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• pixel art
• Character Art
• Illustration
• graphic Design

• pixel art
• Character Art
• Illustration
• graphic Design

• pixel art
• Character Art
• Illustration
• graphic Design

SECTION 1
Ownership and Usage Rights

General

Copyright

Copyright to all artwork produced shall remain solely with the artist. The artist retains the right to use, display, and/or monetize the artwork in any way. This includes but is not limited to marketing and self-promotion, or publishing any components from its creation behind a paywall (i.e. on Patreon).Right to Receive Credit
The artist shall be afforded credit as the author of the illustration where unobtrusive and appropriate, or where otherwise requested in all forms of publication, reproduction, or display (digital or physical) it is used with. This can be in the form of a link to the artist’s website: sweetchimera.art

Licensing

Unless specifically permitted by a written contract licensing agreement signed by artist and client, all artworks, including the original artworks of adoptable character designs, are only licensed for noncommercial personal use.The relevant licensing is conferred when both the work has been completed by the artist, and all payments and fees owed to the artist have been made in full. The client is permitted use of the final version of their commissioned artwork; use of preliminary concepts or drafts, or for uses outside of those explicitly described in this document requires the artist's written permission.ALTERATIONS Clients may alter the artwork in any reasonable manner (coloring sketches etc.), provided the changes are not made by a paid third-party, the watermark remains legible, and the changes do not imply the artist's endorsement. Should the altered artwork be displayed publicly, any modifications must be indicated.DIGITAL Clients are permitted to use the work for display or decorative purposes (icons, banners, etc.). Credit the work via a link to the artist's website: sweetchimera.artPHYSICAL REPRODUCTION of the unaltered work by the client for their own use is permitted but, with the exception of stickers, may not be mass-redistributed.LIMITATIONS OF USE

SECTION 3
Pricing and Payment

For items with variable pricing that is consequential to the price of additional content or subjects, price is determined by the most complex subject. Price estimates are not binding as prices are subject to change.PAYMENT PLAN Artworks priced $250 USD or greater qualify for the option of a payment plan. Payment plans require a non-refundable initial deposit followed by installments over a set timeframe. Details of the plan must be agreed upon with the artist prior to purchase, and all payments must be completed before the artwork will be delivered.

Cancellation and Refunds

ORDER CANCELLATION (RIGHT TO REFUSAL) The client may contact the artist to cancel the order at any time. Once cancelled, orders cannot be resumed. The client will not receive the artwork, nor any licensing or usage rights should they cancel the order. The artist retains the right to finalize character designs from cancelled character design orders for public sale or personal use. Requesting a refund automatically cancels an order.REFUNDS The client must contact the artist to request a refund.

Fees

The client may, at any point in the commission process, incur fees, priced per-request and due upon the artwork’s completion should they request revisions to the order or artwork that are outside the artist's standard commission services, add excessive complexity to the artwork or workflow, concern new information or requirements not present in the original order, or exceed the permitted number of revisions for a given phase of the artwork. Fees incurred by revisions implemented/executed at any point that then are further revised, undone, or otherwise no longer visible in the final product shall not be waived.Complexity fees primarily apply to designs with a high level of detail that the client indicates must be replicated exactly as pictured on the reference; complexity fees may not apply to orders where these detail can be approximated.Examples of content that may affect price includes but is not limited to the following:

SECTION 3
Commission Process

All information necessary to complete the artwork should be communicated when ordering.REFERENCES Provide the best quality visual references available. Written, incomplete, or otherwise unclear references may incur additional fees, be rejected, or impact the quality of the artwork.STYLE The artist will take artistic and stylistic liberties unless instructed otherwise. Specific stylistic approaches outside of the artist’s typical scope of work or that outlined in the original order may incur additional fees. The artist reserves the right to simplify character designs where appropriate at their discretion for compatibility with the medium.

WIPs

The artist will provide one (1) Work in Progress Image (WIPs) during the sketch phase for client approval of the composition for all art types except sketch-based commissions. The client is responsible for requesting any changes to the artwork. Depending on art type, the artist will periodically send further WIPs for approval, clarification, or as an update.

Revisions

The client is responsible for requesting any changes to the artwork. Error correction (mistakes such as uncolored areas, wrong markings, etc.) does not count as a revision, and will always be done whenever requested, for free.REVISIONS OF IN-PROGRESS WORKS Three (3) reasonable revisions are permitted prior to the sketch phase’s completion. Five (5) minor revisions are permitted following the sketch phase. Animated artworks are only permitted two (2) minor revisions total.REVISIONS OF COMPLETED WORKS Revisions to completed artworks will incur a fee, priced per-revision. Animated works cannot be revised further once completed.

Delivery

DEADLINES Clients can request artwork be completed by a deadline for an additional fee, determined by proximity to the deadline. Some artworks cannot be expedited. By requesting completion by a certain date, clients acknowledge that revisions or requests for work-in-progress approvals may delay the final product. The client concedes that the deadline fee will not be refunded if the deadline is missed due to these factors.DELIVERY FORMAT All goods and services provided by the artist are for original digital artworks unless explicitly stated otherwise. No physical products will be provided unless clearly indicated during the order process. Clients are not entitled to anything outside of what was specified and promised in the initial order, including unwatermarked copies, initial sketches, original files, or alternate versions. The client will only receive heavily watermarked or low-resolution versions of the artwork for viewing and review purposes until all payment and fees incurred are paid in full.

PUBLICATION HOLD The artist reserves the right to freely publicize completed artworks. Clients may request that their orders be made anonymous if posted to social media. The artist is willing to delay publicizing an artwork, such as for orders meant as gifts, however the delay in publication may not last more than 6 months from the completion date.

SECTION 4
Character Designs & Adoptables

For all designs created via collaboration with another artist, or for Closed Species designs, please disregard these terms and refer to the respective species' or designer's rules instead.The following are additional terms that apply only to custom character designs, adoptables, and the artwork they come with/through. The previous sections' terms apply to the original artwork of the design.

Character Design Limitations of Use: