To possible future customers, please read the following terms.
I know it may be long to read, but it is required to commission me. If you do not acknowledge, I may not provide services.
Please note you MUST be at least 18 years of age to commission me, I will not provide service to minors.
My ToS is divided into 6 brief sections: (1) Process/General Information, (2) Communication, (3) Pricing & Payment, (4) Cancellation & Refunds, (5) Rights & Distribution, and (6) Frequently asked questions. Please ensure that you read and understand this entire page before commissioning me!
I know it may be long to read, but it is required to commission me. If you do not acknowledge, I may not provide services.
Please note you MUST be at least 18 years of age to commission me, I will not provide service to minors.
My ToS is divided into 6 brief sections: (1) Process/General Information, (2) Communication, (3) Pricing & Payment, (4) Cancellation & Refunds, (5) Rights & Distribution, and (6) Frequently asked questions. Please ensure that you read and understand this entire page before commissioning me!
★ Process/General Information
☆ I reserve the right to decline any commission request for any reason. As a general rule of thumb...
☆ I reserve the right to decline any commission request for any reason. As a general rule of thumb...
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✓ will draw
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✘ will not draw
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☆ Once I have accepted your commission, I will begin work on the date that I have assigned it to
☆ If your commission requires sketch approval, I will send a sketch to your provided email
☆Regarding 18+ work
In my commissioning adult work, you are agreeing that you are of legal age to purchase and view such content.
☆ Edit policy:
- Please be aware that progress updates will not be available before then!
- I will notify you of a delay if I need additional time to complete your commission for whatever reason, or you may request a cancellation.
☆ If your commission requires sketch approval, I will send a sketch to your provided email
- At this point please tell me any and all changes that you would like to see
- Once a sketch has been approved, I will begin working on the next stage in my process
☆Regarding 18+ work
In my commissioning adult work, you are agreeing that you are of legal age to purchase and view such content.
☆ Edit policy:
- I will redraw a preliminary sketch up to 3 times before charging a fee for each additional redraw.
- I will not redraw a work in progress preview for any reason if I am past the sketch stage.
- I will make small edits to a preliminary sketch or other work in progress free of charge.
- If I have made a mistake on your completed commission, I will fix it free of charge.
- If I have made a mistake on your completed commission due to misinformation (an unclear reference, etc), I will charge a fee.
- If you would like me to make a small edit (color palette changes, etc.) to your completed commission, I will not charge a fee.
- If you would like me to make a large edit (one that requires redrawing portions of the lines) to your completed commission, I will charge a fee.
★ Communication
☆ All communication will be made via email
☆ I will contact you...
☆ You may contact me...
☆ All communication will be made via email
- Please fill out this form when requesting a slot.
- I may make exceptions on a case by case basis--please let me know if you cannot communicate via email for whatever reason when filling out your contact form.
- Please do not contact me offsite requesting a place in my queue--I will redirect you back to the contact form on this website.
☆ I will contact you...
- after I've received your contact form, to confirm if I've accepted your commission
- to discuss any additional information
- if I need to send you a work in progress preview of your commission
- if there is a delay with your commission (with or without a WIP)
- if I need to cancel your commission for any reason
☆ You may contact me...
- to request a progress update
- to discuss any additional information
- to change or update your commission information
- if you would like to cancel your commission for any reason
★ Pricing & Payment
☆ Prices are directly related to $$/hour, or on average how long a piece takes me to make.
☆ Payment is to be made upfront through paypal invoice
☆ Expect to pay an additional charge for requests for the following:
(these are only a few examples! anything not on this list may still apply if it is time-consuming enough)
☆ Prices are directly related to $$/hour, or on average how long a piece takes me to make.
- Certain options may be slightly more or less expensive for various reasons.
- Base prices and expected turnaround are listed on this website.
- Additional charges may be made depending on your request, and may also affect the turnaround time.
- I will not charge for extra time if there is a delay with your commission or if I otherwise take longer than expected.
☆ Payment is to be made upfront through paypal invoice
- I reserve the right to withhold any completed commission or work in progress preview until the full payment is received.
