art Work Includes:
If you are the selected illustrator, you will be required to finish the story’s cover and provide five additional illustrations that are used in the activity book for this story.
