Chapter 4.7
Terms of Service

last updated on February 4th, 2025

By commissioning or otherwise obtaining original artwork by me (the artist, "tigerplasm"), you (the client) agree to adhere to and uphold these terms of service.

  • A commission is an artwork that the client pays the artist to create/personalize.

  • YCH stands for "your character here". YCH commissions consist of a base image upon which the client's character is drawn by the artist. Consequently, one YCH listing produces multiple finished pieces that are very similar to eachother.

  • PWYW stands for "pay what you want". PWYW commissions have a flexible cost - the client can pay an amount that they choose, usually with a specific minimum set. Often, the cost determines the amount of labor (i.e., the greater the amount paid, the more time can be spent on the work).

I. Reservation of Rights & Licensing

All rights not explicitly granted are retained by the artist, and all clients must follow a non-commercial license agreement with respect to the artwork. Prohibited uses under this agreement include (but are not limited to) selling copies of the artwork; NFT tokenization of the artwork; training deep learning models with the artwork; claiming to have created the artwork; use of the artwork in advertising commissions; and the creation & sale of merchandise featuring or including the artwork.Rights reserved by the artist include (but are not limited to) the publication of the artwork with or without attribution to the client, and inclusion of the artwork in portfolios and advertising (of commissions).

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I. Permissions and Limitations

Extensions to the rights to the artwork held by the client include the following: Clients may upload the artwork to a website/social media, provided that credit to the artist (which should be clear and accessible by any viewer of the artwork) can be given. The artwork may never be uploaded alongside, or on platforms that promote, discriminatory content. Clients are not permitted to claim that they created the artwork, or to produce works that directly replicate or trace the artwork.Clients are permitted to make small edits to the artwork (such as cropping it), but must ask for expressed permission by the artist for further changes. Edits that are never permitted include changing the piece so as to include discriminatory or hateful content, or removing/defacing the artist's signature.1

In addition to discriminatory and hateful content, the artist will not draw or represent the following subjects in any artwork:

  • Pornographic content (considered SFW or NSFW) or graphic violence/gore

  • Symbols of war/militia or discriminatory groups

  • Restricted and/or culturally significant content, attire, or symbolism

  • Any person or character whose permission was not given to be included as a subject in the artwork

  • Copyrighted intellectual property to which the client holds no rights

  • Intentional imitations of the brand, style, or specific work(s) of another artist

1 If the piece is cropped so as to obscure the artist's signature, explicit credit must be given alongside the piece.

III. Payment & Miscellaneous Fees

Payment for commissions is always upfront (i.e., taken prior to initiation) unless otherwise stated.Commissions for which any material is sent prior to payment (e.g., a basic draft of the piece) will be identified as such on the corresponding listing. Unless stated, this is not provided. The client reserves no rights to this material until payment, and if payment is cancelled/incomplete, the artist may repurpose the material.

IIIa. Complexity Fees

Complicated designs may incur a complexity fee that is determined by the artist prior to the initiation of payment.

IIIb. Revisions and Corrections

Revision fees are charged prior to the revision and dependent on the estimated amount of time taken to alter the artwork. Minor revisions or corrections to mistakes by the artist do not incur a fee.

IIIc. Cancellations and Refunds

Please see commiss.io's refund policy under the "strict" tab for more details on cancellations. Refunds cannot be issued during or after the commission.

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