SirMeo’s Commission Terms of Service

Please read this before commissioning me!

All commissions follow these terms unless otherwise specified.
I retain the right to decline any commission for any reason.

If you send me a payment, I will consider you aware of and agreeing to these Terms of Service. This ToS is linked on every invoice I send out. By agreeing these terms, you (the client) agree that my ToS (this text) supersedes any ToS you (the client) may have.

COMMUNICATION

Most or all commission-related communication will happen via e-mail or commission forms.
I am not liable for forgetting information given outside an established email communication or any commission form sent to me.

PAYMENT

I only accept commissions and payments from users aged 18 or older.
Payment is required up-front for me to start working. For larger commissions (USD 500+), a playment plan can be discussed.
Currently, I accept PayPal only. Occasionally I may offer alternative payment methods, but unless I have specifically offered commissions in an alternative payment method, avoid inquiring about them.
Base prices listed on my price sheet are subject to adjustment based on the exact details of your commission.

COPYRIGHT & RE-POSTING POLICY

I, the artist, will hold the full copyright to the work unless otherwise agreed upon.
You have the right to repost the work to your own gift art gallery or character profile as long as I am properly credited.
I may use the commissioned artwork for my portfolio, commission announcements, marketing, etc. and I may post the artwork to any of my public art galleries, unless we have agreed to a private commission.
- A private commission means the artwork will not be shared to the public by either the artist or the commissioner. I still retain the full copyright and exclusive rights unless otherwise noted.
- If you, the commissioner, decide to publish a previously private artwork at a later date, then I, the artist, will also have the right to post it publicly.
- If you want to purchase a private commission, please be upfront about it, as extra fees will be added.
Do not repost WIPs (“work in progress” pieces) to public galleries or social media (including public Discord servers); no exceptions. These are meant for gaining feedback from you, the commissioner.
My art cannot be used for any NFT (non-fungible token) or other blockchain related projects. This is non-negotiable and if my art is seen linked to any NFT project or platform, it is used without my permission and should be taken down immediately.
My art cannot be used as a part of any AI training dataset.

ART COMPLETION AND REFUNDS

Speedpaints, sketches, character designs or sale commissions do not have WIP (“work in process”) stages shown.
For finished artworks, I will not offer major revisions, but I will fix mistakes that are clearly my fault (“artist mistakes”). After delivery, you have one week to request final edits/fixes. After that any edits (even minor ones) will incur extra fees.
- Pay attention to what you approve! If you approve the sketch/line-art/coloring stages, I will not go back to make further revisions without extra fees.
- Excessive edits are subject to extra charges. Because every project is different there is no fixed formula for what counts as “excessive”, but you will be notified when we are nearing the line.
- If your reference is inaccurate, out of date or otherwise unclear, edits might be subject to extra charges. Please supply me with your best references and let me know about important details beforehand!
If the work is taking me more than six months to complete the artwork without significant updates OR offer you a deadline/estimated time of completion, you may contact me and inquire about a full or partial refund.
If you have a deadline in mind for the commission, please let me know beforehand. If said deadline requires your piece being put on top of my priority list and art queue, an additional fee will apply.
If you need to cancel the commission, you will be refunded what you initially paid minus compensation for work already done. You will get the unfinished artwork finished to the latest stage (ie. if you ask for a refund when I’m in progress of inking, I will finish inking the artwork and not leave the inking unfinished). I will not refund already finished works nor works that are roughly 85% complete.
If I have to cancel the commission for whatever reason, you will be refunded the full price, regardless of the stage the commission was at. You do not automatically get the WIP artwork for your use, but you can ask to purchase it for less than full commission price.
I may reuse rejected/cancelled commission sketches for YCH (“Your Character Here”) commissions or personal projects, edited and finished to not resemble your (the original commissioner) characters.

STREAMING ARTWORK

Your commission, unless private, may be worked during a public stream. Private commissions will never be streamed for the public.
I currently do not stream on schedule, so I cannot guarantee I will stream your artwork.

OTHER

I prefer to work from clear drawn / 3D image references rather than photos of real people, text-only descriptions, or image collages. Inaccurate or insufficient references may incur extra fees, andI am not responsible for mistakes caused by insufficient or inaccurate reference material.
If the client wishes to add personal watermarks or stamps on the piece, they are free to do so, provided they do so in a way that does not obstruct or overshadow my signature, watermark or name.
The client may resize and crop the finished artwork for personal graphics, such as profile pictures, forum signatures, personal blog/social-media themes, etc., and make minor alterations on the resulting graphic (for example making a profile banner picture grayscale and adding text), but the original artwork should not be altered without my permission. If you want to modify my artwork in any significant way (e.g. coloring the lineart, adjusting details) please contact me for a permission.
Profiting from the artwork is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, selling prints, uploading the artwork to pay-sites and using my artwork to promote your own commercial/paid projects, even if the artwork is not part of the project otherwise.
- If you want to use my artwork for commercial projects, please contact me to discuss terms and compensation!
I do not share my work files (.PDSs with layers) with the commissioner. The commissioner will only receive a flat file, usually a .png or .jpg, or a .gif it the piece is animated.
If clients see my art of their characters posted on sites they do not want the art to be on (pinterest, booru sites, etc.) they have the right to issue a DMCA/takedown request in my stead. The only exception is if the artwork has been posted by the artist (ie. me).