Before Commissioning

Please take a moment to read the information below before submitting your inquiry.

Payment

  • Full upfront payment via PayPal or VGen.
  • Your slot will be officially reserved after payment has been completed.
  • I generally cannot reserve commission slots more than one month before payment.

Request Guidelines

  • Please ensure that any characters or designs included in your request are either owned by you or properly licensed for use.
  • Exact replication of reference designs or compositions is not accepted. Please use references as inspiration or style guidance only.

Usage Rights & Licensing

  • Please let me know how you plan to use the artwork in advance.
  • Commercial use may incur additional fees depending on the content.
  • The copyright of all works remains with the creator (Pinako).
  • Commissioned artwork, including sketches, alternate concepts, and work-in-progress images, may be used in my portfolio or posted on social media. If you prefer to delay or restrict publication, please inform me in advance.

Revisions

  • One rough sketch concept will be provided, with up to 2 minor revisions included.
  • Minor revisions include small adjustments such as slight color tweaks or detail corrections.
  • Major changes or additional revisions will incur extra fees (e.g., pose changes, color scheme changes, additional elements, or changes to the original brief).
  • No revisions are available after final delivery, except to correct mistakes on my part. This does not include changes based on personal preference.
  • Please ensure all requests are confirmed during the sketch stage.

Prohibited Use

  • Please do not share commission-related materials (such as sketches, work-in-progress images, pricing, or other project details) without prior permission. (This includes social media, livestreams, and AI services.)
  • The commissioned artwork may not be used for AI training or AI image generation, modified without permission, traced, or redistributed.