Sound like you covered your bases!

Yeah while I never got into unpleasant situations when doing commishes, I suppose sometimes my clients could be in the dark about specifics.

I can agree with all of the rules but one:

>-The client is not allowed to Alter or change in any way the finished work or the sketches received as part of the commission, if an edit is required it will be discussed and I may charge an additional fee.

That doesn't sit well with me, being a fellow that rather enjoys making after-the-fact edits on my commissions. That said, considering your style and how difficult it would be to emulate for additions or changes, one probably wouldn't do so anyways since it would almost certainly stick out like a sore thumb. Still, the limitation would make me balk at commissioning you, even if I had no intention of testing its limits, since I should expect that which I pay money for is mine to alter in whatever ways I see fit and, should I choose to, re-posted (with credits given to the original source, of course). This is all besides the fact that it is a rather difficult (read: impossible) rule to enforce, what with the proliferation of image hosting sites and the use of dummy or proxy accounts. If you were to go after someone doing as much you would be more likely to lose them as a money source than gain any new ones for it.

First of all thanks for the feedback.

This actually goes into copyright laws, when any piece of artwork is created (commissioned or not), unless it's stated to be Work-for-Hire, the owner of all the copyrights is the artist and only that person can use whatever he/she created.

Most of the times when people commission artwork they also buy the rights to use that image, how many rights they get, (for example if they can make x amount of prints and sell them) and how long they last depends on the agreement.

What I include with my commissions are personal use rights, so people can show it, print it, upload it as long as they don't get commercial gain from it.

So even if somebody pays for the creation of an art piece and gets rights for personal usage, the copyright holder is still the artist and altering the artwork needs the creators permision or the possesion of the rights to alter it.


Anyway after some of that legal stuff...


The reason why I discourage modifications to my artwork is because, as you stated above, an edit would require painting knowledge, light, composition, and a lot of other things, I wouldn't like somebody changing something on top of a painting without knowing what they are doing, and if that image gets reposted, while it may be obvious it was altered, potential clients may think that that modification in the artwork was made actually by the artist herself and if it's too bad,be discouraged from commissioning that artist. Thus actually damaging the artist's reputation.

This is why I state that edits will be discussed, because I know what will work and the best way to implement those changes in the piece, also most of the time I won't mind doing small edits, I will only charge a fee if they are too many or the change is complicated to do.

Also you are right, in the end, as every other copyright law, enforcing it at all is practically impossible.

I really enjoyed reading both of your points. To be honest I've felt the same way as thebackup whenever I've read similar lines like "you can't have your artwork edited without prior permission" etc etc in artist's terms. However, you also made very valid points in your rebuttal; points that I hadn't thought of in such a direction and which i duly respect. Glad to see artists and furies maturely discussing opinions and feedback.

News to me, but I'm no professional artist and, as such, haven't exactly familiarized myself with the laws surrounding it.

Fair enough. Worrying about your picture's quality being reduced due to amateurish edits is an understandable fear, as is the potential damage to your reputation. I would argue that allowing edits to take place as long as the original is shown beside it/clearly linked to would alleviate such concerns but, in the end, it's your work.

Since my interest lies in the MLP fandom, which plays host to simple designs that make for quick and easy editing, I place more emphasis on the rights to edit my commissions since I often like to tweak colours or make different versions (for example, I happen to have a fondness for pacifier gags >_>).

Wob,

I'm VERY excited to see you're re opening commissions. In the past I've always adored the extreme amounts of detail that you have put into your backgrounds. You even posted a very realistic diaper painting with one of your characters modeling if I'm not mistaken; which was extremely impressive in terms of realism and detail. I have seen many deals, many artists opening and closing their current schedule for commissions, and several several YCH's come and go. Either a lack of inspiration, or a lack of funds has thwarted any commitment I could give towards an artist for a commission. However, recently I've been given an Idea that I WILL see come to life. With this inspiration several respectable artists that I admire came to mind, but your background detail and style stuck out the most in my mind for what I'm wanting to have done. I await eagerly for commission sheet and the green light to note you the details for what I have cooking up. Can't wait to hear from you, but please feel free to respond at your own lenience.

Best wishes,

~Sly~

Thank you, I think I know which piece you're talking about, gosh that painting it's so oldddd.....XD
Well that sounds like it's gonna be a very interesting commission to work on!Also I swear I will open slots soon, I just want to finish what I'm working on before!

Not a problem! I'm eagerly waiting for that journal. I'll be sure to message you as soon as i see it's up. Knowing my luck though I probably won't be first slot XD Good luck with your current prospects, can't wait to see those too.

Most artists have certain content/themes/kinks(if nsfw is allowed even) that they'll refuse to do.

Do you have certain content you'll refuse to do for commissions?

Actually I don't have any restrictions regarding content, I'm very open minded and I will be at least willing to discuss painting something outside of my comfort zone. I need to add that. Thanks!

Radical!
I can't wait to commission the heck out of you!