WILL DO

• suggestive content
• furries
• original characters
• Fanart
• NSFW art

MAY DO

• Mechanical elements
• gore

WONT DO

• excessive gore
• fetish content
• bigoted imagery/content
• anything involving the promotion of incest
• pedophilia or nonconsensual dynamics

1. Reservation of Rights

All rights not expressly granted above are retained by the Artist, including any electronic rights or usage unless specified above and including, but not limited to, all rights in sketches, comps, or other preliminary materials. Any grant of rights is conditional upon receipt of full payment. Upon receipt of full payment, Artist shall deliver digital files necessary to enable Client’s usage rights granted herein. Any use additional to that expressly granted above requires arrangement for payment of a separate fee. Artist retains the rights to display all work created by Artist for this Project, including preliminary materials and final art, in Artist’s portfolios, including in print and online, and to submit such work to design periodicals and competitions.

2. Revisions/Process

To ensure commission does not go ghosted an additional 20% of the final commission price is expected upon completion of each stage, for a final payment plan of 5 installments including the down payment and final payment. The payment stages shall be referred to as checkpoints as the commission will be on hold until each installment is fulfilled unless otherwise stipulated within the contract.

Upon the purchase of a commission the overall process is as follows unless otherwise stated in the description of the commission listing or requested by the client:

• Preliminary and estimation stage: The client provides reference materials and discusses their vision to provide Pilli with a direction for the work. The materials can take the form of a mood board, reference sheets, or a description of the client’s vision. All materials that the client provides must be credited. Any direct references a client wants to the artist to closely use, such as a base image, the license for usage must be disclosed to be owned by the client for such usage. Pilli will be in communication with the client to properly assess and negotiate a reasonable commission fee and contract.
• Checkpoint 1. no work shall be produced until at least 20% of the total commission fee is provided as a nonrefundable down payment.
• Thumbnail Stage: The rough thumbnails will be sent to the client for approval within one to five days
• Checkpoint 2. 40% of fees paid
• Sketch Stage: Once approval is granted a preview of the sketch shall be provided to the client within one to seven days for approval.
• Check point 3. 60% of fees paid
• Rough Stage: Once approval is granted a preview of the rough line art and colors shall be provided to the client within one to ten days for approval.
• Check point 4. 80% of fees paid.
• Polish Stage: Once approval is granted a preview of the work shall be provided to the client within one to ten days for final approval.
• Check point 5. final payment of commission fees.
• Final Delivery Stage: The final work shall be delivered to the client.

3. Cancellation Fees

Fifty percent (50%) of the estimated fees up to that point in the commission process are due within 30 days of notification that for any reason the job is canceled or postponed before the final stage. One hundred percent (100%) of the total fee is due despite cancellation or postponement of the job if the art has been completed. Upon cancellation, Artist retains all rights to the art, and all original art and copies thereof must be returned, including sketches, comps, or other preliminary materials, and Client shall permanently delete all digital copies thereof.

4. Credits and Copies

A credit line suitable to the design of the page or context will be used.

Example credit lines:

• Commision by Pilli Lopez || Crows and Frogs for (your name or handle here)
• For your own cool art or to look at some other cool art check out Pilli’s site: https://crowsandfrogs.com/
• Art credit : @crowsandfrogs

Client agrees to pay an additional 50% of the total fee, excluding expenses, for failure to include credit line. Credit line is required independent of Artist’s signature, which shall be included at Artist’s discretion unless otherwise agreed in writing above. Client agrees to provide Artist with at minimum 3 sample copies of any printed material.

5. Payment

Payment for finished work is due upon acceptance, net 30 days. The Client’s right to use the work is conditioned upon receipt of payment within 30 days of acceptance and upon Client’s compliance with the terms of this Agreement. A 1 1/2% monthly service charge will be billed against late payment.

6. Original Art

Original art remains the property of the Artist unless expressed otherwise in the Agreement. Client is responsible for return of original art in undamaged condition within 30 days of first reproduction. Client shall also return all copies of the art, and permanently delete all digital copies thereof, within 30 days after expiration of Client’s usage rights.

7. Additional Expenses

If Client does not provide a courier/shipping number in the space provided above, shipping charges will be added to the final invoice. Client agrees to reimburse Artist for the following expenses:

8. Permissions and Releases

The Client agrees to indemnify and hold the Artist harmless against any and all claims, costs, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, due to materials included in the Work at the request of the Client for which no copyright permission or privacy release was requested or for which uses exceed the uses allowed pursuant to a permission or release or the scope of the license granted hereunder.

9. Miscellaneous

This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties. Its terms can be modified only by an instrument in writing signed by both parties, except that the Client may authorize expenses or revisions orally. No terms attached to any check for payment under this Agreement can modify the Agreement except under an independent instrument in writing signed by both parties. Any disputes in excess of $12,500 arising out of this Agreement shall be submitted to mediation in accordance with the rules of [name of local lawyers for the arts mediation program]. The prevailing party in any dispute resolved by litigation shall be entitled to recover its attorney’s fees and costs, provided that party initiated or participated in mediation as set forth herein.  A waiver of a breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not be construed as a continuing waiver of other breaches of the same or other provisions. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and courts of such State shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue.