GENERAL ADOPT TERMS (last updated 11/02/21)
10% DISCOUNT ON FUTURE COMMISSIONS WITH MY ADOPTS
First off, any character bought from me gets a 10% discount on future commissions from me! If you want multiple characters in one illustration and not all of them were designed by me, the character slot with the adopt by me in it will get 10% taken off of its portion of the overall price. Feel free to contact me with questions and I'd be happy to give you a detailed price breakdown, as my base prices often change. If I forget to include this discount in a future commission you're getting from me, don't hesitate to remind me!
Now for the tough stuff. By purchasing an adopt adoptable character design from me (henceforth referred to as an adopt) you certify that you understand and agree to my terms of service here:
ALL BUYERS MUST BE OVER 18:
- You must be over 18 years of age to purchase adopts from me. (My galleries are already 18+ NSFW spaces, and my character designs are generally assumed to be intended for nsfw art use.)
PERSONAL USE VS. BUSINESS USE:
Any character design and any art of them you receive from me is for personal use only, and may not be used for commercial purposes (business branding, merch, retail game / comic / etc, content kept behind any paywall or paid service, etc) without my express permission. Feel free to email me for a quote for a licensing contract and/or business use fee. Any violation of my business use policy may result in me posting a warning to other artists or pursuing legal action if the amount of money made using my work merits it, so please contact me if you're unsure.
USING AN ADOPT FROM ME FOR DONATION DRIVES:
Generally I don't consider donation drives (like a growth drive, for example) using a character I designed where any resulting donations will be used for a personal emergency and where resulting art will be publicly viewable to be business use, and have no problem with it. However, if you have an extremely successful donation drive (that isn't for an emergency) and have some extra leftover funds, I'd certainly appreciate a little kickback my way for designing the character, I'm something of a starving artist myself! (Also, I might be a little peeved if it's not done for any kind of emergency, and I may decline to sell any future adopts to people who take advantage of that gray area between personal and business use if they don't make any attempt to offer me any compensation.)
WHERE YOU CAN POST THE REF:
You can post the ref anywhere you like, except for making it exclusively behind a paywall / where it requires payment to see (like on Patreon for example). If posted to a normally pay-to-access site, no portion of my art may be used as advertisement to promote new paid memberships without my consent, as this falls into business use. Again, this only applies if the full art can only be accessed with payment, not if the full art can be visible for free.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO POST REFS:
- I reserve the right to display the original character in my own gallery / portfolio. (If I do, I'll clearly separate character designs who have been purchased to prevent the impression they're still for sale, and link to the buyer's social media presence if possible)
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BASE NEW ADOPTS ON SOLD ADOPTS:
- I reserve the right to use a previous character design of mine as a base to design another adoptable. (I'll never resell a character design I've already sold, I would only create another adopt based on a previous one if it had significant changes.)
MY ART MUST BE CREDITED PROPERLY:
- You may not claim the artwork or design as made by you. I understand you may not always be able to link back to me, (that's why I put my watermark on there), but my watermark may not be deliberately removed.
WHAT EDITS I ALLOW TO MY ADOPTS / REFS:
You can change details about the character in new artwork you get from other artists, but I must remain credited as the original designer, and I would prefer that my art or ref sheet not to be edited by anyone other than me. If you want to make changes to the character design, I can do it for a small fee, or you can commission another artist to do a new ref sheet (though I must remain credited as the original designer of the character, either on the reference art or in the text description when it gets posted).
You may also change the gender and pronouns (as long as they're not disrespectful terms listed above), or other non-visual details of the character after buying them. I'll do edits to the text on the ref sheet completely free of charge, so feel free to contact me if you want that info changed later on. You may also change the text on the ref if you're comfortable doing it yourself - this is the only edit I allow to the character ref image, if you wish to change the text where the name, gender, pronouns, or other info is listed. You may not make any other visual changes to the art purchased from me, and you must either contact me for an edit / update to the ref, or get a new ref from another artist.
CHARACTER AGE MUST REMAIN OVER 18:
While I allow buyers to choose the background info & details about characters, because I design all of my adopts to be over the age of 18 since they're expected to be used in adult content, they must not have their age changed to be under 18. If I find out a buyer later uses a character in underage content, I'll blacklist that buyer.
