Terms of Commission

-Official start of a commission-

Only once initial payment is made,  is a pending commission considered official and in effect of current deadlines. I do not hold any sort of official waiting lists,and unpaid work in the pending state is not held to any guarantees as to when it will be started.

-Payment and refunds of payment-

For auction based commissions,I will only offer partial payment up front for anyone with 10 or more positive feedback. Anyone with less than 10 can contact me and inquire about partial payment up front.

When the agreed upon portion of payment is received (Either payment in full,or partial payment up front) work will begin,nothing beyond an initial sketch will be completed until some portion of payment is received. As a rule,once work has started on the commission,a FULL refund is not available,the more work that has gone into the commission,the more payment I take out of the refund.

If the commissioner fails to pay in any manner,I hold the right to alter and resell the art at my discretion. The commissioner,however will be informed ahead of time of this action,so they may correct nonpayment. No rights to characters in use will be sold and credits will still be given as to ownership of the characters.

-Making changes to the art during a commission-

During the initial sketch portion of a commission,  a preliminary sketch will be provided to the commissioner based on the reference and ideas given. At this point the commissioner can request any changes they see fit. I limit the number of times I will change the initial sketch  completely before additional charges are added. Three (3) major revisions can be made to the initial sketch.

Once art has gone beyond this sketch portion,I generally do not mind minor changes made during in progress shots being sent. However,these are up to my discretion if the changes asked for are of reasonable request.  Asking to have a character replaced with a different one,would not be a reasonable request,having a character’s hair color changed,however would be.

-Communication-

Please make an effort to respond to emails about commissions promptly. If you do not reply to me with how you feel about progress,I can not continue in a prompt manner myself. Commissioners that take extended periods to reply to these progress emails,will be moved to the bottom of the commission queue,to allow me to work on other art.

I make a large effort to keep the commissioner updated on art,you have the right to contact me at any time with questions or inquires about a commission. I also try to keep commissioners up to date on anything going on that will hinder my communications with them.

-Rights of use-

The commissioner retains all rights to characters of your own creation if used within the commissioned work. The commissioner retains rights to repost the works commissioned for a NON profit manner,with no need for credit given. Cropping,added text,and using the art for personal websites is all fine.

They may not however,claim reproduction rights to the art. The right to reprint the art is NOT part of these rights,this includes but is not limited to:Artwork prints,book covers,game books,CD covers. Art may not be used in any way that the commissioner profits from directly. I am open to discussion of selling the reproduction rights to art to the commissioner either before a commission start,or after it’s completed.

I retain the right to repost the art here,on my personal web site,along with other online art archives. You may request to have a watermark added to commissioned work. I also retain the right to reuse art as part of a personal portfolio,or as examples for future commissions.

Unless agreed upon,no prints will be made of commissioned art. If agreed on,the commissioner can request a number of prints be given to them,at the cost of shipping. Only a limited run of prints would be made of commissioned work.