❖ Adoptables are visual designs which you can use to make your own character. You may name the character, create a personality and background information for the character as well as make minor design changes, however, you may not edit/alter the original art for the design.
❖ Alterations to the design are allowed- however, these alterations are not to be made to the original art and are limited to minor details. The edited design must still be identifiable as the design in the original art. You can talk to me for any major changes.
❖ The design and art must be credited to me when used.
❖ Alterations to the design are allowed- however, these alterations are not to be made to the original art and are limited to minor details. The edited design must still be identifiable as the design in the original art. You can talk to me for any major changes.
❖ The design and art must be credited to me when used.
Adoptable Character & original species Terms and Conditions
The information on this page in its entirety will be treated as a document. This document may be updated or altered at any time without notice.
Agreement
To purchasing a design of any of the intellectual property I own, you must read and agree to the following conditions. Please read this entirely and carefully. When you purchase a design, adoptable, or character of which I own the intellectual property of, you receive partial rights and a limited licence to use the design in ways governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this document. You agree to be bound by these conditions and understand that breaking this agreement can result in penalties including, but not limited to, those listed in the "Penalties" section of this document.
Payment
DO NOT send payment to me before I request it- it will be refunded. You must wait untill I invoice you via deviantart note, email, or paypal invoice method- I will contact you prior to invoicing. Payment should be made to me in USD, Deviantart points, or a combination, depending on what you and I have agreed upon in a particular situation.
Usage
Design usage
You are allowed to use designs adopted from me in a number of ways, including:
Please make sure your intended use does not conflict with any of the terms or conditons listed in this document. If you are not sure about whether your intended use is allowed, please contact me.
Other conditions:
Not allowed without my permission:
- Commissioning artists to produce art of your character, including digital images, icons, logos, paintings, drawings, figures, artist dolls, etc
- Purchasing custom-made (one-off) products, including but not limited to custom t-shirts, prints, bags, etc which you do not intend to sell. These can be just for you, or gifted to a friend. You may use the original file I provide you- but you may not trace the original image to produce an image of higher resolution. I am open to commissions of art of your character, please contact me if you need it made.
Please make sure your intended use does not conflict with any of the terms or conditons listed in this document. If you are not sure about whether your intended use is allowed, please contact me.
Other conditions:
- Using the design's likeness in explicit images is allowed as long as the image does not contain zoophillic or pedophillic themes.
Not allowed without my permission:
- Making direct or indirect income or profit off the design which conflicts with the terms set forth in this document
- Using the design in any form of publication which is used to generate income or profit, which includes but is not limited to- games, books, apparel, magazines, zines, comics, toys, marketing or promotional material whether physical, digital, or otherwise.
- Mass-producing physical merchandise which uses or incorporates the likeness of the design
- Please contact me for licensing and usage if you are interested in the character's use in any of the above merchandising topics!
- I allow the character's likeness to be used in artists' sketchbook zines made for sale. These are typically scanned and digitized or printed reproductions of sketch pages by an artist and sold by that artist. The publication needs to have more than 3 pages and the character cannot take up the majority of the publication made for sale or be its sole focus. Also, you are not allowed to sell prints of the character without my permission.
Zine Sketchbook exception
Alterations
I allow design edits to most of my species, but the rules vary depending on the species- my general rule is the character needs to be recognizeable as the same character as it was, but big changes can be made. Every case is different so please contact me! I will have guides coming soon for my different species to help explain what design edits are usually ok.
Any alterations made to my original art made should be for explanatory use only and are not to be published publicly without my consent- please ask first if you would like to publish it! I do typically allow minor hue-shifted artwork to be published but please ask my permission first.
Any alterations made to my original art made should be for explanatory use only and are not to be published publicly without my consent- please ask first if you would like to publish it! I do typically allow minor hue-shifted artwork to be published but please ask my permission first.
Original Art Usage
You may not make direct alterations to the original artwork without my permission. This includes painting over in physical or digital form, re-drawing parts of the image, or otherwise making any final additions to the original image and submitting or publishing it on the internet. However, I do allow:
- Using the image for illustrative and anatomical learning purposes- for example, you may "redline" the image as a study and make notes to learn or improve at drawing the character. These studies are to be kept private and are not to be distributed or published in any way without my permission.
- Slight hue-shifting is usually ok with me, just ask for my permission.
Trading & Reselling / POLICY FOR CHANGE OF CHARACTER OWNERSHIP
Trading the design for other designs is allowed.
Trading is also allowed for other goods including, but not limited to:
I allow resale of the character under the following conditions:
Trading is also allowed for other goods including, but not limited to:
- art services, including commissions, custom designs, etc
- sculptures, toys, physical goods, etc.
- gift cards
I allow resale of the character under the following conditions:
- The design is not sold for more than what you paid for it- HOWEVER- if there is any extra art of the character/design made by you or others, you may increase the value of the design to the total value of the extra art as long as the extra art is included with the purchase when re-selling the design.
- Please notify when you have sold or traded a design I owe.
Penalties
I will contact you if I believe you are breaking a rule and attempt to work things out first and clear any misunderstandings. If the offenses warrant a penalty, I make sure to understand all angles of the situation before executing a penalty to ensure my judgement is fair and just. Penalties for misuse of a design or character or failure to follow the terms and conditions may result in the following:
Multiple intentional offenses may result in bans, which may limit group activity, participating in auctions, and acquiring new characters. Depending on the behavior these can be temporary or permanent. Actions that justify bans include:
Some things which may be limited by a ban include:
Forced trade or sale: This takes the place of revocation.
- A warning, depending on the intent and nature of the misuse repeated warnings may lead to further action.
Multiple intentional offenses may result in bans, which may limit group activity, participating in auctions, and acquiring new characters. Depending on the behavior these can be temporary or permanent. Actions that justify bans include:
- unauthorized selling of merchandise of the character
- repeatedly harassing/spamming other members in regards to the species
- repeatedly harassing others to trade or give away their characters
- repeatedly pulling out of auctions or hiding their bids
- attempting to sell or trade characters they do not own/have never owned or which are owned by other users
Some things which may be limited by a ban include:
- Participation in group events
- Ability to participate in auctions and purchase adopts of the species
- Ability to come into new ownership of characters of the species
Forced trade or sale: This takes the place of revocation.
- If I believe a user's actions justify a forced trade or sale, I will give the user a period of time to trade or sell the character.
- Only for extreme situations: I reserve the right to revoke any partial rights you possess to the design, with or without compensation at my discretion- I don't typically agree with revoking characters, so this would only be in the case of including the character in pedophillic artwork or merchandise or unauthorized selling of merchandise with the character's likeness.