Is It Out of Scope? — Web design

Is adding illustrations beyond the agreed set out of scope for a web design project?

Yes. Once the illustration count in the proposal is delivered, each additional piece is new custom artwork beyond that set.

Custom illustration work is usually quoted as a defined set — a handful of hero graphics or icon-style pieces — because each one takes real drawing time. Once the client starts pointing at extra pages that could "use one too," the count grows past what was priced.

Is it out of scope?

Yes. The proposal's illustration count was priced against a specific number of pieces; each additional illustration is the same amount of drawing time again, just not the deliverable that was quoted.

Clause typically implicated

Clause typically implicated

Deliverables clauseThe agreed illustration count defines the deliverable; pieces beyond that count are new, unquoted artwork.

Example contract wording

Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)

We scoped [X] illustrations, and this would bring it to [X+2] — each additional piece is its own drawing time, so I'd quote the extras separately rather than folding them into the current set.

How MarginFlow flags it

MarginFlow tracks the illustration count named in the deliverables against requests as they come in, flagging anything past that count as outside_scope.

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