Should any of the terms be violated, the artist has the right to cease service and refund the commissioner if paid, and commissioner loses all rights to the artwork.
1. Contact with the artist must be in a clear and understandable manner, please.
2. The commissioner must provide references. Descriptions will be accepted, but a reference is still necessary.
3. The artist may cancel the commission at any time and provide refund to the commissioner.
4. Once the payment has been completed, the commissioner cannot cancel the commission or ask for a refund. The commission may be canceled at any time if payment have not been completed yet.
5. The artist retains all rights to the finished work, or any of the work-in-progress drawings provided to the commissioner. Therefore the artist may display it on websites or put it in artist's portfolio.
6. If the commissioner does not want the finished work posted on a website, the commissioner may request that it remains private.
7. The commissioner is not allowed to reproduce or edit the artwork (cropping is allowed). use it commercially, or claim it as their own. The commissioner may use the artwork for personal use (e.g. print for yourself only), on profile (with credit to artist), or display on personal site (with credit to artist). The commissioner’s use of the finished work is not limited to these.
8. Full payments are due when the artist asks for it.
9. The payment must be in USD.
10. The commissioner may request a preview at any time and suggest changes to the work-in-progress, and the artist may request progress checks at any time.
11. If the commissioner requests major changes to the artwork in its finished stages, there will be additional fees.
12. The terms and conditions can be changed upon discussion prior to the start of the commission.