Personal Commission Terms of Service

Before Art Starts!

After a Commission Form is received, I’ll look over your info and may ask additional questions for your idea via email.
Once we discuss the idea and I agree to work on it, I’ll send a commission price quote via email. If the client concedes to the price then we’ll move on to payment. Do not send payment before I agree to work on it.
After we come to an agreement on subject, price, and payment plan, I’ll send you a Paypal invoice to your email, for you to pay through. It’s very simple!
Full payment is expected upfront, before work on commission starts. Commissions over $100 may be into split payments of half-now, half-before-color.
After payment is received, I’ll keep in touch with you via e-mail on your commission progress. The three main stages are sketch, ink, and color. Each stage will need approval from the commissioner before moving on, so check your email often!
Sketch, Ink’d, and Classic Color commissions take about a week to a month to complete. Fancy Color commissions take about over a month to complete. Time may also vary depending on queue. If you need a commission done by a particular time, please let me know!
Note: Base tier prices are guidelines so your quote may differ depending on complexity.

The first stage is sketch. This is the time to make known any drastic changes that are needed. More complicated commissions may have multiple sketch updates.
The second stage is ink. At this point the pose is locked down and drastic changes will incur additional charge. But, small details fixes may be done without additional charge.
The third stage is shading/color. Commission is essentially done and only small touch-ups can be done now.
Of course, for sketch tier the only stage is sketch, and for ink tier the only stages are sketch and ink.
Once the final approval is received from the client, I’ll send a high-res PNG and a web format PNG and the commission is complete.

Commissions are for personal use only. This means no making of profit of the art in any form, e.g. selling merchandise made from the high-res JPEG file or use in a commercial/brand. However, the art may be used for your icon, social media themes, non-profit website layouts, etc. Credit is appreciated and please do not claim to have created the art yourself.
Likewise, I also retain the right to post the finished commission on my personal websites, blogs, or galleries. However, I will not create merchandise from the commissioned artwork.
Please do not alter or have other artists alter the artwork during or after the commission process. e.g. redrawing features. Any reasonable desired changes should be discussed with me first.
Cropping or resizing the artwork to fit icon or web banner sizes is allowed.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask me via email :> DragonBeak@hotmail.com