Commission Info

I reserve the right to decline any commission request without question.

I reserve the right to include any commission done in natural medium or otherwise that is not to be sent in my portfolio/book/etc. If the original is to be sent, I reserve the right to include a copy of it.

I reserve the full rights to the image and it's use/distribution unless otherwise agreed upon (rights to the image for your own non-personal use may be purchased).

I reserve the right to display commissioned pieces on my website(s) or DeviantART gallery (if requested an original character of yours, credit to you will be noted accordingly). If you do not want your commission displayed for whatever reason, please speak to me, I'm flexible.

I reserve the right to adjust pricing on a requested piece accordingly.

Once a piece is commissioned, you may use it for any personal use that you please, including but not limited to icons, signatures, layouts, wallpapers, themes and personal site display, without being required to link me back or credit, though it's always appreciated.  You may not however claim the work to be your own or set it up for redistribution. I continue to reserve the rights to the artwork, you may not use it for any external projects (commercial or non-commercial). If you are looking for something to redistribute, use for your game, represent your comic, use as an ad banner, sell or show at conventions, etc, speak to me.

If you are not sure whether your request counts as personal or otherwise, feel free to ask me about it's intended use.

I reserve the rights to all redesigns of characters within commissions, including redesigned/adapted outfits, hairstyles, etc (basically anything that you did not create or include in your original reference images). I am not being paid to re-design or beef up your character for you, if you wish to own the rights to use the re-design or adaptation, feel free to speak to me.

Regular commissions are NOT to be used for things like book illustrations, covers or any other publishing without expressed written permission (whether you make a profit or not). They cover non-commercial use ONLY including non-profit making projects such as free online games. You may not make prints of my work to sell. I still hold legal rights to the art, commissioning me means agreeing to these terms.

This includes but is not limited to: Book illustrations, game illustrations/concepts, adoptables/petsite pets and so forth. If you wish to have me illustrate something like this, or use my art in a commercial project it will fall under professional commissions and must be discussed with me before the commission is started, the rights to the image will be included in the price for you to use as you please. You must specify if this is the case to be properly quoted, prices listed here are for personal commission only. Failure to do so may result in legal action. Pricing will be done on a project to project basis. For art books (that you've commissioned the piece to appear in) I require proper credit wherever you might setup your credits, or for sites on the credits section of the site under the name of S.A.McGowan for my work. Standard credits for novel covers apply.

If requested in natural/traditional medium, should something happen to it during the shipping of the piece, I am not responsible, if you wish to purchase tracking, extra packaging or shipping insurance on a piece you may do so.

I will not begin the piece until I have received payment, once I have received payment, I will continue to update you on the production of the piece, all pieces are begun and finished in the order that I receive payment. I will only accept so many commissions at once. If you have ordered a large commission and wish to pay with a payment plan, it can be discussed.

All commissions are non refundable