TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The commissioner’s rights:
• Any personal (non-commercial use) is allowed. The commissioner is free to use the commissioned piece/character design in any non-commercial manner, including personal projects (such as: free-to-play videogames, literary creations*, free music albums under Creative Commons license and etc).
• To commercialize the commissioned artwork/character design paying a fee (+100% of the total price) is required, as well as giving a credit to the author in any suitable manner (for example, putting the authors nickname in the videogame end credits).
• The commissioner is free to repost the commissioned piece anywhere online, giving a credit to the author.
• Creating physical copies of the commissioned piece and printing it on any physical objects is allowed as long as it is done for non-commercial purposes.
• Editing and alteration (such as: cropping, repainting, coloring and etc.) is prohibited.
• Animating the piece is allowed**;
• Turning the commissioned artwork into an NFT is strictly prohibited.***
• The commissioner remains the one and only owner of the original characters and/or creatures depicted on the commissioned piece. The author ensures that they will not sell the commissioned piece as an NFT.
The authors rights:
• The author owns the copyright for every commissioned artwork or design they created;
• The author reserves the right to post (or not) all the finished commissioned pieces on their social medias;
• The author reserves the right to post the high resolution files, WIPs, timelapse videos on patreon;
• The author reserves the right to post the timelapse videos on youtube channel, giving all the credits to the commissioner/depicted characters’ owners.
• The author reserves the right to use the commissioned pieces for self-promotion (examples: banners/announcements at conventions);
• The author reserves the right to refuse working on the commission without the explanation (ONLY before the sketch is approved and the prepay is proceeded);
• The author will not provide the commissioner (or anyone else) the original file in .psd;
General rules:
• References and text descriptions are always required, mo matter which subject is supposed to be depicted on the commissioned piece;
• The commission inquiry is automatically rejected if it contains these themes and subjects:
Mecha/robots, real people (without their consent), gore, any depictions of sexual harassment, torture and other physical abuse****, hard porn.
• If the commissioner is underage it is automatically supposed that they have parental concern;
• If NSFW content is requested, the commissioner must be 18 years or older.
• The commissioner gets the high resolution .png file of the commissioned illustration/character design as soon as the full payment proceeds;
* Exceptions:
Using the non-commercial commissioned piece as a cover illustration for novels, fanfiction and other literary creations monetized through patreon or similar services with the paywall is not considered a commercial use. However, selling the physical copies and/or digital versions of the book with the commissioned cover and/or illustrations is considered a commercial use.
** Animating the commissioned piece is automatically allowed as long as it remains SFW. If animating an NSFW piece is required, please contact the artist for clarifications.
*** Doing so you get automatically banned from commissioning the artist forever. The artist also reserves the right to inform the general public of the commissioner monetizing the copyrighted images.
**** Except fencing, sparring and fighting characters and any other examples of the fair fight.