- Please do not send any amount of money directly to my paypal unless explicitly instructed to.
- I will accept payment in installments for orders of $100 or more by request.
☆ Expect to pay an additional charge for requests for the following:
(these are only a few examples! anything not on this list may still apply if it is time-consuming enough)
- 'taur' characters
- large areas with space or wood textures
- intricate markings, clothing, or accessories
- mechanical parts
- large or detailed props
★ Cancellation & Refunds
☆ I reserve the right to cancel your commission for any reason
☆ You may contact me to cancel your commission for any reason
☆ I will not issue full or partial refunds for completed commissions under any circumstances
☆ I reserve the right to cancel your commission for any reason
- I reserve the right to distribute partial refunds equal to the amount of work that was not completed for larger commissions.
- Full refunds will be distributed if I have not begun work OR the commission is very small (turnaround of 1-2 days) OR I am cancelling immediately for a personal emergency.
☆ You may contact me to cancel your commission for any reason
- The amount I refund depends on the size of your commission and how much work was completed and shown to you (see above).
☆ I will not issue full or partial refunds for completed commissions under any circumstances
- Please instead ask me to edit your commission if you are not 100% satisfied with it.
★ Rights & distribution
☆ I retain all rights of distribution to the completed image, and may...
☆ I do accept private or anon commissions, but you must tell me ahead of time if you don't want your commission posted or to have your name attached to the image.
☆ Once you've received your completed commission, you may...
☆ I retain all rights of distribution to the completed image, and may...
- display in one or all of my online galleries and/or portfolio
- display it on this website as an example for a specific option
- display it to promote my commissions
- reproduce and sell for an additional profit
☆ I do accept private or anon commissions, but you must tell me ahead of time if you don't want your commission posted or to have your name attached to the image.
☆ Once you've received your completed commission, you may...
- display publicly in a personal gallery or website layout
- crop for personal use in an icon or banner
- display in a character reference (and overlay text for such purposes, if necessary)
- overlay a personal watermark to protect your character (so long as it does not obscure my signature)
- remove or obscure my signature
- edit or redraw parts of the image to 'fix' something
- display anywhere without appropriate credit (a simple 'art by pika-commissions.weebly.com ' or 'Pikapaws.deviantart.com' will suffice)
- reproduce and sell for an additional profit
★ Frequently Asked Questions
"SHOULD I GIVE YOU A TUMBLR/DA/FA/WEASYL NAME TO CREDIT MY COMMISSION TO WHEN YOU POST IT? E.G. 'COMMISSION FOR [NAME]'
Include it somewhere in your contact form, if you'd like! I can usually figure out who to credit fairly easily from your character references (depending on what you link me to), but it certainly makes it a little easier for me!
"IF I AM A CONTACT ON YOUR PERSONAL SKYPE, CAN WE TALK ABOUT MY COMMISSION THERE?"
I would prefer not to, sorry! My skype is for private, personal conversations with friends or acquaintances, not business.
"WILL YOU RESERVE A SLOT FOR ME?"
I certainly can! It'll be your responsibility to get back to me when slots are officially opened, though.
"WILL YOU STREAM MY COMMISSION?"
For a fee we can make arrangements for me to host a public or private stream for you at a specific date/time, but otherwise I cannot guarantee that I will stream your commission.
"HOW WILL I KNOW IF YOU ARE STREAMING MY COMMISSION?"
If I announce that I'm streaming commissions and you are next on my queue, you can assume I'll be working on yours in the stream. If I know your deviantART, weasyl, tumblr, or twitter username, I will try to notify you in my announcement.
"IF YOU ARE STREAMING MY COMMISSION, CAN I MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR ASK YOU TO CORRECT SOMETHING?"
Absolutely! Chances are I will end up asking you things in the stream anyway.
"CAN I PRINT MY FINISHED COMMISSION?"
You're welcome to, and I will send you the full working size of your finished commission if you'd like, but I don't always draw at print resolution (especially for the sketch commissions) so it may not come out too well!
