Custom Character Commission (Personal Use Only)
COMMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN
Thank you for considering my illustration services for your art commission! Please note that this is a listing for a DIGITAL PRODUCT - so you will not receive a physical item.
Bring your D&D / OC (original character) character to life with a bespoke illustration in a fun fantasy style to use in your games or share on your socials! An excellent gift idea for friends and family, or a treat for yourself.
Before commissioning one of my pieces, please read through my Terms of Service, which will explain all the pertinent details regarding payments, refunds, and the commission process.
Note that the commissions offered here, and these Terms of Service, are for artworks for PERSONAL USE only. If you wish to enquire about COMMERCIAL artwork (such as book covers and illustration, games, publications), please send me an email (emilydigitalart [at]gmail.com).
Don’t forget to send me visual references for your commission. Commissions without references are accepted, but are priced differently as they are considered original design work – if that is your preference, please get in touch with me to discuss.
For very complex or detailed commissions, please email me to discuss the details before you commission the piece.
Product and Work Process
• This is a commission option for digital art: the final product you will receive will be a digital image (JPEG/PNG), sent to you via the email address that you have provided or through a download link. The image will be 300 dpi or higher.
• I am not offering physical prints of commissions at present.
• Custom commissions are welcome – please email me to enquire.
• The art style of your commission will be the same as displayed in the samples. I do not undertake commissions in the style of other artists.
• Simple neutral backgrounds (single or dual colour) are free of charge and included in the base price of colour commissions (see examples).
• More complex backgrounds are charged separately – please see my price list or contact me if you are unsure.
• Please note that elaborate weapons and equipment, vials and scrolls, pets/familiars, magic/atmospheric effects, packs and shields, wings and elaborate horns/antlers cost extra depending on complexity.
• I have a queue system for commissions. Once I have accepted your commission, and your payment has been confirmed, I will let you know your place in the queue. Following this, I will let you know when I am about to begin work on your commission.
• Please send me any references and descriptions/details about your character after purchase, and before I start work on your commission.
• After I have begun your commission, I will keep you updated on its progress, and there will be stages at which you will be able to make certain changes.
• I will always email you to let you know that I have begun work on your commission, and then I will send you an initial watermarked sketch for your approval. You may send me requested changes at this stage (see Changes and Corrections).
• I will then send you a watermarked flat colour version, where you can make minor changes/ additions.
• Once the piece has been completed, I will send you the full resolution image.
Deadlines
• I will do my best to complete your commission as soon as possible. My schedule varies every month, and you can check your place in the commission queue on my Trello board (Emily's Commissions Progress Board | Trello). I will not use your real name in the queue – you can request a reference name or character name – otherwise, I will use initials.
• Once I have received the details and information for your commission, I will let you know an approximate time-span to its completion. The time it takes to complete my commission depends on my schedule and the complexity of your commission, but generally, it will take between 1-8 weeks.
• If you have a firm or urgent deadline for your commission (such as for birthday gifts), please let me know, and I will do my best to accommodate you. This must be discussed prior to my starting work on your commission.
• I reserve the right to charge an additional fee for very urgent projects.
• Prices are subject to change based on demand.
• Please note that I live in the UK, so there may be a delay in my responses due to time-difference.
What I draw
• Original characters (protagonists and villains)
• Humanoid D&D and fantasy characters
• Fantasy costumes and historically inspired costumes (antique/classical, medieval, Renaissance, Tudor/Elizabethan, Victorian, etc. )
• Equipment (weapons, armour, bags, vials, scrolls, spell effects, etc.)
• Separate inventory and equipment sheets
• Pets and familiars
• Romantic poses
• Dynamic poses
• Mild violence and blood
• Fighting scenes
If you are unsure about whether I would be able to assist you with a particular commission, please feel free to email me with any questions.
What I don’t draw.
• NSFW content, fetish, kinks, hentai, extreme gore or extreme violence, and/or offensive material.
• Mecha; robots; high-tech, heavy sci-fi and cyberpunk concepts
• Furries/Fursonas
• Likenesses of real people from photographs (e.g. celebrity fan portraits) – however, you can send me photo references for a general look for your character.
• Serious real-life religious concepts and themes
• I reserve the right to turn down a commission if the subject matter lies outside my strengths as an artist, if the project is too complex, if my commission are closed due to a full schedule, and/or if the subject matter falls into one of the categories that I won’t draw.
Payment
• Please note that the final price of an artwork may be different from my price list depending on the scope, level of detail, complexity, etc. of your commission.
• Payment is upfront via PayPal, or Square. If your commission does not fit any of the categories listed, please contact me first.
• The prices listed for my pieces are in British Pounds (£), and are a minimum estimate.
• Additional characters, pets, complex poses, or elaborate backgrounds are charged at an additional cost. Please keep in mind that the price of the commission may vary due to the difficulty and time required to complete more detailed or larger commissions.
• Crypto payments are not accepted.
