Acknowledging illustrators

[maryspeller]

I have recently published a children’s book with beautiful illustrations done by an illustrator on fiverr. I had an agreement that i have the rights to this work but I was wondering whether we can (with the illustrators permission) credit the work to them in some way in the book.
The work that was done is beautiful and I plan to do a series with him doing the work and he has a real gift.
Has anybody done this, or know how that would stand legally?

[eoinfinnegan]

I am not an illustrator but I have been credited as an editor and writer for some work. It is not a problem as far as I know. Might just want to ask the seller themselves if they are happy for you to do so.

[lynmotion]

How kind of you for wanting to credit the person who did your illustrations!

You often see "Illustrated by: " or "Illustrations by: " In books. I think this should be fine and is a nice signal for the person who did the illustrations for you. I’d personally see it as a very kind offer so I would not refuse but always better to ask him if he’s okay with it like you planned.

[maryspeller]

As i had said, it would be with the artist’s permission, but I was wondering if there any issues that might need to be considered. For illustrators who are named may get part of the royalties and hold the commercial use rights.