"SHOULD I GIVE YOU A TUMBLR/DA/FA/WEASYL NAME TO CREDIT MY COMMISSION TO WHEN YOU POST IT? E.G. 'COMMISSION FOR [NAME]'
Include it somewhere in your contact form, if you'd like! I can usually figure out who to credit fairly easily from your character references (depending on what you link me to), but it certainly makes it a little easier for me!
"IF I AM A CONTACT ON YOUR PERSONAL SKYPE, CAN WE TALK ABOUT MY COMMISSION THERE?"
I would prefer not to, sorry! My skype is for private, personal conversations with friends or acquaintances, not business.
"WILL YOU RESERVE A SLOT FOR ME?"
I certainly can! It'll be your responsibility to get back to me when slots are officially opened, though.
"WILL YOU STREAM MY COMMISSION?"
For a fee we can make arrangements for me to host a public or private stream for you at a specific date/time, but otherwise I cannot guarantee that I will stream your commission.
- I generally charge $2/hour and will send the invoice separately after the stream.
- I will withhold any and all files until all invoices are paid.
"HOW WILL I KNOW IF YOU ARE STREAMING MY COMMISSION?"
If I announce that I'm streaming commissions and you are next on my queue, you can assume I'll be working on yours in the stream. If I know your deviantART, weasyl, tumblr, or twitter username, I will try to notify you in my announcement.
"IF YOU ARE STREAMING MY COMMISSION, CAN I MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR ASK YOU TO CORRECT SOMETHING?"
Absolutely! Chances are I will end up asking you things in the stream anyway.
"CAN I PRINT MY FINISHED COMMISSION?"
You're welcome to, and I will send you the full working size of your finished commission if you'd like, but I don't always draw at print resolution (especially for the sketch commissions) so it may not come out too well!
"WHAT IF I WANT MULTIPLE COMMISSIONS, BUT CAN'T PAY FOR THEM ALL AT ONCE?"
I can spread out your commissions over the course of a month or so and send you separate invoices for each one, if need be. We can arrange this over email when you've sent your contact form.
"CAN YOU DESIGN A NEW OUTFIT FOR MY CHARACTER?"
Yes, but I may charge a fee if I have to design it from scratch! If you know what you want, you're welcome to send me photos of an outfit you'd like your character drawn in and I can work from that instead.
"CAN YOU DESIGN AN ANIMAL FORM FOR MY HUMANOID CHARACTER?"
I certainly can, but I may charge a fee depending on how simple or complex you'd like the design to be! For example, if it's a generic animal with fairly generic markings and maybe a specific accessory or something, I don't think I'd charge for that! If you'd like something more unique or time-consuming, I'd charge a fee then.
"CAN YOU DRAW MY CHARACTER IN ANTHRO FORM FROM AN ANIMAL/FERAL REFERENCE?"
Absolutely! Unless there is a complex outfit you'd like me to design with it, I could do this free of charge.
I can spread out your commissions over the course of a month or so and send you separate invoices for each one, if need be. We can arrange this over email when you've sent your contact form.
"CAN YOU DESIGN A NEW OUTFIT FOR MY CHARACTER?"
Yes, but I may charge a fee if I have to design it from scratch! If you know what you want, you're welcome to send me photos of an outfit you'd like your character drawn in and I can work from that instead.
"CAN YOU DESIGN AN ANIMAL FORM FOR MY HUMANOID CHARACTER?"
I certainly can, but I may charge a fee depending on how simple or complex you'd like the design to be! For example, if it's a generic animal with fairly generic markings and maybe a specific accessory or something, I don't think I'd charge for that! If you'd like something more unique or time-consuming, I'd charge a fee then.
"CAN YOU DRAW MY CHARACTER IN ANTHRO FORM FROM AN ANIMAL/FERAL REFERENCE?"
Absolutely! Unless there is a complex outfit you'd like me to design with it, I could do this free of charge.
I reserve the right to edit and revise this post and my policies at anytime.
If you have any questions or concerns,
please email me or contact me through any of the sites I have listed and I'll try my best to provide answers!
Thank you for reading!
If you have any questions or concerns,
please email me or contact me through any of the sites I have listed and I'll try my best to provide answers!
Thank you for reading!
