Commission Rates

• My Day Rate equals seven hours of work.

• Quotes are calculated as: Estimated Full Day(s) to Complete X Day Rate X Additional Fees = Cost of Commission

• Please email commission requests to matthews.rj@gmail.com

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Commission Terms

1. Payment & Delivery

• All fees will be billed to the Client via PayPal invoice. Invoice(s) will state deadline(s) for payment.

• Work will begin upon payment of first invoice.

• Any remaining balance due upon the Client’s acceptance of final Work.

• The Artist will deliver all files necessary to enable the Client’s usage rights upon receipt of full payment.

2. Revisions & Alterations

• Artist will check-in with the Client with progress at each stage of the Work (i.e. Sketches, Pencils, Inks, Colours)

• The Client may request one pass of revisions at each check-in.

• Additional revisions will be billed at 25% of the original commission fee.

3. Rights Granted

• Rights granted are conditional upon receipt of full payment.

• Personal Use enables the Client to use the Work in any non-commercial context. The Client cannot license the Work to other entities.

• Commercial Use enables the Client to use the Work in commercial contexts. The Client cannot license the Work to other entities.

• The Client cannot create, sell, or distribute the Work as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) or any other type of blockchain reliant crypto-art.

• 90 days after first commercial use of the Work by the Client, or 90 days after final Work is provided to the Client for personal use, the Artist may release the Work under a Creative Comrades License Agreement. Preventing or altering the release of the Work in this way shall require payment of an additional fee subject to all terms.

• Any usage rights not exclusively transferred are reserved to the Artist. Usage beyond that granted to the Client herein shall require payment of an additional fee subject to all terms.

• Original Work, including sketches and any other preliminary material, and all copyrights therein, remains the property of the Artist unless the Client pays an additional fee subject to all terms.

• The Artist retains the rights to display all Work created for the commission, including preliminary materials and final art, in their portfolios, including in print and online, and to submit such work to art and design periodicals and competitions.

4. Attribution & Contributor Copies

• To credit the Artist under the terms of this contract, the Client shall credit the Artist as: “Rob Matthews”

• In contexts where a link to the Artist’s work is appropriate, the Client shall link to: “https://queerwizard.co.uk”

• The pronouns they/them/theirs will be used when making reference to the Artist in any medium.

• If the work is included in publication of physical products and/or digital files, the Client shall provide the Artist with at least 1 contributor copy of each category of product (for example: 1 softcover book and 1 PDF).

5. Penalties and Fees

• A 5% monthly service charge will be billed for any late payments.

6. Unauthorised Use

• The Client will indemnify the Artist against all claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from uses for which no release was requested in writing or for uses exceeding the authority granted by a release.

7. Cancellation and Rejection

If a commission is cancelled by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall pay a cancellation fee as follows:

• 25% of the agreed fee if the commission is cancelled before Stage 1 (Sketches)

• 33% of the agreed fee if the commission is cancelled at Stage 2 (Inks)

• 100% of the agreed fee if the commission is cancelled at Stage 3 (Finalisation)

If the commission is cancelled at an intermediate stage, a fair and reasonable amount on account of the Fee due under this Agreement commensurate with the Schedule performed to date of such cancellation.

In the event of cancellation, ownership of all rights granted under this Agreement shall revert to the Illustrator unless the Artwork is based on the Commissioner's visuals or otherwise agreed.

8. Limit of Liability

• The Client agrees that they shall not hold the Artist or their agents or employees liable for any incidental or consequential damages that arise from the Artist’s failure to perform any aspect of the Project in a timely manner, regardless of whether such failure was caused by intentional or negligent acts or omissions of the Artist or a third party.

9. Acceptance of Terms

• The payment of the first invoice by the Client shall evidence acceptance of these terms by the Client.

• Receipt of payment by the Artist shall evidence acceptance of these terms by the Artist.