ArtistOkarisstudios

Commission
Terms of Service

These are my art terms of service. Keep in mind I have the right to refuse any commission for whatever reason.

By commissioning me in any kind of way, you are agreeing to the terms of service below.GENERAL TERMSPlease write in a clear and nice manner and not just sending a wall of text.
Provide neat references.
Any ill behavior will not be tolerated and your commission will be canceled if it occurs.
I reserve the right to refuse to take on any commission, for whatever reason.PAYMENTAll commissions must all be paid in full upfront.
The currency accepted is DeviantArt points and CAD.
The points shall only be paid through the commission widget unless stated otherwise.Payments can be sent through PayPal, Ko-fi, and Deviantart.PROCESS
Work In Progress will only be given if the commissioner personally asks for it or if the price exceeds 10 CAD/1000 points.The time for your commission to be completed can be up to 12 months depending on many factors such as;
my health, the order of commissions, complexity, work, or family emergencies.After the line art is finished I will make no changes to it! Same goes for colors, once they are done and you've said it's okay no changes will be made!
CHARACTER RULESIf you have boughten an adopt from me or a custom character you must keep them for 3 months before attempting to resell them!If you attempt to sell the character before you will be put on a probationary period where you will not be able to commission me for anything for a minimum of 1 month!I will also request that the character be given back to me whether I created them or not!CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONI will do everything I can to make you (my customer) happy.
However after a commission is finished, only small changes are allowed to be made.
Such as small coloring/marking mistakes.
Any great changes will come with an extra charge.
Such as an outfit change, outfit addition or subtraction, background change or anything that makes me have to redraw it completely.
If your reference was unclear to start with, then I will not even make minor changes without a fee. These fees can cost anywhere from $5 to $10 depending on what you want changed.Make sure to be clear in your order what you aim for.No changes can be made once the line art is completed!COPYRIGHT / USAGE POLICYI, the artist, hold every right to the produced drawing, not the commissioner.Therefore I'm allowed to use the copyrighted artwork to;
Promote myself in any place or site.
To display it anywhere to my liking.
Post it wherever I want.The commissioner is allowed to;
Use the copyrighted artwork for personal use only unless agreed otherwise.
Print the art, and claim the right of their character(s) but not the drawing itself.
Use the art to promote themselves with proper credit given to the artist.If you break the copyright infringement in any way, every right you had to the drawing will be retracted.The following is considered Copyright infringement:Reproducing/using the copyrighted artwork commercially. (Meaning making money off of it in any way)
Taking Credit for the creation of the artwork.
Removing any watermarks/signatures.
Altering the artwork without my, the artist's, consent.A Purchase of Commercial rights to the artwork will always be 300% of original price.
With commercial rights you are allowed to make any sort of merchandise with the artwork.
Use it in books, covers, as props, change it to your liking and promote your own brand with.
Credit is still required for usage of the artwork, even if altered or edited.PRIVATE COMMISSIONS ALWAYS COME WITH A +50% FEECANCELING/REFUNDING POLICYI have the right to cancel and refund the money for your commission at any time.You have the right to cancel or demand a refund only in the following circumstances:
1. I have not done any work on your commission after a month of taking it with no updates.
2. There is an emergency on your part that you can prove.In case of an emergency, I will give you a refund for the stages of the art I have not yet done up to that point.I have five stages in my art process; Sketching, Lining, Coloring, Shading, Details. For simplicity's sake, each of these will be considered 20% of my art process
(For example: If you ask for a refund in case of an emergency when I've finished the sketch, lining and got started on the coloring -while you ordered a full illustration- I will refund you with 40% of the original price.)If you file a chargeback against me, your right to everything I have ever made for you will be retracted and I have the right to sell the copyrighted artwork to new buyers.
You will be forbidden to ever commission me ever again.
Your name will be publicly posted everywhere I want for others to watch out for.
I also have every right to file a complaint and I have all the right to the money you have given me.*>> THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS <<

WARNINGS AND BANNING

Everyone will have 2 warnings from me, the third time I have to warn you will be the last time and you will be blacklisted.
Below are the reasons you may get warnings!

- Being rude
- Tracing my art
- Stealing characters
- Selling a character before the 3 months of ownership are done
- Recoloring my artworks

Tracing, character theft, and art theft will result in an immediate ban from commissions as well as being added to my blacklist!

Black List

Katt - Rude Behavior
- katts n chaos in a trenchcoat
- trashkatt402
- NocturnaS101
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Julia Bates - Character and art theft
- Julia Bates
- Tory Light
- Kyra Light
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Emma Mosley - Character theft
- Emma Mosley
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SadieBear - Rude behavior, character theft, and breaking my TOS

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