Use of sketches from other books

[granddad gnome]

How do I go about getting the permissions needed to use sketch's and drawing from someone else's book.

 

[Devor]

It depends. What would you use them for?

 

[granddad gnome]

It depends. What would you use them for?

I'm writing about gnomes and would like to use a few sketches showing how a gnomes home is laid out. The sketches are in a book called "GNOMES". I don't want to use them as they are but would like to copy them with a few alterations to suit my own layout. but I don't know the legal situation.

 

[Steerpike]

I'm writing about gnomes and would like to use a few sketches showing how a gnomes home is laid out. The sketches are in a book called "GNOMES". I don't want to use them as they are but would like to copy them with a few alterations to suit my own layout. but I don't know the legal situation.

Check the book to see if it provides information on who owned the copyright at the time of publication. Look for a copyright notice for the images. You will probably end up going through the publisher anyway, in order to contact them, but not always.

 

[Devor]

I'm writing about gnomes and would like to use a few sketches showing how a gnomes home is laid out. The sketches are in a book called "GNOMES". I don't want to use them as they are but would like to copy them with a few alterations to suit my own layout. but I don't know the legal situation.

If you intend to publish them, you have to reach out to the publisher / illustrator and they are likely to charge you a fee. If you're going to recreate the images with changes anyways, then depending on how strong of a quality the images are and what you want to do with it and what you're willing to pay, you might have better luck finding an artist (maybe at DeviantArt) to find your own take on what a Gnome's home will look like.