Terms Of Service for Commissions
as of 6th of April 2022
By purchasing art from me, you agree to these terms of service.
Prices & Payment
Cancellation & Refunds
Process
Turnaround
Rights & Distribution
as of 6th of April 2022
By purchasing art from me, you agree to these terms of service.
Prices & Payment
- Payment is to be made in full upfront, though payment plans may be accepted for commissions over $150.
- All payment is via Paypal. You can make payments with most credit or debit cards via Paypal.
- Regarding price ranges: Prices for the majority characters won't cost any more than the lowest price listed. Some things that may bump the price up, however, include but aren’t limited to:
- lots of clothing/accessories
- Extra body parts/mechanical parts
- Highly detailed design/lots of markings
Cancellation & Refunds
- If the commissioner decides to cancel, I will issue a refund equivalent to the amount of work not done.
- I ask that if you need to cancel before sending information or payment, you let me know as soon as possible. Dropping communication instead of formally cancelling disrupts financial and time planning for me and is generally disrespectful. Please keep in mind that before money changes hands, there is no obligation-- I won’t hold cancellation against you or take it personally, as long as you keep me in the loop!
- I reserve the right to cancel the commission and issue a refund equivalent to the amount of work not done due to harassment, improper conduct or poor communication.
- Poor communication includes not sending information/forms within a few days of claiming a slot (it’s best if you can get back to me within 24 hours or let me know if you anticipate barriers to this), not sending payment when agreed upon, and being generally unreachable/unresponsive in such cases. I’m pretty flexible and will probably issue reminders or warnings because life happens and things come up, but I reserve the right to blacklist the commissioner if this is a recurring issue.
- If I need to cancel the commission due to events in my own life, a full refund will be issued.
Process
- I reserve the right to interpret your character in my own style. This includes things like sightly tweaking colours and possibly adjusting markings to better fit my style. In no case will I change things so much that the character is unrecognisable, and I will keep specifics like a certain number of spots or stripes the same.
- My aim is to get weekly updates to you. This might be a full week or sometime within the week. If I do not update you after a week you are welcome to poke me about it.
- I will always bring the sketch, lines, flats and final to you as I finish them and ask if any adjustments are needed for the corresponding stage. (Sometimes when I draw I go straight to lines, if this is the case when I first bring them to you they will be treated the same as a sketch for what adjustments can be made.)
- I accept changes based on things that I have forgotten or missed, like markings or horns or accessories. This comes at no extra fee as long as that information was included in the original reference sheet or description. Once the artwork is finished, I do not accept expression or pose changes except at an extra fee, depending on how much needs to be changed.
Turnaround
- Depending upon my schedule, health, workload and the complexity of the commission, turnaround may range from a few hours to a few weeks. In general, count how many ‘stages’ I need to do (sketch, lines, colours, shading etc) and that will be the amount of weeks I will take, changes throughout usually make it a bit longer.
- If you need a picture finished by a certain date, please specify that you need it done by a certain deadline. It is best to request a deadline at least two weeks in advance, and more time is always better, especially if the commission is a large one. I may accept rush orders for a turnaround of one week or less, but this is entirely at my own discretion and such orders may be subject to a surcharge.
Rights & Distribution
- The prices described here are for personal commissions and as such, I the artist retain all copyright. Feel free to make icons or a personal print, but you may not use them for your own profit. This includes selling prints, merchandise or NFT’s with the artwork.
- You may post any art made for you to your page, crop it for an icon, and show it off wherever you like-- I don’t mind at all, but please give credit/link back!
- I reserve all rights to the artwork, including rights of distribution. If you want the artwork kept private indefinitely, I will do that for an additional charge of $5, or 10% of the commission price, whichever is higher. This fee does not apply to commissions kept private only for a set amount of time, such as holiday or birthday gifts.