terms of service

CONDENSED TOS
NOTICE: This is the CONDENSED version of the TOS.Detailed info may be missing. The sole purpose of this condensed version is for all persons to have an easy overview of the main points. Please refer to the full TOS below for more detailed terms, which WILL apply to your orders and requests.From here on a person who has either paid me for a commission or is owed art by me in any other way (I.E winner of a raffle) will be referred to as Recipient while I will be referred to as Artist. The finished artwork will be referred to as "product"

TERMS OF SERVICE AND CONDITIONS
LAST UPDATE: 6th March 2025This contract applies to the artist further called Artist and person or institution further called Recipient purchasing or receiving from Artist a work of art further called Product. By ordering or otherwise requesting Product from the Artist the Recipient agrees to the following terms and conditions:PAYMENTS
1. Recipient agrees to pay 50% of the fee upfront and 50% after the Artist has finalized the Product.
2. Any other payment schedule has to be mutually agreed before work on the Product commences.
3. Recipient accepts that work on the Product will not commence until payment has been received by Seller according to the above schedule.
4. Certain types of work do not allow for a split payment. In such cases Recipient will be informed about this and will be asked to agree on a different payment schedule, before any work can commence.PRODUCT DELIVERY
5. Recipient agrees that Product will be delivered digitally to email address provided by Recipient, after the final payment has been received by the Artist.
6. Any other method of delivery, either digital or physical, has to be mutually agreed on before the work commences. Recipient agrees to bear any costs incurred by alternative delivery method, such as postal costs, material costs, digital service subscription fees etc.
7a. It is the sole responsibility of the Recipient to propose a delivery method which works for both parties. Artist cannot be held accountable for Recipient's loss of access to the delivery method, loss of delivered files, impediments such as spam filters or any other technical obstacles outside the responsibility of the Artist.
7b. Upon delivery of the Product, it is the Recipient's responsibility to store it properly. Loss of Product due to negligence will not be reimbursed by the Artist. Artist can not guarantee that the original copy of the Product will be available in the case that the Recipient lost their files.REVISIONS
8. Recipient has the right to 3 complete revisions in the sketching phase.
9. Recipient has right to a reasonable amount of minor edits after completion, such as changing an eyecolour or fixing a small detail, up to an additional 10% of the total time spent on creating the originally delivered Product. Any requests above that, however minor, will require a prior mutual agreement and will result in a proportional increase of order value. Any such increase will be invoiced separately. Additional payment will be calculated upon approval of the final Product.
10. Once the Recipient confirms their age as equal or above 18 by providing an image of an official document or license with the Recipient's date of birth clearly shown detailed discussiion about the request will commence. Once the Recipient and Artist agree on the intended result of the Product and first payment is done, the Recipient's name will be added to the "Waiting Room" list of the Trello board. Artist will begin working on Recipient's Product once Products on top of the Recipient's name in the queue are finished. The Waiting list is ranked by priority. Unless Recipient requests priority status for their Product "first come, first served" applies. Recipient agrees that priority status or request for a deadline will add a rush fee and needs to be discussed before any payment or work commences. Once the Recipient is on top of the queue the Artist will start working and send the Recipient progress pictures of things such as composition, shading and colour studies for approval. Artist will only continue once the work is approved by the Recipient. Certain types of Products might lack one or more of those steps. Recipient will be informed of which steps will need approval before the final Product is sent. The Recipient agrees that watermarked versions of the progress pictures will be posted to the Trello board.
11. Edits can only be done regarding which artwork step is being sent for approval. Recipient can ask for alterations in a sketch while the artwork is being sketched, changing its base structure. Colouring edits can be done while the artwork is being coloured. Asking for changes to the artwork's base during the coloring process will result in additional fees based on the time needed for the change.
12. Characters can’t be added in or out of the Product once the first sketch has been approved.
13. There might be differences between the final Product and the work displayed in the Artist's galleries.CURRENCY CONVERSIONS
14. Recipient agrees to pay the total amount specified in Euros.
15. It is the sole responsibility of Recipient to bear any currency conversion costs or bank transfer feeswith the exception of the PayPal "Goods and Services" fee.TRELLO BOARD
The interactive Trello board "Goat's grindset board" will be further referred to as Board. By clicking the link to the Board you will be added as a Viewer, this term includes but is not limited to a Recipient. Viewer's only possible method of interacting with the Board is through commenting and voting. A Viewer cannot move, edit, add or delete cards or lists from the Board.16. Viewer agrees to first read through the "Board Navigation Guide" list once entering the Board before resuming interaction with it.17. Viewer confirms that they are not joining the Board for malicious or otherwise misguided purposes and will adhere to the rules of engagement. Viewer is aware that the Board is not a space for persons under the age of 18.
18. Recipient agrees to use the Board for its intended purpose and to implement it in the communication process with the Artist (such as viewing their queue position there instead of asking the Artist via direct messages).19a. Viewer agrees to be respectful not only to the admins of the Board but also to all viewers when commenting or otherwise interacting with the Board.
19b. Viewer is aware that the use of slurs is not permitted in any context given.
19c. Viewer agrees to only use offensive language if it stays within a reasonable amount and is otherwise respectful given context.
19d. Viewer is aware that the public status of the Board makes it available to any person with a link to the Board. Viewer agrees to not comment or otherwise give information about Artist's name, social media handle or other information that could give a person under the age of 18 access to uncensored 18+ material made by me or others should such a person gain access to the Board.20a. Viewer agrees to only distribute the link to the Board within private interactions (dms, private group chats) and will only do so in combination with the link to my Carrd. It is the Viewer's responsibility to inform persons they've shared the link with to read the ToS before joining the Board and to prevent unaware, underage or otherwise unwanted persons from accessing this Board through a link distributed by the Viewer.
