Please note that the terms and services listed below are subject to change.
Make sure to read over each section carefully. I will not accept any commissions if I have seen that you have not read them in their entirety.
By purchasing any art from me, you are automatically agreeing to the following terms of service:
PAYMENTS------------------------------------------------------------
Payments sent through PayPal should be sent by invoice method. I will require an email or note of the buyer’s PayPal information. Do not send payments until you have received the invoice.
Payments are due within 72 hours (3 days) in full up front for any commission that is below or up $100 USD. For any commissions reaching over the stated amount, payment plans are available. These plans will be dependent on the full cost of the commission and the buyers circumstances.
Commissions are not started until payment is received in full. I do not accept payment plans for commissions below $100 USD. Payments are not to be sent until I have given the okay to do so. Any payments received without my permission first will be seen as a donation.
All commissions are final. Refunds will not be made once a commission has been accepted and payment received.
ORDERING COMMISSIONS-------------------------------------------
I use a commission slot system for all of my commissions. This means that I will only have a limited number of commissions that I will do at any given time. Commissions will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
All commission requests are required to have a completely filled out commission form that is to be either noted to me privately on deviantart or sent to my email. Upon receiving the commission request I will then decide if I will accept or decline the request and inform the buyer of the decision.
RIGHTS, CLAIMS, AND USAGE---------------------------------------
When a commission is requested, I have the full right to decline commissions for any reason. The most common reason for declining a commission is if I feel the quality of the commission would be lacking.
I.E. Someone wanting to commission me for a more muscular character. I would not feel that the buyer would be happy with the results and so would refuse the commission.
There are certain rights that the buyer has to the art upon full payment and completion of the commission. Buyers hold the right of owning the commissioned piece, however, they do not have the rights to claim the art as their own.
All creative and production rights are still held by me, NixieDrakos, as the creator of the art and/or design commissioned by the buyer. This means that the buyer or anyone else cannot take credit for creating the art.
I hold the right to use the commission as samples of my work (art portfolios, commission samples). I will not resell or reuse the same designs of a commission for personal or commercial use unless agreed upon beforehand.
Purchasing art from me grants the buyer personal use of your copy, which means that you cannot gain a profit in any way.
Personal usage includes, but is not limited to: The posting of art in character galleries, cropping for icons and/or graphics. If the buyer wishes to use the art for any other kind of personal use that does not fall under these categories, please discuss it with me personally.
When re-posting my artwork, I require that the art is properly watermarked and linked back to my profile on www.deviantart.com/nixiedrakos. There are no exceptions.
COMMISSION PROGRESS--------------------------------------------
TIME RESTRAINTS
When ordering a commission, please be aware that I do not work with the buyer’s best interests in mind. Commissions do not take precedence before my personal life of work outside of art.
Due to having a job outside of art, commissions may take a minimum anywhere between one week to one month in order to complete. If the buyer is not comfortable with this time frame, please refrain from requesting a commission.
I do not accept commissions that require less than one week to complete.
WORKS IN PROGRESS (WIP)
Once full payment has been received, I will draw up a sketch on what the commission will look like. The sketch will be sent to the buyer via email or note on deviantart.
When the first sketch is sent, it is for the buyer to approve or wish to make changes to the design before the lining and coloring. If the design has changed, I will send out an additional sketch for approvement of the changes requested.
Sketch commissions will have one WIP before the final sketch.
After the initial sketch is approved it is up to the buyer if they wish to see more WIPs as I progress with the commission. If the buyer does wish for additional WIPs, I will provide a watermarked WIP during the inking/lining stage as well as the flat color stage via email or note on deviantart.
Please note that any editing of the commission after the initial approved sketch will charge additional fee according to the edits.
WHAT I DO NOT ACCEPT FOR COMMISSIONS---------------------
There are some things that I will not accept as commissions at all. These being the following:
- NSFW - Not safe for work art pieces, this being pornagraphy and nudity of any kind.
- Extreme gore, though I can try to do some mild gore
- Mech and vehicles
- Realistic animals and Realistic portraits
- MLP (My Little Pony)
- Most feral creatures but feel free to ask
WARNINGS AND BLACKLISTINGS----------------------------------
I as the artist have the right to give warnings and blacklist any persons were fail to follow the terms of service listed above. Depending on the severity of rule breaking will determine either a warning or automatic blacklisting of that person.
Should a person become blacklisted, they are not able to own or use my art in any way. Selling, trading, or gifting my art to a person on the blacklist will result in the giver also being blacklisted automatically.
My blacklist can be viewed upon request.
CONTACT INFORMATION--------------------------------------------
For any further information or questions about the Terms of Service or about my commissions, feel free to contact me.
Nixiedrakos.deviantart.com
nixiedrakos@gmail.com
Terms and Services has been edited and updated as of 3/19/19.
United States
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