HATEFUL LANGUAGE MUST NOT BE ADDED TO REF:
By the same token as above, edits or descriptions with my adopts must not use any transphobic / homophobic / otherwise hateful language in their descriptions, listed on this page. If I find out a buyer later uses a character in transphobic / homophobic / otherwise hateful content, I may blacklist that buyer.
RESELLING MY ADOPTS: You may resell or gift the character to another owner, but you must link buyers to my adoptable TOS page so they're clear on my policies on commercial use and not being used in any hateful or unacceptable content. You may not resell the character for more than you purchased it for from me, as this falls into business use - UNLESS you've gotten additional commissioned art with them since you adopted the character from me, and are bundling the value of that art together with the price of the character adopt.
ABSOLUTELY NO CRYPTOCURRENCY OR NFTS:
I have a zero tolerance policy regarding any affiliation of my name or my art with "non-fungible tokens" or NFT's, cryptocurrency, or any blockchain-affiliated transaction of any kind, and will blacklist any potential or past buyers who engage with them in any way. Environmental destruction and scams both fall outside of either my legitimate personal or business use policies.
FETISH CONTENT WITH MY ADOPTS:
I don't have any restrictions on what sort of thematic content my character designs are used in, except for nothing that falls into my unacceptable content list. Aside from those ground rules, I keep an open mind about kink & fetish content I may not share an interest in.
CONTACTING BUYERS WHO BREAK MY TOS:
Breaking any of these terms may prompt me to contact you with a reminder of my TOS to give you the opportunity to correct it, or if I'm unable to contact you, measures may include being blacklisted by me from any future commission work or adopt sales or, depending on the severity, I may post a detailed warning to other artists that my terms were not honored. Please respect my wishes for what can and can't be done with designs bought from me so I don't have to resort to any of that!
UNSURE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MY ADOPTS?:
Feel free to contact me with anything you're unsure about, I have plenty of contact options on my contact page.
- On a closing note, I love seeing what people end up doing with character designs they got from me! Feel free to DM me or tag me on twitter, or message me on furaffinity, or send me an email on my contact page - I'd love it if you showed me any things you draw, write, design, etc, or commissions you get with them!
First off, any character bought from me gets a 10% discount on future commissions from me! If you want multiple characters in one illustration and not all of them were designed by me, the character slot with the adopt by me in it will get 10% taken off of its portion of the overall price. Feel free to contact me with questions and I'd be happy to give you a detailed price breakdown, as my base prices often change. If I forget to include this discount in a future commission you're getting from me, don't hesitate to remind me!
Now for the tough stuff. By purchasing an adopt adoptable character design from me (henceforth referred to as an adopt) you certify that you understand and agree to my terms of service here:
ALL BUYERS MUST BE OVER 18:
- You must be over 18 years of age to purchase adopts from me. (My galleries are already 18+ NSFW spaces, and my character designs are generally assumed to be intended for nsfw art use.)
PERSONAL USE VS. BUSINESS USE:
Any character design and any art of them you receive from me is for personal use only, and may not be used for commercial purposes (business branding, merch, retail game / comic / etc, content kept behind any paywall or paid service, etc) without my express permission. Feel free to email me for a quote for a licensing contract and/or business use fee. Any violation of my business use policy may result in me posting a warning to other artists or pursuing legal action if the amount of money made using my work merits it, so please contact me if you're unsure.
USING AN ADOPT FROM ME FOR DONATION DRIVES:
Generally I don't consider donation drives (like a growth drive, for example) using a character I designed where any resulting donations will be used for a personal emergency and where resulting art will be publicly viewable to be business use, and have no problem with it. However, if you have an extremely successful donation drive (that isn't for an emergency) and have some extra leftover funds, I'd certainly appreciate a little kickback my way for designing the character, I'm something of a starving artist myself! (Also, I might be a little peeved if it's not done for any kind of emergency, and I may decline to sell any future adopts to people who take advantage of that gray area between personal and business use if they don't make any attempt to offer me any compensation.)
