Art Terms of Service

I needed a place to write this all down, just in case I ever need it This is about what my art can and cannot be used for. I will update this if I think of anything else!

Useful links
Design Terms of Service - Commission Terms of Service

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If the artwork was made for you, the rules in this section apply.

That means that the piece of art was made for you personally as a commission, art trade, request, prize, contest entry or otherwise.
OR
The artwork was not initially made for you, but it contains your character (a friend requested for your character to be in it as a gift, it ws an adoptable that you bought from me, or you obtained the character after the artwork was made).

You may
- Put the art on character storage sites such as Toyhou.se. (On Toyhou.se, you can credit me onsite as SpitfiresOnIce (preferred) or offsite as spitfiresonice.deviantart.com)
- Use the art on your DeviantArt page, in your journal, etc., even offsite, as decoration. If you don't use thumbnails or clickable images leading back to my page, I prefer for you to credit me on the page you use it on.
- Use the art as your icon on DeviantArt and offsite (even if the art piece was not made as an icon)! I highly appreciate credit.
- Use the art on the reference sheet of the depicted character. In this case, credit is mandatory.
- Reupload the art to your own account - I don't really encourage this on DeviantArt, but if you must, then you can. Credit is absolutely mandatory!
- Use the art for your personal, non-commercial purposes. For example, you may print the art and put it on your wall, you may use it as your desktop or phone background, put it on a shirt, a mug, anything, as long as this is for your personal use and you're not making money out of it.
- When selling, trading, gifting or co-owning the character I drew art of, link the art to the new owner of the character so that they may use it according to these terms.

You may not
- Claim the art as your own and say you made it.
- Trace over the art (unless, of course, you bought a sketch from me specifically to lineart it) or heavily reference it in some way.
- Recolour or heavily edit the art piece.
- Reupload the image, onsite or offsite, without credit.
- Use the art for commercial purposes. For example, selling prints of the art piece, selling objects with the artwork as a design on it, and so on. You may not make profit off my art.

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If the artwork was NOT made for you, the rules in this section apply.

That means that the piece of art was in no way intended for you, and does not contain any of your characters.

You may
- ASK me about using it in videos. Depending on the circumstances, I might say yes.
- You may take inspiration from my work, and that's fine! However, please don't trace or make a carbon copy of my artworks, especially if you didn't ask and didn't give credit - it's incredibly disrespectful. If you're unsure, just ask me! It saves us both a lot of emotions.

You may not
- Use my art on roleplay sites if the character is not yours.
- Claim my personal characters as your own and use artwork I (or others) made of them.
- Claim the art as your own and say you made it.
- Use the art on your DeviantArt page, in your journal, etc., as decoration.
- Use the art as your icon on DeviantArt and offsite.
- Trace over the art, heavily reference from it, or copy it in any way. Taking inspiration is fine, but there's a line, and it's easy to cross.
- Recolour or edit the art piece in any way.
- Reupload the image, onsite or offsite. Even with credit, I do not want my art uploaded to your personal accounts when the art is not for you.
- Use the art for commercial purposes. For example, selling prints of the art piece, selling objects with the artwork as a design on it, and so on. You may not make profit off my art.

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If the artwork is free to use, look at the description to see what you can and cannot do with it.

Such as linearts, free to use icons, etc.

You may never
- Claim the art as your own
- Reupload without credit!