Tips
• Any tips you wish to give me are greatly appreciated – if you would like to leave a tip, you can do so either via my PayPal or Square invoice, or via my Ko-Fi page (Ko-fi.com/emilydigitalart )
Clients
Clients are expected to read the Terms of Service before commissioning a bespoke piece or purchasing a pre-made image.
• For commissions, clients must send me any character descriptions, pertinent details, and references before I begin work on their commission (see Order Details).
• Please send me your name and an email address that I can use to contact you with any questions and for you to approve my sketch draft (see Order Details).
• I will send you two draft versions of the work for approval and any questions regarding the references and descriptions that you have sent me. Clients must respond to messages within 2 working days unless otherwise agreed.
Changes and Edits
• Before I begin work on a given commission, the client must send me any relevant information, details, and references.
• Once your commission is fully rendered, any further changes will incur additional fees.
• During the revision stages, the client must let me know in writing (being as specific as possible) if they would like something to be changed/added/removed (significant additions are subject to changes in price).
• Once I have received the requested changes, I will do one revision for each of the two revision stages detailed below: any further changes will be charged at an additional cost.
• I reserve the right to refuse changes which would detract from the quality of the complete piece.
• Please carefully look over the progress images which I will send you, so as to be able to request any changes at the appropriate time
• The client may request significant revisions during the sketch phase of the artwork, pertaining to pose, composition, perspective, hairstyle, clothes, expression, height/build, addition/removal of props or other aspects of the piece.
• The client may request minor adjustments regarding the colour of the artwork during the flat colour phase.
• When purchasing incomplete pre-made artwork and designs, minor adjustments can be made to certain aspects of the artwork/design (such as weapons, gear, costumes, and accessories).
• When purchasing complete pre-made artwork (sold ‘as is’), no further adjustments can be made.
Rights
• The client must read and understand the Terms of Service. By sending payment for a commission or pre-made artwork, the client automatically accepts my Terms of Service.
• I reserve the rights and ownership of the commissioned artwork.
• I reserve the right to use the commissioned artwork (in-progress and completed) for portfolio/work samples, social media, art books and publications, process videos, etc. without crediting the client. If you would like me to delay posting the artwork (e.g. if it is intended as a gift), please let me know. If there is some reason why you wouldn’t like for your artwork to be featured in this way at all, this is possible for an additional fee – please email to enquire.
• I will not sell or reproduce a commissioned artwork, or pre-made artwork sold as a unique piece, for further profit.
• All rights to the intellectual property provided by the client for the commission, remain with the client: for example, any characters, setting, story, and designs which the client supplied for the commission.
• The client may print out the artwork for personal use, crop or resize it for use it as an avatar, banner, or profile picture, or upload it on social media, websites, and forums; and as a character portrait in role-playing games.
• The client may not alter the artwork itself.
• The client may not claim the artwork as their own work.
• The artwork may not be minted and sold as an NFT or used in any related endeavours.
• The artwork is for PERSONAL USE ONLY, and may not be modified (except for minor changes such as cropping, resizing, adding text) or resold (either in sole copy or in reproduction) to companies or individuals, or used commercially (for example, but not limited to, adverts, promotions, logos, book covers, commercially printed merchandise) or for profit.
• For COMMERCIAL USE, please contact me with an inquiry so that we can discuss further.
• Rights to the image for COMMERCIAL (i.e. non-personal) use may be purchased at any time.
• I reserve the right to decline a commission request for any reason with or without explanation.
• If I am unable to complete an artwork for whatever reason, the client will be refunded in full.
Refund Policy
• For Paypal and Square payments, I can refund 90% of the fee before I have begun work on your commission. Once I have begun work, no refunds will be accepted.
• If my own circumstances prevent me from finishing an artwork, I will fully refund the fee.
Order Information
• Before I begin work on your commission, please send me any links to references or any images you have previously commissioned for your character.
• You can contact me via email at emilydigitalart (at) gmail.com. Alternatively, you can send me a message on Deviant Art (WhistlingSpringRain), Twitter (@EmilyDigitalArt), or Instagram (WhistlingSpringRain) to enquire about a commission.
• In your message, please provide me with the following info:
Your name
Your email address
Commission type: Portrait/ Half-body/Full Body/ Original Design / Illustration / Equipment sheet
Character Description: Provide as much detail as possible. Consider gender; age; race (elf/human/dwarf/half-orc/halfling/tiefling/demon, etc.); class (warrior, mage, bard, etc.); personality; skin/hair/eye colour; build and appearance; hair style/facial hair; costume/armour; weapon; equipment; important colours/mood).
Background:
(Option A)Flat single/double colour;
(Option B) Sky; simple effects
(Option C) detailed, fully illustrated
References: for commission that are not original design work, please provide me with visual references for characters, props, pets, clothes, etc. While I do not use paint exact likenesses from celebrity pics, etc., I can use these for a general reference for the character’s looks.
Please note that original design work (where you only give me a very general idea and leave me to design the rest) is charged at a different rate, and takes longer.
Additional info: anything else you need me to know about your commission.
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