TERMS OF SERVICE

1.0 DISCLAIMER

By purchasing my services (art), you automatically agree to the following conditions as well as my rules which are public and will be reminded as necessary.• Please read this entirely and carefully. I will refuse your commission if you do not agree to these terms.• If you are not comfortable with my Terms Of Service and/or are not willing to agree to the conditions, you may not request a commission.• Clients are not permitted under any circumstances to use any part of commissioned work from DeMean such as images, goods, and copies of goods in any block-chain related technology including non fungible tokens (NFT), cryptocurrency, or future inventions in the space. Using any commissioned work is also strictly prohibited from use in any advertising or profits associated with block-chain related technology including non fungible tokens (NFT), cryptocurrency, or future inventions in the space.• Any aspect of work by DeMean may not be used to train, validate, or test any neural network or artificial intelligence. Doing so is in violation of terms against alteration and external non private use of assets created for patrons. In the act of Deceiving, misleading information in order to gain use of my work for Artificial Intelligence (A.I) purposes will be blocked and blacklisted by me

1.1 USER AGREEMENT

By commissioning me, you agree that you have read and accepted all the terms described herein.You will agree here to the policy of using the art for personal, non-profit purposes unless otherwise stated, and provide all image credits to me.Violators will be added to a blacklist indefinitely and without warning with any additional appropriate actions taken.

2.0 GENERAL

2.1 CLIENT

• You, the Client, will be expected to first read my TOS and understand my general Commission Prices.
• You, the Client, may display my work on external sites as long as it is visibly credited and linked back to me.
• You may not upload or host my work in any gallery that is intended to display your own work only.
• You may not claim my work as your own.
• Please only upload the smaller watermarked file publicly unless otherwise discussed.
• You may use the Artwork for personal use including but not limited to: avatars, phone or computer wallpapers, and personal website/profile displays.
• You reserve the right to print or create an otherwise physical reproduction of the Artwork as long as it is for your PERSONAL use only (ie. NOT for sale).
• You may not use the Artwork for redistribution or external projects, commercial or non-commercial (i.e. t-shirts, mugs, public flyers, etc.) unless otherwise discussed.
• You are NOT authorized to change, modify, edit or use my works without my permission.
• You are NOT authorised to trace over my Artwork in any way, including the use of the artwork as a “base.”
• Any harassment in an attempt to bargain for a commission (a ‘slot’) is not tolerated. This includes inappropriately worded comments on any of my social platforms, as well as private messages. I reserve the right to place anyone on a blacklist over harassment.
• Clients who have commissioned and/or received work before this TOS has gone into effect are still bound to its contents.
• These clients are permitted to include signatures and/or watermarks indicating the Artwork is my intellectual property. Credit in some form is required.
• By placing an order, you agree to these terms and conditions. Please read these terms carefully.

2.2 ARTIST

• By commissioning me, you are purchasing my service as an artist or animator.• I reserve the right to post your finished artwork in my gallery for any reason unless discussed and agreed otherwise beforehand.• I reserve the right to decline any project or client for any reason.• I reserve the right to refund you the full amount paid if I no longer wish to work on your project for any reason.I will not create work containing the following:Anything considered offensive or bigoted (EX: racism, homophobia, transphobia, pedophilia, etc.), realistic/heavy gore, certain fandoms.

3.0 COPYRIGHT

• I reserve the right to sign and/or watermark my own work. I will send you a full resolution image (by email or via google docs), but my signature will remain on both the full resolution and smaller versions of the Artwork.• You are responsible for protecting your ownership over rights to a character design made by me by creating a copy image with your name added as well (ie. through a watermark) when uploading on external sites.• I retain all copyright over my work, which includes the right to redistribute, reproduce, or use the image as a sample for sales or self-promotion unless otherwise agreed upon. In the case of a Public Commission, I may do whatever I wish with the art (eg. post it to other sites such as Instagram) but will give proper credit to you for ownership of the character’s design.• In the case of a commission, I will not claim the rights to a character design unless it was one of my own designs. Therefore I will not reuse/resell the Artwork for personal or commercial projects unless agreed upon.

3.1 NDA - PRIVACY REQUEST

• If you wish for your request to be private, it must be stated during the ordering process.• I reserve the right to charge a fee if I deem fit.• The privacy request entails that I am not allowed to share any WIPs on social media, nor am I allowed to stream the process of the commission anywhere.• However, this also means that you must refrain from sharing any such spoilers and details yourself.• If applicable, an NDA fee usually starts at +5% of the total quote, but it might differ. The bigger the project the bigger the fee.

4.0 RULES

• Please no undertale or Mlp(My Little Pony) characters.• Make sure send receipts if transfer payment• Please make your request message detailed as possible, everything should be clear and ready to understand.