20b. The responsibility of preventing persons under the age of 18 from accessing the link shared by a Viewer falls solely on the Viewer who shared it.21. Viewer agrees to be mindful when sharing screencaptures from this board and only share them to spaces not easily available to persons below the age of 18, especially when sharing in context with my artist name and account handle. This also applies to any and all screencaptures from the Board, even if they don't contain any explicit material.
22. Recipient is aware that the Board does not replace Recipient to Artist communication and that any serious matters should be discussed with the Artist personally.
23. Recipient agrees to respect the additional guidelines written in the Board.REFUND POLICY
24. Recipient has right to request a full refund if work on their requested Product has not been started for three consecutive months since the first payment. If the Artist has already begun working on the Product the refunded amount will be original cost minus the cost of time spent by the Artist on the Product (calculated by rate of 12€/h, using the Product's canvas information as reference). Refund conditions for commissions which require more work must be agreed separately and before the work commences. These provisions exclude work interruptions caused by unforeseen circumstances such as illness, accident or any other credibly documented reason for interruption of work.
25. Recipient agrees to contact the Artist in case the Recipient needs a refund. Recipient agrees that once work on the Product has started there are no full refunds.
26. Recipient agrees to not use the chargeback feature for a refund, but instead to contact the Artist, and that any attempts at a PayPal chargeback are to be seen as bad faith from the Recipient.
27. If a refund is sent to the Recipient they retain no right to use the pictures of the Product, at whatever stage, sent to the Recipient. Artist has a right to repurpose the work for future Products. Refunds may take up to a month to be sent.
28. Recipient obliges to contact the Artist in a fast and responsive manner, responding swiftly to any requests for comments, clarifications, opinions, validation of progress etc. by using direct messaging or the features of the Trello board. Lack of timely communication on behalf of Recipient will be recognized as disapproval and work will not commence until communication is restored.PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE
29. The Product received by Recipient is for personal use. Any use of the Product or alterations of it for commercial purposes, reselling it, reproduction or publishing for reasons other than personal purposes has to be approved beforehand by the Artist. This will require a separate agreement between Recipient and Artist defining exact conditions and financial implications of such use of the Product.Recipient does not hold the right to use the product in any blockchain-related technology, including NFTs, cryptocurrency, or future inventions in the space.In addition, Recipient does not hold the right to use the product for AI datasets or for AI tools and any present or future inventions in the space.
30. Displaying the Product or alterations of it on any social media platform is allowed in combination with visible credit to the Artist in form of the artist name (Goat Fangs) and either a link to Artist's 18+ Blue Sky account or information on where to find it. This excludes the displaying of the Product behind a paywall (I.E a paid tier of your Patreon) as that falls under commercial use and must be discussed upon.
31. Recipient agrees to only request or commission the Artist to draw things the Recipient owns or has permission to use. Recipient holds all responsibility regarding permission to draw who or what is being portrayed. If the Recipient happens to not have permission to commission or request from the Artist a certain thing, the Recipient will be the one to deal with legal issues. If the Artist gets any messages regarding legal issues, the Artist will expose Recipient's contact information as the Recipient.
32. Recipient can’t claim the artwork or its alterations as made by them.
33. Recipient can print the Product to keep as a physical copy, but the Product must not be submitted to mass printing sites.
34. Recipient can edit, crop and alter the artwork. Recipient agrees that all alterations of the artwork will still follow the terms stated here, including that I keep all rights over it. (This is intended for avatars, reference/profile crops, or if the Recipient made edits to their character and want to change the Product themselves.)
35. It is the Recipients responsibility to avoid distributing or displaying Products depicting pornographic or otherwise inappropriate themes made by the Artist to spaces easily available to people under the age of 18.ARTIST RIGHTS36. Artist retains all the rights over the Product.
This includes but is not limited to: Distributing the Product on galleries, portfolios, printing on art books, using it for self-promotion, on merchandise, and/or as price samples.
Artist will make an effort to credit Recipient for their characters where the commission is displayed.RESTRICTIONS37. Artist will not draw:
Anything NSFW for people under the age of 18 and will only accept such requests when the persons age is visible on their social media accounts;
Offensive or hateful material towards communities, cultures, genders and sexualities;
Depictions of sexual abuse or minors in erotic context, including animal abuse;
Creatures/characters that are unable to consent shown within or next to an erotic scene, whether said creature/character is directly involved or not;
Extreme and/or unsanitary fetishes such as scat, watersports, prolapsing and the such;
Scenes of torture, violent death, "snuff";
Sexual scenes between a human and a furry that is based on a real life animal. This does not include kemonomimis or humanoids with animal features that would not reasonably be referred to as "furry";
Depictions or implications of dehumanisation, fetishization or objectification towards a gender, race or community;38. Artist can accept to draw:
Gore, if it is for the artistic point of it rather than showing torture;
Consensual non-consent only if the artwork creates enough context to verify consent from all characters depicted;
TeratophiliaIf you are unsure if I'd be comfortable with a certain request, reach out to me to discuss.CANCELLATIONS
39. Artist reserves every right to refuse or cancel any order, under condition of full refund, without giving reasons to Recipient.
40. Any disrespectful behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in a cancellation of the order. Recipient will receive full or partial refund depending on amount of work completed. Artist will have full right to refuse any service to the Recipient in the future.This TOS was written by using this example as a base.

If youre seeking clarification or details about my boundaries, please find the "restrictions" section in my ToS or reach out to me via dm.

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