Freelance Commissions Terms of Service
OK WITH DRAWING
-SFW Human or Humanoid Characters
-SFW Anthro and Feral Characters
-Fandom characters
-Game Characters*
-Slight gore
-Robots or Weapons
-LGBTQ+ Characters
*If your character’s references come from a game, screenshots must be taken in adequate lighting scenarios to accurately see their color palettes.
NOT OK WITH DRAWING
-Not Safe For Work Content
-Fetish related content
-NFT/Blockchain related content
-Characters that appear as sexist, racist, etc caricatures
-'Ecchi' art of characters that are, look or appear as underage.
-Politically motivated art or characters based on current real-world affairs
General.
-Respect the artist, the artist will respect you.
-Until officially agreed-on, the artist does not owe you anything.
-It is OK to use art as personal icons, wallpapers, etc with proper credits.
-Printing for personal use (i.e, posters as wall-art, gifts for friends) is OK as long as you are not making direct profit off of it. If you wish to distribute products with commissioned art on it, you will require to pay a Commercial usage fee for Merchandising.
-Final works may and will be posted to @Sarurun’s socials, with credits back to your account unless a NDA/Privacy fee is paid.
Payment.
-The initial payment will be agreed upon at the beginning after a sketch is sent.
-25% of the total project payment will be sent upfront after the job is agreed on and the initial sketch is sent.
-Payment is sent VIA Paypal Invoice in USD unless agreed on otherwise.
-Alternative options (such as ko-fi) MAY be available.
-Revisions are free until the final piece (static) OR the animation stage (animated)
-Payment Plans are available for orders over $75
-If payment is not recieved in 10 business days after the completion without prior notice, the client is subject to be put on a blacklist and forbidden from having another commission in the future.
Commercial Usage
Broadcasting
-Broadcasting is the act of using the work on social media channels in order to drive others to monetarily support you, whether that be directly VIA subscriptions or donations or passively with advertisements.
-Examples of this include use in Livestreaming, YouTube Videos, etc.
-The fee for Broadcasting is a flat 50% of the commission’s total price.
Merchandising
-Merchandising is the redistribution of art via sold on physical goods with the intention of making profit.
-Examples of this include stickers, keychains or t-shirts.
-The fee for Merchandising is a flat 200% of the commission’s total price.
Redistribution
-Redistribution is the repackaging of commissioned art with the intentions of making profit.
-Examples of this includes using the created art in video games, content courses or song album covers.
-The fee for Redistribution will typically be 200% of the commissions total price, however it will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Non-Disclosure Agreements
-A Non-Disclosure Agreement will ensure that the artist does not share acknowledgement of the art’s creation or contract with the client to the general public, family or friends.
–This extends to when the commission is finalized. The artist will not share it on socials, portfolios, etc.
-A Non-Disclosure Agreement will cost an additional $75 on top of the base price of the art.
Deadlines and Delivery
-Updates are usually sent daily, on non-holiday weekdays unless otherwise mentioned. Notice is given if the artist cannot make the scheduled update.
-Sarurun has a few ongoing situations, appointments, etc that may cause slight one-day delays here and there. By ordering a commission you agree to offer them grace if they need a day off to handle important matters.
-If you require your commission to be placed as priority for your own upcoming deadline, you may have to pay a rush fee of up to 100% of the total fee.