WHERE YOU CAN POST THE REF:
You can post the ref anywhere you like, except for making it exclusively behind a paywall / where it requires payment to see (like on Patreon for example). If posted to a normally pay-to-access site, no portion of my art may be used as advertisement to promote new paid memberships without my consent, as this falls into business use. Again, this only applies if the full art can only be accessed with payment, not if the full art can be visible for free.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO POST REFS:
- I reserve the right to display the original character in my own gallery / portfolio. (If I do, I'll clearly separate character designs who have been purchased to prevent the impression they're still for sale, and link to the buyer's social media presence if possible)
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BASE NEW ADOPTS ON SOLD ADOPTS:
- I reserve the right to use a previous character design of mine as a base to design another adoptable. (I'll never resell a character design I've already sold, I would only create another adopt based on a previous one if it had significant changes.)
MY ART MUST BE CREDITED PROPERLY:
- You may not claim the artwork or design as made by you. I understand you may not always be able to link back to me, (that's why I put my watermark on there), but my watermark may not be deliberately removed.
WHAT EDITS I ALLOW TO MY ADOPTS / REFS:
You can change details about the character in new artwork you get from other artists, but I must remain credited as the original designer, and I would prefer that my art or ref sheet not to be edited by anyone other than me. If you want to make changes to the character design, I can do it for a small fee, or you can commission another artist to do a new ref sheet (though I must remain credited as the original designer of the character, either on the reference art or in the text description when it gets posted).
You may also change the gender and pronouns (as long as they're not disrespectful terms listed above), or other non-visual details of the character after buying them. I'll do edits to the text on the ref sheet completely free of charge, so feel free to contact me if you want that info changed later on. You may also change the text on the ref if you're comfortable doing it yourself - this is the only edit I allow to the character ref image, if you wish to change the text where the name, gender, pronouns, or other info is listed. You may not make any other visual changes to the art purchased from me, and you must either contact me for an edit / update to the ref, or get a new ref from another artist.
CHARACTER AGE MUST REMAIN OVER 18:
While I allow buyers to choose the background info & details about characters, because I design all of my adopts to be over the age of 18 since they're expected to be used in adult content, they must not have their age changed to be under 18. If I find out a buyer later uses a character in underage content, I'll blacklist that buyer.
HATEFUL LANGUAGE MUST NOT BE ADDED TO REF:
By the same token as above, edits or descriptions with my adopts must not use any transphobic / homophobic / otherwise hateful language in their descriptions, listed on this page. If I find out a buyer later uses a character in transphobic / homophobic / otherwise hateful content, I may blacklist that buyer.
RESELLING MY ADOPTS: You may resell or gift the character to another owner, but you must link buyers to my adoptable TOS page so they're clear on my policies on commercial use and not being used in any hateful or unacceptable content. You may not resell the character for more than you purchased it for from me, as this falls into business use - UNLESS you've gotten additional commissioned art with them since you adopted the character from me, and are bundling the value of that art together with the price of the character adopt.
ABSOLUTELY NO CRYPTOCURRENCY OR NFTS:
I have a zero tolerance policy regarding any affiliation of my name or my art with "non-fungible tokens" or NFT's, cryptocurrency, or any blockchain-affiliated transaction of any kind, and will blacklist any potential or past buyers who engage with them in any way. Environmental destruction and scams both fall outside of either my legitimate personal or business use policies.
FETISH CONTENT WITH MY ADOPTS:
I don't have any restrictions on what sort of thematic content my character designs are used in, except for nothing that falls into my unacceptable content list. Aside from those ground rules, I keep an open mind about kink & fetish content I may not share an interest in.
CONTACTING BUYERS WHO BREAK MY TOS:
Breaking any of these terms may prompt me to contact you with a reminder of my TOS to give you the opportunity to correct it, or if I'm unable to contact you, measures may include being blacklisted by me from any future commission work or adopt sales or, depending on the severity, I may post a detailed warning to other artists that my terms were not honored. Please respect my wishes for what can and can't be done with designs bought from me so I don't have to resort to any of that!
UNSURE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MY ADOPTS?:
Feel free to contact me with anything you're unsure about, I have plenty of contact options on my contact page.
- On a closing note, I love seeing what people end up doing with character designs they got from me! Feel free to DM me or tag me on twitter, or message me on furaffinity, or send me an email on my contact page - I'd love it if you showed me any things you draw, write, design, etc, or commissions you get with them!